Service & Activities
Advice and representation on welfare Issues
KCIA is well established French, Portuguese and Lingala speaking charity providing representation and advice in immigration and asylum law, Housing Problems, Education orientation, Health advocacy and Interpreting/Translating services.
These services are free to people who are eligible.
We also offer a fee-paying (non-profit) service. We are funded by local authorities and trusts. Our asylum and immigration advice & guidance is provided confidentially.

We provide advice, representation and signposting for client in the following areas:

:: Housing       
:: NASS                       
:: Immigration             
:: Health                      
:: Employment            
:: Education    
:: Welfare Rights
            Any other Social Issues

Providing information, guidance, support, advice, advocacy, and counselling on various issues affecting children and youth people development:

• Education and employment
• Referrals services
• Outreach activities and befriend visit
• Drugs and alcohol issues
• Teens pregnancy
• Gangs, CRB, ASBO
• Victim support
• One-to-one consultancy

• Parenting: capacity building, awareness, and issues
• Social responsibility
• Conflict resolution
• Building relationships in between:

Parent/carer, children and young people

• Re-engaging children and young people into mainstream activities
• Improving self-esteem, confidence and personal development
• Issues affecting children and young people progress
• Combating disadvantage, poverty, low self-esteem and reaching full potential