Visitor Groups

ASYLUM WELCOME (Campsfield House Oxford)
276a Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1 UR
Tel: 01865 722082
Fax: 01865 792532
Email: asylumwelcomevisiting@hotmail.co.uk
COORDINATOR: Dalibor Warburton

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DAVID – DONCASTER ASSOCIATION OF VISITORS TO IMMIGRATION DETAINEES (Lindholme)
50 Leeds Road Selby YO8 4HX
Tel: 01757 706040 and 01302 782928
Email: shplatt@freeuk.com
Alternative email: cftsplatt@yahoo.co.uk

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DOVER DETAINEE VISITING GROUP
PO Box 294 Dover CT17 9GY
Tel: 01304 242755
Fax: 01304 242755
Website: www.ddvg.org.uk
Email: ddvg@btinternet.com
COORDINATOR: Vebi Kosumi

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GDWG – GATWICK DETAINEES WELFARE GROUP (Tinsley House)
225 Three Bridges Road, Crawley W Sussex RH10 1LG
Tel: 01293 434350
Fax: 01293 434351
Website: www.gdwg.org.uk
Email: info@gdwg.org.uk
FREEPHONE for detainees on!y: 0800 389 4367 COORDINATOR: Pascale Noel

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GRAG – GUILDFORD REFUGEE ACTION GROUP (Harmondsworth and Colnbrook)
Beech Cottage Tilthams Green Godalming Surrey DU7 3BT
Email: jeffandliz@jwandelcox.freeserve.co.uk
A local network of those with refugee interests and some visit under the aegis of LDSG – others are concerned with information and advocacy work in parishes, represent the local Red Cross, Save the Children etc

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HASLAR VISITORS GROUP (Portsmouth)
All Saints, Commercial Road, Portsmouth PO1 4BT
Tel: 023 9283 9222
Fax: 023 9283 9222
Website: www.haslarvisitors.org.uk
Email: coordinator@haslarvisitors.org.uk
COORDINATOR: Michael Woolley. Haslar Visitors Group also runs the ALL SAINTS ASYLUM DROP-IN Mondays and Thursdays 10am-1pm. AGENCIES ATTENDING: Refugee Action (NASS); Refugee Legal Centre; Portsmouth Counselling Service; Time Bank; Red Cross; Asylum Seekers Activities Project; Mothers and Toddlers Group; Music is Fun.

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JRS – JESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE
6 Melior Street, London SE1 3QP
Tel: 020 7357 0974
Fax: 020 7378 1985
Website: www.jrsuk.net
Email: uk@jrs.net
COORDINATOR: Shana Monwanga

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JUSTICE AND PEACE GROUP (Norwich)
3 Cardiff Road Norwich NR2 3HR
Tel: 01603 611035

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LDSG – LONDON DETAINEE SUPPORT GROUP (Harmondsworth and Colnbrook)
3R Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London N1 3QP
Tel: 020 7226 3114
Fax: 020 7226 3016
Website: www.ldsg.org.uk
Email: jerome@ldsg.org.uk
FREEPHONE for Harmondsworth detainees ONLY: 0800 587 2096 COORDINATOR Jerome Phelps

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LEWES PRISON VISITING GROUP
32 Montacute Road, Lewes BN7 1EN
Tel: 01273 473419

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LIVERPOOL PRISON VISITORS GROUP (Altcourse and Liverpool)
116 Upper Warwick Street, Liverpool, L8 8HE
Tel: 0151 709 7284
Email: sfitchster@gmail.com
COORDINATOR: Susan Fitch

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MIDST – MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION DETAINEE SUPPORT TEAM
Christopher Lukey, 25 Crouchley Lane, Lymm WA13 0AS
Tel: 01925 758418
Email: midst@thelukeys.co.uk

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OAKINGTON FRIENDS VISITING GROUP
7 Mill Road, Oakington CB4 5AQ
Tel: 01223 843544
Email: jillian@quodlibet.demon.co.uk

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PRAXIS – VAMOS JUNTOS (Latin Americans)
Pott Street, London E2 OEF
Tel: 020 7729 7985
Fax: 020 7729 0134
Website: www.praxis.org.uk
Email: admin@praxis.org.uk
BEFRIENDING service for Spanish speaking inmates detained in British prisons and detention centres. NEWSLETTER: quarterly newsletter sent to inmates together with some music tapes and Latin American newspapers produced in London. DIRECTOR: R Vaughan Jones

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RAG – REFUGEE ACTION GROUP (Hyde Bank and Crumlin Road)
c/o MCRC 9 Lower Crescent; Belfast BT7 1NR
Tel: 028 9024 4639
Fax: 028 9032 9581
Website: www.mcrc-ni.org/RAG/RAG%20home.htm
Email: refugee@mcrc-ni.org

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SCOTTISH DETAINEE VISITORS (Dungavel)
c/o SRC, 5 Cadogan Square (170 Blythswood Court), Glasgow G2 7PH
Tel: 0141 248 9799
Fax: 0141 243 2499
Website: www.sdv.org.uk/
Email: info@sdv.org.uk

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SOUTHAMPTON AND WINCHESTER VISITORS GROUP
8 Dean Close, Winchester SO22 5LP
Tel: 01962 864099
Fax: 01962 852603
Email: dvinell@cix.co.uk
Used to visit in Winchester but now mainly a support group in Winchester and Southampton

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TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST, PROJECT VOLUNTEERS (Campsfield House Oxford)
Terence Higgins Trust Oxfordshire, 43 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1 BP
Tel: 01865 243389
Fax: 01865 792210
Website: www.tht.org.uk
Email: info.oxfordshire@atht.org.uk
Terence Higgins Trust runs a project for gay men in Campsfield

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WANDSWORTH DETAINEE VISITING GROUP (Wandsworth Prison)
3 Upper Tooting Park, London SW17 7SN
Tel: 020 8672 2887

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YARL’S WOOD BEFRIENDERS
47 Harborough Road, Rushden, Northants, NN10 0LW
Tel: 01933 318378

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ZIMBABWE ASSOCIATION
Development House 56-64 Leonard Street London EC2A 4JX
Tel: 020 7549 0355
Fax: 020 7549 0356
Website: www.zimbabweassociation.org
Email: zimbabweassociation@yahoo.co.uk
Visit Zimbabwean detainees in the UK

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