Vision

Napier Friends works towards a society where people seeking asylum are welcomed and supported to build positive lives.

Our Mission

Our mission is to help people seeking asylum to settle into the local community and their new lives in the UK. We build links between people seeking asylum living at institutional asylum accommodation and other local people, and nurture a supportive and empowering community for people to understand and integrate into British society. 

Values

We empower the people we support, and value the diversity of experience that every individual brings to our service. We believe that social connectedness helps people tackle the other issues they are living with, and seek to give people opportunities to build trust, resilience, confidence, improved health and wellbeing and a sense of belonging. 

Our aims

  • To build connections between people living at Napier and other institutional asylum accommodation and the local community 
  • To help people seeking asylum to adapt and integrate; through learning English, learning about life in Britain, and other support that will help people to advance themselves as they settle in the UK
  • To provide a support network to people living at Napier and who have moved on from Napier
  • To offer meaningful activities that improve the health and wellbeing of people living at Napier and other institutional asylum accommodation
  • To be anti-oppressive and anti-racist in our practice, providing services fairly to everyone.