Asylum seekers and other non-English speaking residents who have been living in the UK for a while find that effective communication is crucial and can contribute to resolving cultural and language divisions in communities.
It's clear that language difficulty is one of the integration problems faced by immigrant communities (confirmed in a report by the Department of Communities and Local Government in 2009) and the challenge for local authority staff is to provide a seamless service to immigrant communities.
Translation and interpreting services therefore give people access to the support they need, so that non-English speaking residents are not neglected and have access to local authority services in the same way as other residents.
Asylum seekers (asylum is protection given by a country to someone fleeing persecution in their own country) and other non-English speaking residents need access to a broad range of local authority services such as adult social care, children’s services and housing, just like any other sector of the population.
Location can play a significant part in the pattern of concentration of immigrant communities, which can be influenced by complex reasons including access to facilities.
That's where Prestige Network comes in: through our range of services, we can enable people to say what they want, to understand what is going on around them and to feel connected to others. Prestige Network’s support can help local authorities to step up to the plate in making their services accessible to asylum seekers in the UK and other non-English speaking residents.
Working with local authorities around the UK, we take the worry and hassle away by providing a "one stop number 01635 866888" for all language needs - from translating brochures, providing Palentypists, to interpreting (both face-to-face interpreting and telephone interpreting) in all languages, including British Sign Language (BSL).
For more details check out how we work with local authorities.
