If you are homeless, or are at risk of becoming homeless, you can apply to your local council for help and assistance. Being “homeless” doesn’t only mean not having a roof over your head. Homeless means having somewhere which it is not reasonable for you to live in as your home. You might be living...
We have launched an appeal to raise funds to assist the most vulnerable clients with some of the costs they might incur to be able to apply for pre-settled or settled status.
We have launched an appeal to raise funds to assist the most vulnerable clients with the costs of their travel, paying for new ID documents, or even taking a passport photo. There are only few hardship funds available in Scotland and our clients are often not eligible to apply for either of them and rely on private discretionary donations.
The Citizens Rights Project will soon open a multilingual rights centre for EU citizens in Edinburgh during the pandemic who needs assistance with their employment, housing and benefits rights, among other things.
The Citizens’ Rights Project is expanding its services for European citizens by providing a multilingual rights service, in Spanish and Polish, for EU citizens in Edinburgh during the pandemic.
If you want to get in touch with our project to enquire about the EU Settlement Scheme, please use email us on info@citizensrightsproject.org or message us in Facebook. You can write to us in any EU language.
My name is Helen. I am a linguist, and in my leisure time, I volunteer as an OISC registered EUSS advisor for the Citizens’ Rights Project. I support fellow EU citizens who live in the Central Belt and Trossachs to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.
The Citizens Rights Project has organised a further free webinar about the EU Settlement Scheme aimed at professionals working with vulnerable EU citizens in local authorities and third sector organisations, in collaboration with their partner Drummond Miller LLP.
The pandemic has made it difficult for some EU nationals to fulfil the requirements of the EU Settlement Scheme. Some cannot obtain the documents they need or may fall foul of the continuous residency rules. Mark Lazarowicz (Terra Firma Chambers) and Dorota Peszkowska (Feniks) warn they are at risk of losing their right to stay in the UK and claim benefits, and suggest how the Home Office could alter its guidance.
