Useful organisations

Click here to see the list of organisations categorised here:

List of visitors groups in AVID network

Information on AVID member organisations (visitor groups) and the support they provide.

Other NGOs who provide specialist support for people in detention

Information on organisations who provide frontline support to people in immigration detention and prisons.

Post detention and other migrant rights organisations

Information on organisations who provide post-detention support and support to migrant communities.

Mental health and specialist organisations for people at risk

Information on organisations who provide mental health support, including survivors of trafficking. The list is relevant for people in detention and for visitors/staff members too.

Visit these directories/websites for other useful organisations

• Right to Remain have a directory of organisations in solidarity with migrant communities here.

• Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP) list organisations who can help with asylum support enquiries on their website.

• Detention Forum has 50 members all committed to ending immigration detention listed on their website.

• Hackney Migrant Centre lists London migrant solidarity organisations who can help here.

• NACCOM members and accommodation providers who support migrant communities at risk of destitution are available on their website.

• The Law Society website Find A Solicitor feature has searchable lists of members operating in England and Wales, including approved immigration legal advisors and public law specialists. See also The Law Society of Scotland and The Law Society of Northern Ireland.

• The Immigration Advice Authority, which regulates immigration advice provided by non-solicitors barristers, has a “Adviser Finder” feature on its website which allows you to search the register of accredited advisors.