East European Resource Centre is a charity (reg. no. 1114607) that has been providing information, advice and support to people from Central and Eastern Europe since 1984, in particular from the 2004 and 2007 EU accession countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Our vision is of Great Britian being home to Eastern European (EE) migrants where they can make choices about their families, work and homes, and live fulfilled lives as respected members of local communities.

Our mission is giving voice and resources to EE migrants who experience poverty, exploitation and social exclusion in order to help them to make choices about their lives and realize their potential as equal members of communities.

What we do:

1. Frontline delivery of information, advice and advocacy for disadvantaged Eastern European migrants in need of help to navigate British systems, develop confidence and skills, and improve integration with the British society
2. Delivery of skills training, in particular English language, specific employment-related and financial skills
3. Policy work that is based on evidence collected through casework, outreach, own research, and dedicated needs analyses 
4. Awareness raising though information, outreach and campaigns on rights of Eastern Europeans and on challenges they face in interactions with statutory services and private markets, such as hate crime, immigration status, rented housing or employment.