Our Support Centre offers migrant visitors free advice on immigration, accommodation and welfare issues, as well as signposting to other organisations that can help.
Drop-in Support Centre: 10:00am-12:30pm every Friday
Address: Blackhorse Road Baptist Church Hall, 65 Blackhorse Road, E17 7AS
Phone: 07496 394175
Email: supportcentre@wfma.org.uk
Advice on employment rights, Settled Status, discrimination and health & safety issues at work, employment support.
Free, confidential service available in a number of European languages including Romanian, Bulgarian and Polish.
Phone: 0300 4000 100
Fill in an online form if you need more information..
Citizens Advice Waltham Forest
Free advice on money, benefits, housing, employment or immigration problems. You may be facing a crisis, or just considering your options. No face-to-face appointments due to COVID-19 – call the advice line below.
Address (main office): 220 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London E17 3AY
Find other locations of Citizens Advice around Waltham Forest.
Phone: 0300 330 1175 (advice line 9am – 5pm, Monday–Friday)
Information about Universal Credit
We can help you make a new claim for Universal Credit.
Phone: 0800 144 8444 (8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday)
You can get advice about Universal Credit online.
Waltham Forest SENDIASS is our Special Educational Needs and or Disability, Information Advice and Support Service for children, young people, parents and carers within the Waltham Forest area.
Phone: 07494 280073
Email: sendiasswalthamf@centre404.org.uk
Legal and social advice in relation to benefits, housing, and employment law. Latin American House works for the integration, social inclusion, and well-being of Latin American and other Spanish and Portuguese-speakers in London, as well as other communities.
Benefits, Housing, & Employment – book an appointment.
Appointment times:
Monday – 10 AM to 4 PM
Thursday– 10 AM to 4 PM
EU Settlement Scheme – book an appointment.
or send an email to brexit@casalatina.org.uk
Appointment times:
Monday – 10 AM to 4 PM
Wednesday – 10 AM to 4 PM
Thursday (phone appointment only) – 10 AM a 4 PM
Drop-in service: first Saturday of the month – 10:30 AM to 4 PM
Text: 07985 489202 to request an appointment. Please include your full name and times when we can call you.
Email (general enquiries): advice@casalatina.org.uk
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI)
Asylum and immigration law for everyone. Advice to detainees held at Yarls’ Wood IRC. Advice regarding the EU settlement scheme.
If you are in the UK without status and need legal advice, contact:
Address: 115 Old Street, Islington, London EC1V 9RT
Helpline: 020 7553 7470 (Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, between 10am and 1pm) The helpline is confidential and advice is free. Calls cost up to 13p per minute from landlines, 3p to 55p from mobiles.
Phone: 020 7251 8708
Email: info@jcwi.org.uk
Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London – RAMFEL
Advice on immigration, housing and homelessness, integration support and EU settlement scheme.
Phone advice line: 020 7052 5212 (Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10am – 1pm)
If you need support, please use the online enquiry forms.
The Migrant Children’s Project
CORAM Children’s Legal Centre offer one-off email advice from a specialist solicitor on all issues affecting migrant, asylum-seeking and refugee children and young people, whether they are separated or in families.
Email: mcpadvice@coramclc.org.uk
Find free information and resources on legal issues affecting young refugees and migrants.
Free, specialist legal advice and other legal services for EEA nationals and/or their family members on issues relating to EU law on free movement, or if you are making an application to the European Court of Human Rights.
Phone: 020 7831 4276 (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10.30am – 6pm)
Email: info@airecentre.org
Free and confidential legal advice to women. It is important that you understand the law and your legal rights.
Family law
Find opening hours and more information about the family law advice line.
Criminal law
Find opening hours and more information about the criminal law advice line.
Immigration and asylum law
Find opening hours and more information about the immigration and asylum advice line.
Sexual Harassment at Work Advice Line
Find opening hours and more information about the sexual harassment at work advice line.
Email: info@row.org.uk
Information for migrants and refugees living in London
Read information for migrants and refugees living in London.
Read information for EEA nationals living in London.