You can get immigration advice from different organisations in the city. These organisations can provide confidential and independent legal immigration advice and be able to help you.
Get immigration advice from:
Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre
Apply for the EU Settlement Scheme (settled and pre-settled status)
Get free, confidential and independent advice on dealing with debt problems in the UK.
A food bank is a non-profit, charitable organisation that distributes food to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger.
Start by looking online to see if there are any independent local food banks that you can go to without a referral. If there aren’t any, you’ll need to be sent by someone else. For example by a charity, family hubs or someone like a GP or social worker.
Anyone can be a victim of domestic abuse, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, socio-economic status, sexuality or background.
There are different kinds of abuse that can happen in different contexts.
Check the links below for more information or click here to access translated materials.
The term ‘hate crime’ can be used to describe a range of criminal behaviour where the perpetrator is motivated by hostility or demonstrates hostility towards the victim race, religion/faith, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity.
A hate crime can include verbal abuse, intimidation, threats, harassment, assault and bullying, as well as damage to property.
All hate crimes should be reported either to the police or to a reporting centre.
You can report hate crimes either in person at the police station or online
If you are in immediate danger, call 999. If you are not in immediate danger, call 101.
You can report hate crime to other organisations such as:
A modern day slave is anyone, of any age, who has been forced to come to the UK to work or marry under the threat of violence and for someone else’s gain.
For help and advice use the links below:
Honour based violence is a collection of practices, which are used to control behaviour within families or other social groups to protect perceived cultural and religious beliefs and/or honour. Such violence can occur when perpetrators perceive that a relative has shamed the family and / or community by breaking their honour code.
Forced marriage is a marriage in which one or more of the parties is married without his or her consent or against his or her will. A forced marriage differs from an arranged marriage, in which both parties consent to the assistance of their parents or a third party (such as a matchmaker) in choosing a spouse
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage
FGM: Female Genital Mutilation, also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. The practice is found in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and within communities from countries in which FGM is common. UNICEF estimated in 2016 that 200 million women living today in 30 countries—27 African countries, Indonesia, Iraqi Kurdistan and Yemen—have undergone the procedures.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/female-genital-mutilation
Coventry Haven has an FGM and Forced Marriage Worker https://www.coventryhaven.co.uk/contact
Recycling is an excellent way of saving energy and conserving the environment. Click below to find information on bin collection
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