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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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13217 provisions of food

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825 clothing packs provided

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519 provisions of household items

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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

  • IELTS (International English Language Testing System)  and OET (Occupational English Test) 69

  • 73% of our students are womenï‚·

  • 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 

  • 856 individuals were supported to apply for pre-settled or settled status through the EU Settlement Scheme project

  • 386 individuals received immigration advice

  • 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

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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

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