Making Support Accessible: New Leaflet for Asylum-Seeking and Refugee Young People

Finding support for drug or alcohol concerns can feel overwhelming, especially if English isn’t your first language or if you’re new to the UK. That’s why we’re proud to share our new Asylum Seekers and Refugees leaflet, created to make it easier for young people to understand what support is available and how to access it.

Whether you’re worried about your own drug or alcohol use, or you’re concerned about a parent or carer’s substance use, help is available and you don’t have to face it alone.

Available in Six Languages

To remove language barriers and improve access to support, the leaflet has been translated into six languages:

• Arabic

• Farsi

• Pashto

• Kurdish Kurmanji

• Kurdish Sorani

• Tigrinya

  
  

This means more young people can read about our services in a language they feel comfortable with, helping them understand what support looks like before taking the next step.

Co‑Produced with Young People and Professionals

This leaflet was developed with:

• Professionals who work closely with asylum‑seeking and refugee young people

• Young people supported by organisations such as the International Youth Project

Their feedback was invaluable. It shaped the language, imagery and content to ensure the leaflet is clear, welcoming and relevant. The result is a resource that explains our services in a straightforward way and reflects real questions and worries young people may have.

Clear Answers to Real Questions

The leaflet includes tailored questions and answers that speak directly to the concerns asylum‑seeking and refugee young people often raise. By addressing these questions, we hope to reduce anxiety and make reaching out feel safer and more manageable.

View the Leaflet

You can view this leaflet, along with all our other service leaflets, on the leaflet page of our website: https://www.matthewprojectyoungpeople.org/leaflets