EAST EUROPEAN RESOURCE CENTRE 

The Improving Lives Through Advice programme is made possible by a £30 million grant from The National Lottery Community Fund, thanks to National Lottery players. Working in partnership with the ....more

The Improving Lives Through Advice programme is made possible by a £30 million grant from The National Lottery Community Fund, thanks to National Lottery players. Working in partnership with the largest community funder in the UK, the Improving Lives Through Advice programme will ensure continued access to specialist social welfare legal advice to some of the most marginalised communities in England. This funding programme aims to transform lives, address systemic issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities in need by funding organisations working at the frontline. The programme will also fund organisations embedded within communities, recognising the role they often play in providing inclusive, trusted spaces supporting individuals, families, and communities to access advice services when they need it most.

An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). East European Resource Centre helps migrants from East European countries experiencing poverty and exclusion ....more

An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). East European Resource Centre helps migrants from East European countries experiencing poverty and exclusion within London.

The East European Resource Centre will work with Romanian, Polish and other Eastern European Londoners to raise awareness of voting system changes through targeted outreach, including leafleting, ....more

The East European Resource Centre will work with Romanian, Polish and other Eastern European Londoners to raise awareness of voting system changes through targeted outreach, including leafleting, drop-ins, and pop-up kiosks in local and community events. EERC will also provide 1-1 tailored support and advice through their multilingual telephone helpline and in-person appointments. This will be complemented by a pan-London social media campaign, as well as community language magazines and radio stations.

The funding is for the salary for a senior staff member to be seconded part time to the Greater London Authority, over the course of the continued secondment they will develop work in the GLA to ....more

The funding is for the salary for a senior staff member to be seconded part time to the Greater London Authority, over the course of the continued secondment they will develop work in the GLA to address and prevent migrant labour exploitation.

One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis

This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.02.2022-9507

East European Resource Centre (EERC) is an independent charity that provides information, advice, advocacy and voice to Eastern European migrants in London and beyond, particularly those who are ....more

East European Resource Centre (EERC) is an independent charity that provides information, advice, advocacy and voice to Eastern European migrants in London and beyond, particularly those who are experiencing disadvantage and exploitation. This grant will provide core funding to support EERC to grow its impact across service delivery, information resources and policy influencing.

An unrestricted grant of £20,000. East European Resource Centre helps migrants from East European countries experiencing poverty and exclusion within London.

The funding is for the costs of the Immigration Programme staff: one full-time OISC Level 2 adviser and part-time OISC Level 3 immigration solicitor. This will deliver: specialist immigration advice ....more

The funding is for the costs of the Immigration Programme staff: one full-time OISC Level 2 adviser and part-time OISC Level 3 immigration solicitor. This will deliver: specialist immigration advice and representation - 120 users per year immigration outreach information campaign - 50,000 users per year

Project plans to deliver immigration advice and casework for Eastern and Central Europeans and dependents. Further, engage with local authorities and mainstream providers to influence policy and ....more

Project plans to deliver immigration advice and casework for Eastern and Central Europeans and dependents. Further, engage with local authorities and mainstream providers to influence policy and practice.

This funding is for a secondment of an EERC staff member to the Greater London Authority’s Social Integration Team to develop new work on tackling migrant exploitation in the workplace.

COVID19 related funding. Our professional counselling service; our women’s exercise programme; or diabetes mentoring in partnership with WLCCG and Barlby GP Surgery); or provided by others as ....more

COVID19 related funding. Our professional counselling service; our women’s exercise programme; or diabetes mentoring in partnership with WLCCG and Barlby GP Surgery); or provided by others as appropriate, 3) support public health advice on Covid-19: understanding and following the regulations; explaining how to keep safe and healthy; combatting misinformation about the virus and especially the vaccine; and providing well-informed and reassuring advice on why to get the vaccine as well as how and when to do this. A key part of the project will involve 8 public workshops (on Zoom) for BME migrants at which local healthcare professionals will present information about public health and staying healthy in the pandemic; and accessing healthcare. They will be introduced and facilitated by Midaye, as a trusted community information source. Audio and video recordings providing key highlights from the workshop presentations will be published in accessible formats on Midaye’s social media channels as open access information for BME migrants. The isolating effects of Covid-19 and lockdown have intensified pre-existing mental and physical health challenges faced by our communities – and widespread digital exclusion has compounded this. We have seen sharp rises in the volume and complexity of these emerging needs throughout the pandemic, with rising levels of anxiety, depression, and other mental health problems; as well as physical health issues that have been exacerbated through lack of access to healthcare. Fears around the Covid-19 vaccine; limited knowledge or trust in public health messages; and difficulties in maintaining good diet and physical activity to stay healthy during the pandemic put them at greater risk from the virus. We will improve BME migrant health and mental health coming through the pandemic by 1) improving understanding of mental health and wellbeing, 2) enabling better healthcare awareness and access, 3) building trust in Covid-19 public health information.

This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more

This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support beyond this date. This support could be provided through a range of activities such as information giving, improving understanding of the scheme, provision of technology and direct assistance. It is essential that the support provided via the grants scheme leads to applications submitted to the Home Office. The grant scheme will ensure that the necessary support is available across the UK so that everyone who qualifies for the Scheme can complete the application process by 30 June 2021 and continuing support is available beyond this date.

