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Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Programme: VCSE Grant recipients Year 2 (2022/2023)

List of successful grant recipients across the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector for Year 2 (July 2022 - March 2023) of the grant scheme.

Applies to England

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A total of 42 national and regional projects have received funding for a range of support for Hong Kong BN(O)s to help them settle into life in the UK, including access to mental health services, help for people to find jobs and start their own businesses, and to meet people in their local communities, as well as a hate crime reporting service for BN(O)s and those of east and southeast Asian descent.

The list of the VCSE grant recipients for Year 2 are in the document above.

Additional support available via Strategic Migration Partnership (SMPs) Welcome Hubs

A network of ‘Hong Kong Welcome Hubs’ has been set up across the UK. These are hosted by existing ‘Strategic Migration Partnerships’ (SMPs). There are 12 SMPs across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland (please see the map below). SMPs have a coordinating and supporting role in delivering key national priorities on migration across the UK and play an integral role in the delivery of the Hong Kong UK Welcome Programme and VCSE projects.

Links to the Welcome Hubs and contact information can be found in the table below.

Location Welcome Hub link and contact information
East of England East of England Strategic Migration Partnership Hong Kong Welcome Hub
hkbno@eelga.gov.uk
East Midlands East Midlands’ Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Hub
hkbno@emcouncils.gov.uk
London London Hong Hong Welcome Programme
HongKongVCSE@london.gov.uk
North East North East Migration Partnership Hong Kong Welcome Hub
nemp@middlesbrough.gov.uk
North-west North West Regional Strategic Migration Partnership
HongKong@manchester.gov.uk
Northern Ireland NI Direct British Nationals (Overseas) Hong Kong residents
office@nilga.org
Scotland Migration Scotland Hong Kong Welcome Hub
hongkongBNO@cosla.gov.uk
South-east South East Strategic Partnership for Migration Information for people from Hong Kong and Information for VCSE sector
hkenquiries@secouncils.gov.uk
South-west South West Councils Welcome to all Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas)
HongKongBNO@swcouncils.gov.uk
Wales Wales Strategic Migration Partnership Hong Kong Welcome Hub
wsmpcomms@wlga.gov.uk
West Midlands West Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership
wmsmp@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Yorkshire and Humber Migration Yorkshire
hk@migrationyorkshire.org.uk

Updates to this page

Published 23 July 2022
Last updated 25 October 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added list of successful grant recipients across the voluntary, community, and social enterprise year 2 grant schemes including information regarding the services available and links to the Strategic Migration Partnership Welcome Hubs.

  2. First published.

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