Why aren’t you in touch with Rabbi Katz of paris? He is a mechutan with some of the big english rabbanim, and quite involved. His son Harav Yudah lived in gateshead for many years and was considerd one of the choshuve talmidei chachomim over there.
He is very helpful, and is mekarev people, and he has conections.
Hatzlacha Rabba.