Befriending Project BHUMP
Befriending Hillingdon Unaccompanied Minors Project (BHUMP)
Befriending Hillingdon Unaccompanied Minors Project is a peer befriending scheme created by the Hillingdon Refugee Support Group and working in partnership with the British Red Cross, London Borough of Hillingdon Asylum Service, Brunel University Skills for Society and the West London YMCA Tumbler Youth Project.
The purpose of BHUMP is:
- to provide a peer befriending service for young unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugees aged between 16-21 years who are in receipt of statutory support from Education and Children’s Services, London Borough of Hillingdon
- To help young people to overcome their difficulties and develop their lives and hence aid their integration into society.
- To provide a supportive group environment
- To promote inclusion through an awareness of local services and facilities.
- To provide an integrated and cost effective service through working in partnership with British Red Cross, London Borough of Hillingdon Asylum Service, Brunel University and the YMCA Tumbler Youth Project.
BHUMP aims to:
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- Empower young people to develop a supportive network, new skills and friendship
- Increase young asylum seekers access to social and leisure opportunities
- Lower the sense of isolation and alienation for young asylum seekers in Hillingdon.
- Enhance the development of knowledge and understanding of diverse cultures
- Provide support and training to young people involved at all project stages
- Empower young people to make decisions, giving them meaningful choices and involving them at every stage of Project Planning.
- To respond to needs and aims of young people to establish a long- term engagement which will be of outmost benefit to the young people, the local community and hence Britain as a whole.
- Monitor and evaluate the project with a view to further development
