A new focus for 2026!
As we enter 2026, I am excited to be in a position to promote my latest initiative! My latest initiative is to update my book Campaigning for Change, which I published back in 2017. This was my first attempt at …
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First blog post in a while!
Back in January, I wrote that my busy schedule showed no signs of abating and that was certainly true. If anything, it almost became too busy and I tried to do too many things because I was so passionate to …
And into 2025!
2024 was a very busy year for me – from the last update in July, my full portfolio of interesting assignments continued – now taking me into 2025 and shows no signs, for now, of slowing down. My work for …
It’s been a while!
It has been a while since I last did a blog post on this site mainly because things have been somewhat busy for me! My work at the Detention Forum, a network of over 50 independent organisations working together to …
London RCO Forum
I have had contact with the London Refugee Community Organisations’ (RCO) Advocacy Forum for years, in their different guises, ever since I was working at the Refugee Council back in 2007-11. It is such an important initiative bringing together refugee …
2023 – review of my year
After a very busy year in 2022, last year, whilst still full, wasn’t quite as manic as the previous year thankfully, and I worked on a number of diverse and interesting assignments such as: Continuing to support Detention Forum, and …
Sanctuary in Politics
Last month, I had the pleasure again to do a few sessions at the latest Sanctuary in Politics course, this time held in Swansea. This is an incredibly special training course, run by City of Sanctuary UK, and it’s basically …
A good example of a European campaign
Last month I was in Brussels running and advocacy workshop for Eurochild with their European campaign on Early Childhood Development. I have had the good fortune to be involved with this European campaign, involving now 11 different countries, since it …
Putting my approach into action
I’ve written many times before outlining some very simple tools, which can drive your campaigning practice It has been interesting for me at the Detention Forum to be able to slowly put some of these tools into action for this …
What does the word safety mean?
Last month I had the privilege of re-connecting with the Voices Network at the British Red Cross. The Voices network is a collective of refugees and people seeking asylum. Together, they speak out about issues that affect them. As people …