The UK has a thriving Kurdish community. The KRG UK Representation maintains good ties with Kurdish community associations, cultural groups, representatives and individuals in different parts of the UK, regularly meeting them to hear their requests and concerns and to promote their work and activities. We encourage the Kurdish community to be active citizens in the UK with strong links to our homeland.
The KRG UK Representation regularly supports or participates in Kurdish organisations’ activities in Britain, such as cultural and artistic festivals, college and university [discussions], medical and scientific seminars, and Anfal genocide remembrances. And every year, members of the Kurdish community, as well as our British and international friends, are invited to our summer reception.
Some of the UK’s Kurdish and Iraqi community and cultural organisations are listed below. If you would like your Kurdish community organisation to be considered for inclusion here, please contact us on uk@krg.org , stating the name of your organisation, its address, email, phone number and the main contact person.
Community and cultural associations
Listed in order of location
Croydon Kurdish Association
73-77 London Road
West Croydon
CR0 2RS
The Kurdish Centre, Croydon
Shorsh Barzanji
4 Katherine Street
Croydon CR0 1NX
Tel. 0208 681 8305
Derby Kurdish Community Association
Unit 160 Westfield
Derby DE1 2PG
Tel: 013326 14329
Mobile, Pishtiwan Sami 07886 274646
Mobile, Ranjbar Bawani 07729 276425
Glasgow Kurdish Community
Kawa Ali
Mobile 07782 213890
Kurdish Forum, Huddersfield
Leeds Kurdish Community
Kurdsuk
Gharib Bani
07752002601
kurdsyuk@yahoo.com
www.kurdsuk.org
Gilgamish Association
Dr Munira Faili
07886419432
London
The Kurdish Advice Centre
St Mary's Community Centre
Birkbeck Road
Hornsey
London N8 7PF
Tel: 020 8347 9657
FAX: 020 8347 8669
Kurdish Cultural Centre
Kurdish Disability Organisation
Haji Karim
6 - 9 Manor Gardens
London N7 6LA
Email:
kdoorg@ikurd.com
Tel: 07545 696411
Fax: 0207 2729833
Kurdish Housing Association
Kurdish Association
Western Kurdistan Association
Kurdish Community Centre
Fairfax Hall
11 Portland Gardens
London N4 1HU
Email:
info@kurdishcentre.org
Tel. 0208 880 1804
Gulan
Promoting Kurdish arts and culture to the UK and international community
Sarah Panizzo
19 Chelsea Park Gardens
London SW3 6AF
Email: panizzose@btinternet.com
Tel. 0207 351 6212
www.gulan.org.uk
Kurdish Personalities Association
Kamal Chalabi
PO Box 63122
London W14 4AU
Mobile 07932 016907
The Kurdish Art Centre
Kurdish Artists Rights
Kurdish Association Centre in Greater Manchester
Kurdish Art Group, Manchester
Kurdistan Community for Kurds, Middlesbrough
Plymouth Kurdish Community
Portsmouth Kurdish Community Association
Mr Umed
Kurdish Community Association
Victory Business Centre
Somers Road North
Portsmouth PO1 1PJ
Email:
pkca@hotmail.co.uk
Mobile: 07912 758673
Mobile: 07517 484241
www.pkca.piczo.com
Women’s organisations
Kurdish & Middle East Women’s Organisation (KMEWO)
Ms Kharman
Caxton House
129 St. John’s Way
London N19 3RQ
Email:
waviolence@ukonline.co.uk
Tel: 0207 2631027
Fax: 0207 5619594
Mobile: 07748851125
Kurdistan Refugee Women’s Organisation (KRWO)
Gona Saeed
Unit H Fourth Floor
Hannibal House
Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre
London SE1 6TE
Tel: 0207 708 0057
Medical, scientific and student organisations
Kurdish Medical Association in UK (KuMA - UK)
Support Committee for Higher Education in Kurdistan (SCHEIK - UK)
Kurdish Medical and Scientific Federation (KMSF)
Newcastle and Gateshead Medical Volunteers
Mr Sarkhell
Email: sarkhell.radha@nhs.net
Mobile 07515 347645
Kurdish Studies and Students Organisation (KSSO)
Schools
Azadi Saturday School
Kurdish Cultural Centre
14 Stannary Street
London SE11 4AA
Email: admin@kcclondon.org.uk
Tel. 020 7735 0918
Dorset Kurdish School
Football teams
Hull Kurdish Team
Kurd Stars
Kurdish United
Kurdistan United
Iraqi associations
British Iraqi Friendship Society
Al Muntada, Iraqi Association
Mr Jabar
The Arab Group in Hounslow
Iraqi Youth Foundation
Kurdish and Iraqi political party representatives in the UK
Kurdistan Democratic Party
Sherko Habib
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Hawar Haji
Kurdistan Islamic Group
Faisal Aziz
Kurdistan Islamic Union
Kurdistan Communist Party
Faili Kurdish Movement
Al Dawa Party
Dr Muhammad Al-Nasiri
Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI)
Ihsan Al-Hakim
Email: Isci_uk@talktalk.net
Iraqi Islamic Party
Farid Sabri
Flat D, 26 Penywern Road
London SW5 9SU
Iraqi National Congress
Iraqi Communist Party
Assyrian Democratic Movement
UK friendship associations in the Kurdistan Region
Kurdistan-UK Friendship Association, Erbil
Halwest Shekhani
Mobile +964 (0)750 417 8888