Birmingham Sanctuary Hub
The Birmingham Sanctuary Hub will create a welcoming, multi-channel service providing holistic support to sanctuary seekers, helping them settle, gain independence, and integrate into the local community.
Who is it for?
This support is available for sanctuary seekers in Birmingham.
Support provided
- Local Orientation: Access to a “Welcome to Birmingham” pack and guidance on settling in.
- Immigration: Assistance with applications for leave to remain and other immigration matters.
- Housing: Guidance on securing safe accommodations, including actively exploring options to secure long term housing
- Employment: Help accessing courses and signposting to career advice services.
- Education: Guidance on children & adult education, including ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages).
- Health and Wellbeing: Support with registering for core NHS services.
- Financial Independence: Eligibility advice and help applying for welfare benefits.
How to access the support:
In person drop in service
Visit our Birmingham Centre in person to speak to an advisor.
The service is provided Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings
Dedicated advice phone line
Call our dedicated advice phone line to speak to an advisor.
The service is provided Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays from 9:00 – 17:00
Call 0800 0663 444
24/7 digital enquiry web form
Complete an enquiry form to request support from RMC.
You will receive a response by the end of the next working day (excluding Wednesdays)
Please note: We will aim to deal with all enquiries where possible but due to capacity, we can not guarantee that all enquiries can be dealt with on any given day.
If you have enquired through any channel already, please wait for a response before enquiring again. If you have called or completed a digital enquiry and been advised that the issue is not something we deal with please do not use another channel to raise the same enquiry.
You can see our service review to see what issues RMC can and can not support with.
