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
12/01/2026
Messy Play
Art & Lojë Sensoriale për Foshnja
Hajde dhe bëhu pjesë e grupit “Messy Play”, një hapësirë e sigurt, e qetë dhe miqësore për foshnjat
6 muaj – 2 vjeç dhe prindërit kujdestaret e tyre.
Përmes artit dhe lojës sensoriale, fëmijët eksplorojnë, krijojnë dhe argëtohen, ndërsa prindërit kanë mundësinë të kalojnë kohë cilësore me fëmijët e tyre, duke forcuar lidhjen emocionale dhe mirëqenien. 💜
E martë, 13 Janar
10:30 – 11:30
Shpresa Albanian , 30 Avenons Road ,E13 8HT
10/01/2026
Klasat e gjuhes shqipe, bashkohuni me ne cdo të Shtunë ne:
Women's Support Group in Barking Library and Frenford Club Centre.
Cancer Awareness workshop.
Ndërgjegjësimi për kancerin ka të bëjë me edukimin e publikut mbi atë që është kanceri, shkaqet e tij, faktorët e rrezikut, shenjat dhe simptomat, programet e disponueshme të shqyrtimit dhe fuqizimin e njerëzve për të ndërmarrë veprime, si p.sh. për të vizituar një mjek herët, për rezultate më të mira trajtimi.
During 2025 - Our Educate Not Hate campaign was about challenging misinformation, breaking down harmful narratives, and replacing fear with facts.
Education is the strongest tool we have to build understanding, solidarity, and real change.
Together, we’re standing up against hate and choosing compassion, truth, and justice. This is how we create safer communities for everyone.
27/12/2025
2025 Recap 🚍✨ A huge milestone for our Free Bus Travel for Asylum Seekers campaign!
We’re proud to have taken this campaign to the GLA, sharing the voices and real experiences of people seeking asylum and pushing for fair access to public transport. This moment reflects months of hard work, community power, and belief that everyone deserves dignity and mobility in our city.
Thank you to everyone who stood with us – this is only the beginning.
27/12/2025
2025 Recap - Right to Work for Migrants Campaign
As we come to the end of the year, it’s a time for all of us to look back and reflect on what we’ve achieved. One of the successes we can be truly proud of is our campaigns: ‘The Right to Work for Migrants’
These achievements are the result of hard work, commitment, and dedication from everyone involved.
Thank you to everyone involved and looking forward to another year of continuous growth!
22/12/2025
2025 Recap - What a year for our Breaking the Chains - Youth Project! ✨
Forest Gate Youth Club and Norwood Junction Youth Club - every week
Evenings full of activities and action
Support and empowerment
Immigration advise and general advise
Traditional food and dancing
Sports and activities
Mental health support and emotional support
Workshops and trainings
Campaigns and events ….
another year of togetherness!
22/12/2025
Leadership & Campaigning at Shpresa Programme
2025 recap
“All Together We Can Make a Difference”
Our members of the community represent the heart of Shpresa, resilience, community, culture, and teamwork.
Their actions reflect the vision of our founder, Luljeta Nuzi, whose “can-do” attitude continues to inspire us every day.
It has been a successful year for our Leadership & Campaign Programme.
•Third Cohort of Leadership Programme
•EducateNotHate Campaign
•Listening Campaign
•FreeBusTravel for Asylum Seekers campaign and lots more we are proud of and celebrate at this end of year.
22/12/2025
Recap• Another eventful year for our Children and Young People - Albanian School and Heritage Project
It has been a year full of events and activities for our children’s group, learning , entertainment, education, cultural activities , community building, social activities etc.
One of the proudest moment of the year - Congratulations to Our Jack Petchey Award Winners! Every year, Shpresa recognises 24 exceptional young leaders.
This term (Sept–Nov 2025), eight inspiring young people were chosen by their peers for their commitment, kindness, and leadership.
We are SO proud of them!
22/12/2025
As we go to the end of this year - a recap of one of our main projects “Women Support Group”.
Women’s Support Groups Going Strong at Shpresa Programme - It has been a year full of activities.
Our Women’s Support Groups in Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge & Edmonton are full of friendship, learning and creativity.
Through art classes, info sessions, mental health support, and volunteering opportunities, we’re not only breaking isolation, but we’re also building resilience, confidence, skills, and tomorrow’s leaders every week.
Mental Health Awareness - A warm shout-out to all women taking part in our 6-week mental health support sessions. Caring for ourselves isn’t a luxury, it’s essential.
Walk & Talk Adventures - Fresh air, good company, and new places to explore
This term our Walk & Talk groups visited Romford Library, Canary Wharf Roof Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens, the City of London, and even Bath!
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Shpresa Programme is a registered charity number 1110688 and a company limited by guarantee number 4692860. Shpresa works with over 2,000 Albanian speaking refugees and migrants each year to foster integration and to support men, women and children, enabling them to contribute to the communities in which they now live and work.
Shpresa received the Queen’s Award for Volunteering in 2004. We hold the London Youth Quality Mark, Gold Award for excellence in our Youth Work provision. We also hold the Special Distinction Award from the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education for exceptional all round high quality supplementary school provision. We were awarded the Forum for Health and Well Being’s Communities of Health Award for the third year running in 2016. In October 2016, we were delighted to receive the Marsh Award for our contribution to the fight against modern slavery for our work with trafficked women and children. In July 2018 we fully achieved the PQASSO level 2 ( 4th addition) and we are proud to have achieved the Trustees Charity .
At Shpresa we have come into contact and supported many hundreds of Albanian speaking people , children who learn Albanian language dancing, perform get involve in sports, parents who learn English and parenting skills, volunteers who get training and support and later on jobs, women that suffer domestic violence and get protected, people who need information and guidance , food or clothes , Shpresa has become the family for the young people who are here without their parents and has become the organisation where we all can knock for help and they will try their best to help.
Our CEO received an Honorary Award as Migrant and Refugee Woman of the year in 2012, the David Crystal Award from the Chartered Institute of Linguists in 2014 in recognition of her work with Shpresa Programme fostering the study of community languages, the Ambassador For Peace from Universal Peace federation December 2016 and recently May 2017 the UK Foreign Social Entrepreneur Award from Money Gram Currently Shpresa is running several projects
Empower Women - Women’s Project, Make it happen - Albanian school, Working together to develop resilience – Youth Project ,Still changing our futures - volunteering,Resources - offer resources and support
Currently we are operating in these boroughs: Newham – 4 venue Including main office,Barking and Dagenham – 1 venue,Redbridge – 1 venue,Enfield – 1 venue, Haringey – 1 venue, Croydon – 3 venues,
Shpresa runs many projects to support the Albanian community in London
*Children and Young People project - aims to improve the life , the education and the wellbeing of the Albanian speaking children from refugee, asylum and migrant backgrounds as well as enabling their voices to get heard.
*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 could improve their health, integrate within the society and play a full part in the family, community and society
*Volunteering project - aims to promote volunteering amongst Albanian speaking community as way forward in improving their chances of employment as well as their Education and health. In the same time as an organization we offer work placement and internship and team challenges for business teams
*Advice and Advocacy project - aims to provide in partnership with other providers such as RAMP, Praxis, RAMFEL and Community links advice and advocacy on behalf of the Albanian speaking clients in different fields such as benefits, immigration etc
*Campaigning aims to engage, up skill and build power of the Albanian speaking people leaving in UK and other communities to work together to solve the problems that matter to them and for the Common Good
* Resources aims to share our learning, model of working and resources with other user led groups to maximise our impact in the society and play our active role in the Big society
