JUMP is HIAS+JCORE’s Unaccompanied Minors Project.
We give young unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugees a safe space to gain the skills and confidence they need to settle and build their new lives in the UK.
JUMP has three main pillars:
- Befriending We facilitate fortnightly one-to-one befriending between young people and trained adult volunteers
- Community We bring pairs together for quarterly group events – with activities chosen by JUMP’s participants
- Casework and advocacy Our project staff help our young people access education; and legal, housing and medical support. We also run a dedicated Hardship Fund.
Two of our JUMP young people at our 2024 community gardening session.