Project Salam – Support for Birmingham refugee families

Project Salam offers three strands of support for professionals working with refugee families:

🎓 Training and consultancy

This is for staff teams wanting to gain knowledge and skills to support the relational wellbeing of displaced families.

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📖 Translated resources for parents and professionals

Information on topics including but not limited to neurodivergence and parenting challenges.

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👨‍👩‍👦 Family Theraplay® Support Packages

If you are a professional or organisation who would like to commission us to support a particular refugee family or group of children or teens (e.g. in a school or home setting), we can help.

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Beacon Family Services can help if you work with families who are:

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worried about their children’s emotional wellbeing and/or behaviour

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worried about their children’s anxiety, emotional wellbeing or mental health

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struggling with their child's behaviours or Childhood Challenging Violent and Aggressive Behaviours (CCVAB)

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experiencing school anxiety and / or school refusal

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experiencing a life change, such as illness, divorce or bereavement

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fostering or adopting and looking for support to develop new relationships

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looking for support with either neurodivergence, such as Autism or ADHD, or disabilities

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finding family life difficult and who would like to deepen their relationships to be a more connected parent

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Our training and consultancy for professionals working with refugee families is provided through the Not Just for Fun programme.

Not Just for Fun: Using Play to Support Emotional Regulation, Connection and Wellbeing

Not Just for Fun is part of the Connect for Parents workshop series, helping parents, carers and professionals better understand children's emotional wellbeing through the power of play, relationships and connection.

Workshops can be accessed through live events, digital downloads, or commissioned organisational delivery.

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Online • Free We have developed a bank of translated resources with information and tips on topics including but not limited to neurodivergence and parenting challenges.

📖 Arabic / عربي

🎙Listen now in Arabic / استمع الآن

📖 Dari / از

🎙Listen now in Dari / حالا گوش کنی

📖 Pashto / پښتو

🎙Listen now in Pashto / حالا گوش کنی

📖 Ukrainian / українська

🎙Listen now in Ukrainian / Слухати зараз

Get in touch to find out more about our Family Support Packages. We will be pleased to discuss your needs and put together a bespoke package of Theraplay® sessions and parent support, with the help of an interpreter as required. Together we can create a meaningful intervention in line with your budget.

Our offer can include one to one and/or family sessions, in a home or community setting. Our interpreters are experienced at working with Arabic, Pashto, Dari and Ukrainian speaking families. We are known for our impact and look forward to helping you.

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Project Salam is a support programme for refugee families from Afghanistan, Ukraine and Syria to strengthen and maintain family relationships during their period of resettlement in Birmingham and West Midlands.

From 2021-2026, Project Salam has worked alongside refugee families from Afghanistan, Ukraine and Syria to strengthen relationships, create moments of connection, and support family wellbeing during resettlement in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

Over five years the project has attracted a range of funding from Birmingham City Council Resettlement Team, Heart Of England Community Foundation, The National Lottery and The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Our support packages have used a range of therapeutic tools including  Theraplay® , Creative Therapeutic Life Story Work and Beanie Bundle Welcome Packs to focus on the parent-child relationship, which can have a transformative impact on families’ sense of safety and wellbeing.