Event support - EU Citizens UK

Do you need support for EU communities?

We can provide lawyers to individuals, community groups and professionals.

What is the service and who is it for?

If you work with EU communities who need information about the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), or legal assistance to make applications to the EUSS, we can provide lawyers for free to support your work.

1. Information Sessions

An information session helps get information on the EU Settlement Scheme out to large groups of people. Our lawyers can provide information and answer questions on EU law, rights in the UK, and navigating the EU Settlement Scheme for example, or on a specific topic.

Practical Information:

These sessions are helpful for EU communities, or professionals
Minimum 50 people attending
In-person or online
Across the UK
Up to 2 hours
The organisation requesting the service will need to take care of the logistics (setting up, promotion, hosting, interpretation, and follow up support).

2. Advice Surgeries

An advice surgery helps people who are vulnerable, or complex cases, and for those unable to make applications to the EUSS without the help of a lawyer. Our lawyers can provide free legal assistance to help answer questions, suggest next steps, and signpost for further legal assistance.

Practical Information:

These sessions are helpful for EU communities
In person or online
Minimum 5 people booked
Up to 4 hours
We accept bookings from community organisations, civil society organisations, local authorities, or a non-for-profit entity.
A support worker from the organisation booking should attend the surgery.
The organisation requesting the service will need to take care of the logistics (setting up, promotion, hosting, interpretation, and following up).

3. Expert Advice Sessions

An expert advice session provides in depth information and support for those working on cases under the EU Settlement Scheme or alternative immigration routes for EU citizens.

Practical Information:

These sessions are for professionals only (including volunteers)
We accept bookings from Local Authorities, non-profits and charities, and community support organisations
In-person or online
Across the UK
The organisation requesting the service will need to take care of the logistics (setting up, promoting, hosting and follow up).

Lawyers for Your Event

Our lawyers provide politically neutral information and advice on EU citizens’ rights, the EU Settlement Scheme and alternative immigration routes for EU citizens arriving in the UK after 2020.
They can cover general information, and also tailor information and advice in response to the interests or needs of the group.

Please contact our team if you have specific requirements, or you need more information about these services.

If you wish to discuss how we can support you, please complete the booking form below, or contact Seraphus on 020 8142 8211.

Download leaflet about this support.

EU-Delegation Services 25.pdf Download

Please use the booking form below to request a lawyer for your event, or you are welcome to send our lawyers an email to discuss your needs info@seraphus.co.uk

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Your form has been submitted

Thank you for requesting a lawyer for your event. We will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

Type of event

Please choose the type of event you want to book our lawyer to attend. If you want to hold both you will need to make two bookings, one for each type of event.

Who is organising the event?

Please note that the organiser cannot be an individual, but can be an organisation, even if not legally incorporated.

What does your organisation do?

Please include short a link to your website, social media page, etc if relevent.

Title of your event?

How would you describe this event to its intended audience?

The cost of the lawyers’s participation is covered by the European Union, however your organisation will be expected to organise and book the event venue, and manage the logistics of holding the event, invite participants and guests. If your event is to be delivered online only, we can provide assistance with software, scheduling and planning.

Audience

Who is your intended audience?

All EU nationals, a specific EU nationality or group e.g. Bulgarian citizens, non-EU family members, Roma or care home residents.

How many people are going to attend this event?

Information sessions: Minimum 50 attendees. Advice surgeries: Minimum 5 participants. No requirements for Expert Advice Surgeries.

Will you require interpretation for your event? If so, what language?

We can only accommodate one interpreting language. Organisers are responsible for finding and booking an interpreter.

We want to reach as many EU citizens as possible. For information sessions we would like to participate in events that have at least 50 participants registered to attend with no upper limit on that number. For Advice Surgeries, we expect at least 5 people registered for assistance. The maximum number of people we can see in a 4 hour Advice Surgery is 15 people. If you have more than 15 people interested in an Advice Surgery, please complete a new booking form for a new 4 hour booking. There is no upper limit on the number of event bookings one organisation can make.

Preferred date and time

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)

Please request a lawyer minimum two weeks before your event, and note that we can only provide lawyers on weekdays.

Time (start and end times)

Please specify the start time and end times of the lawyer’s participation, rather than that of the event itself. Please allow a maximum of two hours participation for information sessions and four hours for advice surgeries.

While we aim to provide a lawyer for your preferred date and time, we may suggest alternative dates depending on availability.

How and where will the event be hosted?

Delivery format

Online platform

If your event is delivered online, please confirm the software platform or platforms to be used.

For face-to-face events, we are able to provide lawyers and participate in events anywhere in the UK at our expense. This service is entirely free, you do not pay for any costs including the costs of travel to attend your events.

Booking contact

First name

Last name

Phone

Please provide the contact details for the person responsible for logistics and planning so that we can discuss these topics. For Advice surgeries, we will expect this person to know the names of the people requiring one-to-one legal support, the type of EU Settlement Scheme application they intend to make, and, if delivered online, the software and connection details for each person.

Further information

We provide free access to lawyers for your event. The organiser is responsible for all other event expenses, but we would like to know if you are interested in grants to cover other event expenses. We will provide this information further to our partners who may in the future provide such grants. Please check this box if you’d like us to forward this information to you.

Please provide any additional information or questions

Sharing your event

By submitting this booking form, you agree to the collection and processing of your personal data for the purpose of arranging legal support for your event. The information provided will be shared with the European Union, which funds this service, to monitor the delivery and effectiveness of the programme. Your data will be handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws and will only be used for the purposes outlined. For more information on how we process your data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Please tick this box if you agree to sharing your organisation’s contact information with other charitable organisations interested in EU citizens’ rights, working with or representing EU citizens in the UK.

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