Kanlungan Filipino Consortium, or simply Kanlungan, was founded in 1994 by a group of Filipino migrants to serve as an umbrella-organisation that would unify and coordinate the activities of other Filipino migrant organisations in the United Kingdom (UK). On 31st August 1999, Kanlungan was officially registered as a charity at the Charity Commission for England and Wales to provide support to the wider and more diverse community of migrants. Kanlungan currently has 12 member-organisations around the UK working closely together for the welfare and interests of Filipino and East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) migrant communities in Britain. Its members of the Board of Trustees are composed of representatives of these organisations who are responsible for governance and administration of Kanlungan.