Shpresa Programme

Shpresa Programme is a user-led charity that promotes the participation and contribution of the Albanian-speaking community in the UK and enables its users to play a positive and active role in society. Shpresa runs many projects to support the Albanian-speaking community in London and the UK.

*Children and Young People project - aims to improve the life, education and the wellbeing of the Albanian-speaking children from refugee, asylum and migrant backgrounds as well as enabling their voices to get heard.

- Heritage project (Albanian language , heritage and social action)
- Youth champions (Sport, environment leadership, mental health training social action
- Breaking the chains Project
- Jack Petchey Awards

*Women's Heath and Wellbeing project - aims to improve the chances of the Albanian-speaking women to break the isolation, loneliness and other barriers so they can improve their health, integrate within the society and play a full part in the family, community and society.

- Empower Newham Women project
-Empower Barking and Dagenham Women Project
- Walk Talk watch


*Volunteering project - aims to promote volunteering amongst Albanian-speaking community as way to improve their chances of employment as well as their education and health. At the same time, as an organisation we offer work placements and internships, and team challenges for business teams.

- Still changing our future

*Advice and Advocacy project - aims to provide, in partnership with other providers such as MiCLU, Money A+E, Horizon, Manor gardens , New Europeans advice and advocacy on behalf of the Albanian-speaking clients in various fields - such as benefits, immigration , settlement , debts etc.

- Be the change

*Campaigning - aims to engage, up-skill and empower the Albanian-speaking people living in the UK, to work together to solve the problems that matter to them and for the common good. we are an active member of London citizens

- Living wage
- CLT( housing)
- Settle our status
- Mental health


*Training and Education - aiming to create opportunities and support members to identify and access training locally. we are working in partnership with Nals, Alisar Prospects training , Barking Adult college , Total family coaching etc

* Emergency provision - aims to relief of financial hardship, in particular providing financial support, clothes, food and access to data to the most vulnerable group by working in partnership with partners and local authority such as Newham council,

* Resources and research - aims to share our learning, model of working and resources with other user-led groups to maximise our impact and play our active role in society. we also want to get the voices and lived experiences of our members in research, currently working with UEL, York University , UCL, Liverpool university and Southhampton University

- Into the arms of traffickers
- LOHST