e-mail address: twan@twan.org.uk
Office 0208 478 0577
Services Offered
The organisation is providing legal advice and representation for the Tamil speaking community free of cost like the Law centre or the Citizen Advisory Bureau. On an average around 30 people per day are visiting the office and we have 2 full time and 2 part time workers in place to deliver the service along with the support of a number of volunteers. The range of services provided in legal advice and casework include the fields of immigration/asylum, welfare benefits, housing, employment, family issues, health care, consumer and debt advice with other area of legal advice which is relevant to the community. Other disadvantaged members of the community are targeted through programs like day centre for senior citizens, supplementary education to refugee children, fine arts classes for young member’s in the community and play project for the migrant Tamil children.
The services that are offered by TWAN can be classified into the two major groups:
Advice and legal case work
Immigration and Asylum
Welfare benefits
Housing and accommodation
Consumer and debt advice
Education
Employment
Crime prevention, victim support and Road traffic issues
Family issues
Primary health care and counselling
Other services
Day centre for elders
Cultural activities
Fine arts classes
Interpretation and translation
Holiday projects and recreation
Representation and campaigning
Supplementary classes for refugee children
Practice Areas
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Advisory project
Providing information and advice to the Tamil community in the UK
Legal casework and representation
While most of our casework and representation is with regard to asylum and immigration matters ...
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Day centre
Every Thursday the elder members of the Tamil community meet at the Manor park community centre.
Supplementary education
Supplementary classes for English, Mathematics and Science..
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Fine arts classes
Fine arts classes are conducted for the Tamil children.
Counselling and family advice
Counselling and advice and promote reunion of broken families.