After18

Who we are

After18 is a charity which specialises in supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young refugees under 25 to adjust to living in the UK, consider their options and prepare for their future.

We were founded in 2013 in response to the number of unaccompanied children in Leicester who were asking for support when they turned 18.

Children and young people have been travelling to the UK, without their family, fleeing war and persecution in their home country. They arrive bewildered, traumatised and anxious, living alone in an unfamiliar place where they may not speak the language or understand the culture.

Through reaching out and assisting them to access mainstream services, we were able to listen and work with them to develop our services. They have shaped our education project and identified the need for a young women’s group, and recently prompted us to launch a group for new arrivals. 

We now have around 180 young people using our services each year.