UASC.
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (UASC – 16-18yrs)
Since 2002 ICN has been looking after young men between the ages of 16 – 18, as well as providing Leaving Care (18+) services. This service is provided on behalf of a number of local councils. In particular, we have sought to give UASCs emotional and practical support after the trauma many experience in getting to the UK, compounded by uncertainty about their future – as many dread being sent back.
We have provided accommodation and care to about 150 young men since 2002 on behalf of the Social Services departments of half- a-dozen Local Councils in Southern England.
Life skills training, English language acquisition, and safe, comfortable accommodation have been central to our support.
I do not think of ICN as an organisation, I think of it as part of my family.
