This tool has been created in partnership between the NRPF Network and COMPAS, with funding from the Legal Education Foundation.

A project led by the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford. The Global Exchange provides opportunities for knowledge exchange and identifying practical solutions to challenges identified by migration research.

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Find out where migrant families can get help with housing and financial support when they have no recourse to public funds (NRPF).

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You can use this tool if you are a person needing help, adviser, or local authority practitioner considering an application for social services support. You will need information about the person’s immigration status.

Please note:

It will take around 10-15 mins to complete the tool.

The tool will generate guidance based on the answers you provide. It does not provide a guarantee that any form of help will be provided as this will be subject to assessment by the support provider.

For voluntary sector advisers and local authority practitioners, the tool will direct you to more detailed guidance.

Whilst every effort will be taken to keep the content up to date, the law changes regularly and people should seek appropriate advice where this is recommended.

The tool does not ask for confidential information, nor keep any record of personal details.

You will be able to email the advice provided to yourself but your email address will not be stored.

The advice provided about help from social services is based on English legislation with references to the equivalent legislation that applies in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Support Options

Find out what help may be available

Start

This tool has been created in partnership between the NRPF Network and COMPAS, with funding from the Legal Education Foundation.

A project led by the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford. The Global Exchange provides opportunities for knowledge exchange and identifying practical solutions to challenges identified by migration research.

Compas logo