Many asylum-seeking women in the UK have left an abusive or conflict situation, are living with trauma, and are trying to deal with the huge change to their lives at the same time as trying to navigate the complex UK asylum process.

Liverpool-based charity Refugee Women Connect provides a range of services for refugee and asylum-seeking women, including an extensive outreach programme which involves weekly visits to Initial Accommodation Centres and weekly drop-ins where women can access a range of emotional and practical support. Their ‘Know Your Rights’ workshops provide preparation support for Home Office meetings and they collaborate with a number of multi-agency drop-ins across the North-West - which provide food, connection with other women, direct support and connection to services including solicitors and translators.

Treebeard is providing core, multi-year funding to Refugee Women Connect.