# The Provision of Specialist advice and support for asylum seekers and refugees

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Cambridge City Council.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Cambridge City Council](/buyers/cambridge-city-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £250,000
- Published: 5 February 2025
- Contract start: 1 April 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2028
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 80d842b8-9348-4c70-907f-6a2229aea1f3-823718
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e3b8cf46-961b-4f7e-ab85-0778eb86e89d

## Description

As a service you must provide specialist advice, information, and support as required to asylum seekers and refugees\. This will include the below and full details are provided within the specification: • Specialist advice, information, and support to asylum seekers and refugees • Act as a point of contact for community groups, charities, and other agencies for the latest information and issues facing asylum seekers and refugees • Advocate for the rights of asylum seekers and refugees • Host and engage with relevant networking opportunities and events • Organise and promote cultural activities within the city • Have an office space in Cambridge city that clients can attend in-person • Provide interpreting services as required for one-to-one work clients as well as any promotional materials • Offer OISC-accredited immigration advice and support with immigration applications, such as assisting with Home Office applications • Hold local knowledge on the challenges and opportunities facing residents in Cambridge - working to overcome challenges and seize opportunities\. • Understand and work to tackle institutional discrimination through promoting anti-racist practice • Awareness of the impacts of crime and how to support victims of crime, such as domestic abuse, hate crime, and modern slavery • Budgeting and financial advice, including welfare benefits • Employability rights and volunteering opportunities • Housing options and advice • Household support, such as furniture, food, and energy poverty • Hold an exemplary reputation in the community with the ability to allay any misinformation or community tension, having the ability to bring community groups together safely to resolve disputes and promote cohesion • Health awareness • Trauma-informed approach to wellbeing services • Awareness of ESOL opportunities

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/80d842b8-9348-4c70-907f-6a2229aea1f3-823718)