What We Do

Adult Clothes Needed – Priority Donations.

Many of those seeking asylum in the Tees Valley arrive with very few possessions, and building a life with dignity can be extremely challenging.

Our support service provides access to:
• Adult clothing (currently a priority need)
• Household goods
• Basic food cupboard items and toiletries

This service now operates by appointment only for service users.

We are also committed to recycling and sustainability. Any clothing or textiles that cannot be passed directly to asylum seekers are responsibly recycled, helping to generate valuable income that supports our ongoing work.

Donations can be dropped off every Wednesday
10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Avenue Church, 54 Borough Road, TS1 2JH

Your support can make a real difference to someone starting over with very little. Thank you for your kindness and generosity.

In partnership with Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation, and supported also by Amnesty International’s Football Welcomes programme, we offer regular weekly football training, with the team also entering tournaments and being involved in related visits and activities.

“Come & Chat” is an open access drop-in English language sessions. Volunteer work with small groups of learners, to allow an opportunity to practise some spoken English. Our aim is to create a safe environment where someone new to Middlesbrough will feel as “at home” as our regular friends do. This is a place where people can feel comfortable enough to start saying the English words they know out loud, as well as somewhere they can practise more advanced conversation. Each session ends with a simple Community Lunch. Real-life meeting of the group is currently suspended due to covid-19. However, the group, and many of our other activity classes, now meets weekly by Zoom.