The Qadam London team
ASSILZHAN ABUTALIP
Social work specialist · MSc Social Work · Kazakh and Uzbek interpreter · Assilzhan Abutalip
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Assilzhan Abutalip is from Kazakhstan, from South Kazakhstan Region. Master of Science in Social Work, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, 2023 (programme 7M11405 "Social Work").
He has worked in social services since 2021. In Astana he coordinated support for 300 children with disabilities (the Astana Society of Children with Disabilities, a public association), was a consultant on the «Жаңа мүмкіндік» project and a lecturer's assistant at Esil University.
He has been in the UK since 14 February 2024. In 2025 he completed ESOL Level 1 at Westminster college in London — that is where, in the same class, he met Timur. He now works and volunteers in London.
Translation and explanation in your own language — letters, forms, a conversation with an organisation — if Russian or English is hard.
Applications to funders, links with organisations. Partnerships go to him.
Community meet-ups and events. He welcomes and coordinates volunteers: want to help — write to him.
From Assilzhan
Why I am here
I chose social work to help people in hard situations at the level of the system: most simply don't know their rights. The hardest thing for our people here is adapting, the language barrier and not knowing your rights. I went through it myself: people helped and guided me. Now I want to be that person for others — so you don't feel alone.
Don't be afraid to take the first step — that is how we reach our goal.
Education
Master's diploma · L.N. Gumilyov ENU
The qualification was obtained in Kazakhstan. In the UK, "social worker" is a protected title (registration with Social Work England), so Assilzhan does information and community work, not regulated social work or immigration advice.
Write to Assilzhan
Kazakh and Uzbek, volunteering, partnerships
Questions about your own situation — through a request for a free plan. General questions about the project — info@qadamlondon.uk. Translation, volunteering, partnerships and events — here, he answers himself.
Assilzhan's work email. You can write in Kazakh, Russian, Uzbek or English.
Executive DirectorTimur Nygmetov →Leads the project and went through the asylum process himself.
The project is not yet registered as an organisation. This is information and a route map, not immigration advice.