OUR MISSION
To help migrants integrate
Into life in the UK
We offer a warm welcome, and advice and support to people who often find doors closed to them elsewhere
OUR SERVICES AND SUPPORT US
Immigration Advice Line
Advice is available for refugees and asylum seekers. This advice is given by IAA Qualified Advisers over the phone on our Immigration Advice Line.
English Lessons
If you would like to join an English class you will need to complete an assessment. ESOL assessments take place on Mondays from 10am-12pm. please come along to the centre drop-in on a Monday to sign up.
General Support
Our general support advisers can also signpost you to other organisations for help with many other issues.
Welcome Wednesday
We are continuously adding to the activities that we offer and are working closely with our client involvement group to develop our Welcome Wednesdays.
Immigration FAQs
The FAQ section provides answers to the most common questions, offering quick and helpful information to assist users.
Support Us
There are many ways that you can support our work and help us continue to run our vital services, making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable people who seek sanctuary in the UK.
OUR NEWS
Advice Week #AdviceSaves
This week is Advice Week and we are supporting Advice UK’s #AdviceSaves campaign for a National Advice Workforce Strategy to address the workforce crisis facing the advice sector. Advice Week provides us with a time to reflect on the power of advice and the difference it makes in people’s lives. At our Centre, we have […]
Welcome to our new Director!
We are delighted to welcome Georgina Perry to NDRC as our new Director of Operations and Fundraising. George brings over two decades of leadership to the role with a background that spans the statutory, not-for-profit, social enterprise and international sectors. We look forward to working with you George!
Help to access eVisas
Notre Dame Refugee Centre offers support to help people struggling to access their eVisa. All Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) expired on 31st December 2024 and were replaced with eVisas. We offer support with eVisas at our drop-in where a volunteer case-worker can help you with the process. Clients may be in which case we may […]
Our Annual Review 2023-24
We are pleased to have published our latest Annual Review with an update on our work and achievements over the year (to year end 31 August 2024). We take a look back over the year and feature a spotlight on Brian Mitchell, our Senior Immigration Adviser, who marked an incredible milestone—25 years of dedicated service […]
Annual Review 2022-2023
Notre Dame Refugee Centre has published its annual review for 2022-23 to highlight some of our major achievements and impact over the year. 1,022 people came to us for help and advice and our Immigration Advisers provided casework for 466 of these. Some of our significant outcomes included 42 people obtaining Refugee Settlement, 82 Leave […]