Purpose: Ensuring inclusive public services for newcomers
Stimulus/Rationale: The Bradford for Everyone strategy is based on everyone in Bradford being valuable and that everyone is enriched and stronger when connected, understood, belongs, feels safe and can reach their full potential.
Process:
The Welcome to Bradford guide gives newcomers all the information they need on housing, money, education, transport, health and family, so people who have just arrived can have a confident start in the city.
Bradford City Council's Housing Team includes a Housing Access Officer whose role is to assist newcomers (including asylum seekers and refugees). The Council also has an Immigration and Asylum Unit, which provides support to people "without recourse to public funds".
Bradford also cooperates with the private sector and civil society. Bevan Healthcare, for example, is a social enterprise that provides a range of health services to refugees and asylum seekers. The University of Bradford and Bradford College both support newly arrived international students and Bradford College also provides specialist and quality support for unaccompanied minor students. Unaccompanied children under guardianship or in foster care can also rely on a 'virtual school' to provide them with individualised support.
Impact:
Key reference documents:
For more information see Bradford’s intercultural profile and the Welcome to Bradford guide
