
Impact
Spotlight on the work of Brushstrokes
New neighbours in 2021/22
This year we have been able to help more people from more nationalities on a wider range of issues.
We helped individuals from 102 countries of origin this year
We helped individuals from 102 countries of origin this year -
Increasing numbers of Romanian, Indian, Iraqi, Nigerian, Italian and Iranian nationals have been seen this year.
We worked with 1566 new clients, 929 existing clients , including 1086 families.
48% male 52% female



Asylum seekers and refugees make up 19% of service users
Down from 49% in 2019/20
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42% of service users were EU nationals making them the largest group of clients.
2495 service users (Up from 1728 in 2019/20)
5637 Beneficiaries including 1086 families and 1838 children
63% of service users lived in Sandwell
24% lived in Birmingham
40% of service lived in Smethwick
7% of service users lived in Oldbury and 10% in West Bromwich.
Resources
This year we were able to provide the following
13217 provisions of food
825 clothing packs provided
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519 provisions of household items

41 baby packs provided
178 provisions of Baby equipment
English Language learning at Brushstrokes.
212 people engaged with English Language learning

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ESOL 143
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IELTS (International English Language Testing System) and OET (Occupational English Test) 69
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73% of our students are womenï‚·
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Learners are from 41 different nationalities.ï‚·
Advice
3300 new advice and support cases were opened this year

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343 individuals provided with specialist benefits
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856 individuals were supported to apply for pre-settled or settled status through the EU Settlement Scheme project
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386 individuals received immigration advice
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132 Refugee Households supported to manage the transition from asylum support and provided with support to access accommodation, training, employment and welfare benefits.
Volunteering at Brushstrokes this year
We have 53 active volunteers
15 volunteers are refugees or were born outside the UK
8 volunteers gained employment during 2020/21
3558 hours of volunteers