Phone 0117 924 8662, Monday-Friday, 9:30am-4:30pm
Contact us
The Southwest of England is a legal advice ‘desert’, particularly for immigration advice*. The Southwest Immigration Alliance is a project funded by the Justice Together Initiative (JTI) to increase access to specialist immigration advice in the Southwest region. The project aims to develop a more coordinated, collaborative, and sustainable legal advice ecosystem that better supports people needing immigration & asylum advice. We are pleased to announce the project is now funded through to 2029.
The project is a collaboration between legal advice providers and asylum & refugee support organisations (detailed below). It is supporting:
- A new legal aid provider in Plymouth (DCRS)
- Improved referral pathways
- Increased numbers of IAA accredited advisors in the SW
- Building relationships and networks to develop a sustainable ecosystem
- Shared best practice, training, peer support
- Voice & Influence work towards better systems, funding and policy
- Ensuring the voice of lived experience is heard, and that partners are clearly anti-racist in their work
*2022 report (click to download) by Bristol Refugee Rights and Bristol Law Centre, funded by the Justice Together Initiative (JTI)
Partner Organisations
Bristol Law Centre, Bristol Refugee Rights, GARAS, The Harbour Project, Devon and Cornwall Refugee Support (DCRS), Refugee Support Devon, Plymouth Hope and The University of Plymouth Law Clinic.
Contact
For more information contact SWIA Project Coordinator Hester Careless
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