The Children's Society's Help Each Asylum Seeker and Refugee to Settle (HEARTS) is a Leeds-based advocacy service that provides practical, educational and emotional support to young people who have faced the trauma of fleeing their country and trying to settle in the UK.
The programme, running since 2012, provides support to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) and young refugees aged 15 to 25 through three key strands: one-to-one advocacy, youth group provision, and assistance from a dedicated volunteer.
Service manager Lindiwe Mapuranga, who oversees the programme, says that many young refugees and UASC have left behind their families, often escaping war and conflict, and have survived “long, arduous journeys” to the UK.
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