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Brighter Futures South Ayrshire - Supporting Ethnic Minority Families
Investment project code: 106
Estimated Price
£4,070
In relation to the identified priorities in the Guidance & Essential criteria what will your idea achieve and who will benefit from your project?
Our project will reduce fuel poverty, food insecurity, and financial hardship among ethnic minority families in South Ayrshire, empowering them with advice, early intervention, and support toward employment and inclusion. Financial inclusion project supporting low-income ethnic minority families in South Ayrshire with fuel vouchers, advice sessions, and access to essential services.Please describe what you plan to do and what the money will be used for? (i.e., purchase equipment/resources)
ACAA proposes a 6-month Financial Inclusion project that directly supports ethnic minority families, refugees, migrants, and other low-income households in South Ayrshire experiencing fuel poverty, food insecurity, and barriers to mainstream services. The project aims to reduce child poverty, break cycles of financial dependency, and improve life outcomes. Our project will reduce food insecurity and fuel poverty for low-income ethnic minority families in South Ayrshire by providing essential food parcels to 150 households and fuel vouchers to 50 households.
Target Beneficiaries:
- Lone parent families
- Families with a disabled adult or child
- Families with children under 1 year old
- Minority ethnic families including recent refugees and asylum seekers
Activities:
1. Fuel Support & Crisis Relief:
- Purchase and distribution of 50 fuel vouchers (£50 each) to families most in need (identified via referral and financial needs assessment).
- Families will be prioritised based on risk indicators such as disability, refugee status, and low income.
2. Food Parcel Distribution to 150 Families:
- Provision and distribution of nutritionally balanced food parcels to 150 low-income households across South Ayrshire, prioritizing ethnic minority families, lone parents, families with disabled children, and larger households.
- Each family will also receive information leaflets on additional support services available in South Ayrshire, such as energy advice, benefits support, and employability programs.
3. Signposting and Empowerment Pathways:
- Individuals will be supported to register for:
- ESOL classes, job readiness training, volunteering opportunities
Location: South Ayrshire
Proposed on behalf of: The Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) is an award-winning British charity based in London and established in 2001 with a long history of delivering advice, support and integration support for refugees and asylum seekers across the UK. ACAA was founded by Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi, who arrived as a refugee in the back of a refrigerated container with his young family in 1999. The charity has steadily grown and is now the largest Afghan diaspora-led charity in the UK, with 4 offices across the UK - Hounslow, Harrow, Birmingham and Liverpool. • Education, training and development opportunities for adults and children – planned programmes such as ESOL for Integration, Supplementary Schools, British citizenship test preparation, business and employment advice and support, and also pastoral and individualised support such as assistance with financial issues, benefits issues, CV and Cover letter writing workshops, practice Job Interviews, support with digital skills, 1:1 pastoral support, skills/training, in particular ESOL skills for work, Volunteering and Work Placements, Job Brokerage. • Business accelerator hub – job fairs, business networking events, conferences, talks and exhibitions • Women’s outreach and women and girls-only projects – culturally sensitive and appropriate support for women and girls’ empowerment, development, advice and support to increase knowledge of UK systems and support victims of domestic abuse. • Educational programmes and courses for children, catch-up sessions for young people, family mentoring support programmes, coding classes, Maths and Science classes, language classes, debate clubs, animation classes, creative education for young people • Legal and advice clinics to Advice Quality Standard and OISC accreditation, using volunteers and pro bono solicitors, focusing mainly on immigration, housing, business and employment issues. • Mental Health workshops and one-to-one counselling sessions with translation • Practical assistance with resources, information and advice for new arrivals in the UK under Government resettlement schemes (particularly given our proximity to Heathrow Airport) • Social and cultural activities and events promoting community cohesion, festivals, exhibitions, film screenings and fashion shows • Volunteering, mentoring and internships for young people • Arts, Media, Culture and Fitness programmes (Football, Yoga, Pilates, Zumba, Dance) for disadvantaged and socially excluded women and girls • Food Bank for local residents, in partnership with Pret, Greggs, Fairshare,
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