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 …
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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 …
New Homelessness Campaign
Back in 2021 I did some work for the Royal Foundation as they began to think through what William, Prince of Wales, or the Duke as they referred to him back then, could contribute to a new campaign to tackle …
New leadership course now half way through
I’ve been really delighted to be working with the impressive Shpresa programme this year on a new leadership course for migrant community leaders. We launched it in Parliament last month, and we are now half-way through the first course. The …
New migrant leadership course
Back in the summer I was approached by Shpresa programme, who gave me the exciting news that they had received funding to run a new leadership course for migrant community leaders. I was really keen to meet up and discuss …
2022 – what a year!
After a very busy end to the year, I have just had the chance to review 2022 – and once again I have been amazed at the opportunities that I have had to support campaigning around the world. To give …
It’s a busy time!
Well, after a slow and relaxing summer, things have really picked up for me this autumn! I am continuing in my role at Detention Forum, but I am also supporting the Refugee Council in the UK for a few months …
Campaigning with your heart and your head
I recently came back from Almaty in Kazakhstan, where I was running an advocacy campaigns workshop for parent groups across the country. It was great to have the opportunity to do this in person, despite the temperature being 36 degrees! …