The Refugee Welcome Programme in Manchester is a partnership funded by Manchester City Council to help refugees and people seeking asylum settle and thrive through education, English language training, and employment support.
Part of a pan-GM programme under the region’s “Live Well” framework, it uses community-based organisations to fill support gaps and shape future adult skills and employment strategies.
Breaking Barriers delivers the programme with Manchester Refugee Support Network (MRSN), Manchester Adult Education Service, and Impact 4 All, across three strands: ESOL, Employability, and Integration.
Support mixes group and 1:1 sessions across the city, with an RWP Support Worker helping people access the right services. The approach is holistic, person-centred, culturally appropriate, and trauma-informed.
If you’re interested in the programme, please view the eligibility criteria and apply with the form.
The programmes support
- Residents or people who are based in Manchester City Council area;
- People aged 16 or older;
- People with asylum backgrounds, including:
- people granted refugee status following an asylum claim;
- people granted Humanitarian Protection following an asylum claim;
- refugees who have arrived via Family Reunion;
- people seeking asylum, i.e. waiting for a decision on their claims, regardless
of how long since their arrival in the UK; - people who have had their asylum decisions refused or withdrawn who are in
the process of making or waiting on an appeal or further submissions. - Note that this does not include people on resettlement pathways or other
nationality-based schemes (e.g. Homes for Ukraine)
OR
- Members of households where at least one family member has an asylum
background as specified above. Household members are defined as spouses or civil
partners or parents and children (aged 16 or older) of the spouse/civil partner or
person with asylum background.
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