Refugee Action

1BIGD Reference number: 1340

General information

Address:
9 Hide Market
West Street
BS2 0BH (Multimap)

Opening times:
Monday 2-4.30
Tuesday 10-12.30
Thursday 2-4.30
Friday 10-12.30
Saturday
Sunday

Telephone: 0117 941 5960

Fax: 0117 955 5036

Website: http://www.refugee-action.org.uk

Email: Qerimn@Refugee-Action.org.uk

Ages services offered to: All

Contact person: Duty Caseworker

Type of organisation: Charity/Community

Type of delivery point: Accommodation Provider; Advice/Information Point; Advocacy service; Guidance Service; Legal Service; Society; Support Group

Aims: Regional and National organisation with offices in Plymouth, bristol, Portsmouth, London, Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and Bolton.

We work with refugee and asylum seekers to help them build new lives in the UK, providing advice and advocacy on legal support rights, and community development work with Refugee Community organisations, and training and raising awareness on asylum and refugee issues.

Availability: Drop-in, Referral, Appointment
Referral by: Social Services, health services, friends/family, national asylum support service, police, immigration, any other.

Areas of support offered

Money Matters: Benefits/Welfare Rights

Minority Issues: Asylum and immigration; Language not English

Homes and Housing: Accommodation

The Law: Legal rights

Equal Opportunities: Black and other Minority Ethnic issues

Geographical Areas Covered

The whole of England: Yes

The South West Region: Yes

Locally (Bath and NE Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire): Yes

Bath & North East Somerset: The whole of the area

Bristol: The whole of the area

South Gloucestershire: The whole of the area

Disability and Access Issues

Bus stops nearby: Yes
Approximate distance and bus service numbers: 15 yards no. 76,78,75,74

Car park nearby: No

Parking for disabled drivers: No

Pedestrian route: Yes

Automatic external doors: No
Will doors easily open from a wheelchair: No

Glass doors clearly marked at the centre for safety: No

Doors 900mm or more wide, with flat thresholds: No

Doors light and non sprung: No

External ramps: No

External steps: Yes
Number of steps: 1
Uniformed and even: Yes
Handrails on both sides:
Edges marked: No

Lobby/porch area: Yes
Can wheelchair users clear the outer door prior to opening the inner: Yes

Interior of premises bright and well lit: Yes

Interior automatic doors: No
Wide doors: Yes
Wheelchair friendly doors: No

Door frames and handles clearly visible: No

Wide unobstructed corridors (min 1200mm): No

Lift for Wheelchair users: No

Internal ramps: No

Internal steps: No

Visual fire alarm: No

Floor contrast colouring for entrances and exits: No

Able to provide on request individuals who can:
– offer general assistance: Yes
– assist visually impaired people: Yes
– sign in BSL and/or MAKATON: No
– do lip speaking: No

Loop system for hearing aid users: No

Public telephone: No

Inductive coupler for hearing aid users: No

Provide pamphlets/leaflets: Yes
Formats used: Braille; ASCII; Tape; Large Print

Provision for assistance dogs: No

Toilets that disabled people can access: No


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