The East European Resource Centre (EERC) is using funding to continue providing ongoing support for Central and Eastern European migrants based in London over the next three years. The project will ....more

The East European Resource Centre (EERC) is using funding to continue providing ongoing support for Central and Eastern European migrants based in London over the next three years. The project will develop a peer outreach volunteers network which will see community members trained to support access to specialist advice and other services through online community groups. The funding will also help create a referral network of important services that currently are unable to reach or respond to the needs of non-English speaking clients and the development of user-friendly materials both online and in print explaining rights around welfare housing and health and how users can access them in relation to their immigration status.

This funding is for delivery of immigration and welfare outreach, advice and casework to vulnerable and marginalised Eastern Europeans in London. COVID19 Recovery.

as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively

Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of East European Resource Centre, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support ....more

Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of East European Resource Centre, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.

To develop digital communications capacity to be able to reach out and help more vulnerable Central and Eastern European nationals

towards the continuation of the Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy Project, meeting increased demand as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic as outlined in your application

Additional costs due to COVID-19 lockdown until end of October 2020 as outlined in your application budget. Please note that your application has been part funded as confirmed with you by MOPAC.

The funding will be used to provide advice support and resources to vulnerable people from Eastern European communities. This is being offered through telephone helplines virtual guidance for online ....more

The funding will be used to provide advice support and resources to vulnerable people from Eastern European communities. This is being offered through telephone helplines virtual guidance for online applications and interactive sessions on Facebook.

The funding is for the costs of delivering EERC’s services to vulnerable and marginalised Eastern Europeans in the context of the COVID19 emergency, to increase gateway and advice capacity, train ....more

The funding is for the costs of delivering EERC’s services to vulnerable and marginalised Eastern Europeans in the context of the COVID19 emergency, to increase gateway and advice capacity, train staff to meet emerging and urgent client needs, and to support staff and volunteers to mitigate burnout.

A one-off, unrestricted grant of £9,200, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisations current grant.

Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.

This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more

This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support beyond this date. This support could be provided through a

European Outreach Grant

This grants scheme is enabling organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens through information-giving, advice and provision of technology and assistance to help them make ....more

This grants scheme is enabling organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens through information-giving, advice and provision of technology and assistance to help them make their Scheme application by 30 June 2021. This support could be provided through a range of activities such as information giving, improving understanding of the scheme, provision of technology and direct assistance to help them make their Scheme application no later than 30 June 2021. It is essential that the support provided via the grants scheme leads to applications submitted to the Home Office.The grant scheme will ensure that the necessary support is available across the UK so that everyone who qualifies for the Scheme can complete the application process by 30 June 2021.

To enable the Home Office to deliver on one of the key objectives included within the four year Cross –Government Hate Crime Strategy ‘Action Against Hate’ to develop a number of Community ....more

To enable the Home Office to deliver on one of the key objectives included within the four year Cross –Government Hate Crime Strategy ‘Action Against Hate’ to develop a number of Community Demonstration projects that support the delivery of one or more of the five key objectives Cross –Government Hate Crime Strategy which are:1. Preventing hate crime2. Responding to hate crime in our communities3. Increasing reporting of hate crime4. Improving support for the victims of hate crime5. Building our understanding of hate crime.The grant scheme also assists the Home Office in meeting two of its strategic objectives which are to Prevent terrorism and Cut crime.

£110,300 over three years (£36,100; £36,800; £37,400) for the part-time Senior Welfare Advice Worker (0.6 FTE); Helpline and Support Officer (0.4 FTE) and associated running costs to provide ....more

£110,300 over three years (£36,100; £36,800; £37,400) for the part-time Senior Welfare Advice Worker (0.6 FTE); Helpline and Support Officer (0.4 FTE) and associated running costs to provide welfare advice and support to the Eastern European community across London.

The funding is to support Outreach to Eastern European agency workers in low-paid cleaning occupations to improve capacity for self-representation, provide employment advice and advice on seeking ....more

The funding is to support Outreach to Eastern European agency workers in low-paid cleaning occupations to improve capacity for self-representation, provide employment advice and advice on seeking better work. Engagement with employment agencies to improve practice, and with Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate and Gangmasters' and Labour Abuse Authority to influence licensing and enforcement standards.

over three years towards the salary costs of a chief executive officer at a pan-London organisation supporting members of the East European community with advice and guidance

towards additional core salary costs at this pan-London organisation supporting members of the East European community with advice and guidance

An outreach project which will provide tailored, holistic advice and guidance alongside various training sessions to help individuals integrate locally and help them with their physical and mental ....more

An outreach project which will provide tailored, holistic advice and guidance alongside various training sessions to help individuals integrate locally and help them with their physical and mental health and developing their skills and knowledge more broadly. A rigorous need assessment will be carried out to establish those in most need so that more targeted support can be provided.

towards three years' running costs of a project providing information, advice and advocacy services in London for central and eastern European migrants

This charity provides information, advice and advocacy to Eastern European migrants in London, focusing on the most disadvantaged. It is seeking support for the role of development officer ....more

This charity provides information, advice and advocacy to Eastern European migrants in London, focusing on the most disadvantaged. It is seeking support for the role of development officer supporting its service development and expansion

over three years towards the salary costs of a new hub manager for this charity running a pan-London advice service for members of the East European community