Get Involved

Support our work

Volunteer

Volunteers are invaluable to Migrant Action and the work we do. Your passion, selfless sacrifice and range of skills, experiences and talent would undoubtedly make a positive difference to the organisation and the people we work with and support. We welcome you to our young organisation and would be happy to work together.

Join our Steering Committee

Help guide our strategic direction and shape ‘service’ delivery. If you are passionate about migrant rights and social justice and have expertise in either Fundraising, business development, immigration law, communications, operations management and Strategic planning we would be delighted to have you within our organisation.

Be a ‘Friend’ of Migrant Action

If you share our values and are passionate about our our work, we would like you to become a ‘Friend’ and ambassador for Migrant Action and help promote our work. There is no fee nor obligations, you will shape the nature of your ‘friendship’ with Migrant Action.

Donate

You can also support our work through one off or regular donations to help us meet our commitment to vulnerable migrants especially those in crisis situations including the destitute. Click here to donate to Migrant Action ( We are a member project of the Leeds Christian Community Trust- They handle donations and Gift Aid for us, but we operate as an independent project). Thank you for your support.

Who we are

Service provision for non-asylum seekers is undefined and limited. In Leeds, migrants seeking information, guidance, advice, advocacy and integration support struggle to find where to go to for help. Many vulnerable migrants are confined to the ‘edges’ of society and face daily, the real risk of exploitation, destitution, child poverty, detention, forced removal and deportations without access to justice. Vulnerable migrants with entrenched complex needs encounter restricted access to service provision which has far reaching implications for their health and well being.

Migrant Action is set up in response to this gap in service provision working with other vulnerable migrants who are not asylum seekers.Migrant Action is an Advocacy and Rights based organisation providing information, guidance, advocacy support and direct practical assistance to vulnerable migrants. Our work is primarily focused on migrants who do not fit into the ‘neat’ categories of migration including those who have fallen through the cracks of the system. Through our work, we create a safe space and enabling environment for new and vulnerable migrants to explore their issues and options in order to make informed choices.

By delivering early and proactive interventions, we aim to reduce vulnerability across categories of migrants and navigate positive pathways to integration. Through the support we offer, we mitigate the impact of the government’s ‘hostile environment’ policies on vulnerable migrants.
We do not work with asylum seekers and refugees but signpost them to the appropriate agencies.

Working in partnership with other agencies, Migrant Action facilitates access to justice, social integration and contributes to wider migration advocacy and policy change.

How do we do this?

We adopt an early intervention, prevention and proactive in our work with migrants.

Provide a welcoming and safe space
Provide information and guidance to help migrants make informed choices
Help migrants to navigate and access good legal/immigration services
Provide advocacy support and facilitate access to mainstream services
Support integration- help migrants navigate community and social networks, training, volunteering, employment and other pathways for social integration
Activism- Working with other agencies to advocate and influence policy and social change

Who we work with

Migrant Action is set up to work with Migrants who are NOT asylum seekers.

Vulnerable migrants (trafficked victims, unaccompanied minors, refused asylum seekers, irregular migrants and others who do not fit into the neat migration categories)
New migrants ( EU and Non-EU migrants)