A.F.I.P. Advice Centre

The African Francophone Integration Project wasestablished in 2003. The main aim of the project is to provide help and support to African Refugees, Asylum seekers and migrants, especially French Speaking,who live or who just move into Manchester, to integrate the wider Britishcommunity and to increase their accessibility to local services that are therefor them, to improve their quality of life as many of them face isolation andfind difficult to access services because of lack of mainstream in French. Toachieve this aim, we offer services that include advice, signposting, orientation,interpretation and translation services.

AFIP offers: Free basicadvice on Housing, Education, Health, Employment, Debt, Benefits and CouncilTax. Music, Drama and Leisure. Education on Black History and AfricaCulture.

Equal Opportunity: A.F.I.P. hasadopted an Equal Opportunity Policy. We aim to treat all our customers withequal respect regardless of their age, religion, gender ,sexuality , race ordisability.

If you are refugee, asylum seeker, migrant or anyone who needs support;feel free and visit us at our drop in and get the opportunity to develop newskills, relax and meet new people.

Partnerships and Funding:

This project is supported by: New Deal for Communities: Manchester CityCouncil. Manchester Refugee Network Support,Cheetham Hill Advice Centre, Voluntary Action in Manchester. Community Foundation for Greater Manchester, BHA and SocialServices.