CHNI has been funded by Food Standards Agency and Safefood to research and develop a Regional Food Sharing Network, the first of its kind in Northern Ireland.

click here for more information.

Your first stop for help should be:

Northern Ireland Housing Executive. The Housing Executive (NIHE) has 37 District Offices across Northern Ireland.

To find your local District Office, click here (NIHE site).  For Out of Hours Services, please refer to the telephone numbers on the left.

For more information on how the Housing Executive assess and decide what help they can give you click here for an advice leaflet

Self-referral Accommodation & Support

There are a number of self-referral Accommodation and Support services available that you can contact directly. The immediate help these accommodation providers will be able to provide will vary depending on vacancies.  

For Accommodation poster listing self-referral services, click here

If you need Housing Advice or want to know your rights...

If you require housing advice related to renting accommodation, debt, or threat of homelessness, contact Housing Rights Service.  You can telephone the Housing Rights Service, during office hours, on  02890 245 640.  

To visit Housing Advice NI, click here. This site provides free, reliable and practical information on housing and homelessness issues with pages specifically produced for young people.

If you are a young Person...

If you are a young person faced with housing difficulties or homelessness, please visit this link.

For further information about your rights, visit Housing Advice NI pages, click here.

Homeless NI - information for professionals and public alike... 

Homeless Northern Ireland is web site for professionals and members of the public alike. The site gives up to date information about 400 hostels, advice and support services. Help you need, when you need it. 

You can access Homeless NI from this site - just click on the Homeless NI tab at the top of the page or click here

To download a document (PDF) with instructions how to use the site, click here

If you are a Migrant Worker...

Information leaflet.
This leaflet draws together contact details for a number of advice agencies, and links to publications printed in several languages.
information leaflet for foreign nationals from EEA countries and Swiss nationals. Note: information also relevant to to nationals from Accession countries who have worked (registered) in the UK for more than one year.	information leaflet for foreign nationals from Accession countries (A8 and A2 nationals)

If you are a migrant worker and need advice, you can also contact:

STEP (Migrant Workers’ Support Project) on 02838 399 595; and

NI Council for Ethnic Minorities, on 02890 319 666.

Migrant Worker advice on Housing Advice NI (Housing Rights Service website)

Law Centre NI Derry tel: 7126 2433; Belfast tel: 9024 4401

Migrant Worker Support Network; tel: 87729002

Ethnic Minority Housing Advice Service for Newry & Mourne area

The service offers advice on housing benefit and social  housing issues for members of BME community in Newry and Mourne.

Tuesday mornings 10.00 – 13.00
Newry Housing Executive District Office, Boat Street
Free and confidential interpreting available.
Everybody welcome. 

flyer with text in Russian, Polish & Lithuanian

Newry District Office
Housing Executive
35-45 Boat Street
Newry
Phone: 028 3025 2544
E-mail: katerina.skrebska@newryandmourne.gov.uk

New immigration detention emergency helpline

The Helpline number is 0800 8400 495 and is available outside office hours, weekends and holidays. Any person at risk of detention should make a note of the Helpline number. However, RAG also urges members of the public to also ring the Helpline to assist those being detained. Source: Refugee Action Group (RAG)

If you are a refugee or asylum seeker...

• if you are at risk of detainment or deportation, Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (NICRAS) operate an emergency out of hours number: 0794 8727014
• NICRAS holds a weekly lunch-time Drop In: Thursday 12.00-02.00. contact: 028 9024 6699/0794 872 7014
• An Information pack for asylum-seekers in Northern Ireland who may be detained from Refugee Action Group

Other Links and contacts...

On the left hand side of this page, you will find telephone numbers and web links that may be of use to you.  Also, please browse our “Useful Links” section

Two useful online directories:

Homeless NI

Advice Services Directory (Housing Rights Service website)

CHNI supports the Human Rights Consortium's campaign for a strong and inclusive Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland

click button to visit site & send your own petition to MLAs

In the framework of the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, FEANTSA is running a campaign called 'Ending Homelessness'.  for more information, visit FEANTSA at: http://www.feantsa.org/code/en/pg.asp?Page=1252