Events

Manchester prepares for the Illegal Migration Act

Read more about our Illegal Migration Act community session in Manchester on 6th October.

An evening with Scottish Detainee Visitors

On 4 October 2023, Right to Remain joined Scottish Detainee Visitors for their volunteer evening. Read this blog to find out more!

Rounding off the Toolkit festival season in Truro

A run down of our final Toolkit festival in Cornwall

Inside our Young Asylum Guide launch event

Read about what happened at our Young Asylum Guide launch event.

Our sixth Toolkit festival; what radical solidarity means in Worcestershire

On 27th July, Yumna and Esther journeyed to Worcester to meet with groups Evesham Vale and beyond, and find out how they have adapted to support an ever growing cohort of people seeking asylum in the West Midlands.

Taking the Toolkit to the North East!

As we continue on our anniversary tour of the UK, some of the team travel to Newcastle for our fifth Toolkit festival

Inside our Toolkit workshop with Journey LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers Group

On Tuesday 18th October, we were delighted to hold a Toolkit workshop for Journey, a group that offers support to LGTBQ+ asylum seekers and refugees in Birmingham. The workshop was held at Carrs Lane Church, and it was our fourth workshop in the city in recent months, as we try to better understand the situation for people seeking asylum there.

the image depicts a group of women, members of the Women With Hope group based in Birmingham. They are standing together and posing for a picture in a community hall. Some are smiling, some are more pensive.

‘I am alive’. Inside our Toolkit workshop for Women With Hope

On 11 October 2022, Right to Remain had the opportunity to run a workshop for Women with Hope, a Birmingham-based charity. Women with Hope is a member-led group whose focus is on improving the lives of women asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants with support, group activities, and training.

Inside our ‘Refugees at Home’ training session

Right to Remain was delighted to run a training workshop for new members of the Refugees at Home team on Thursday 22 September. Refugees at Home is a UK charity which connects those with a spare room in their home to refugees and asylum seekers in need of somewhere to stay.

Inside our Knowledge is Power Workshops…

Two months ago, Right to Remain team ran two successful Knowledge is Power online workshops on 13 June 2022, during the Solidarity Knows No Borders’ Week of Action to End the Hostile Environment. We started running more workshops recently to get more people to use the Toolkit – find out what we cover during these online sessions.

Preparing our community for the impact of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 – online chat

Many users of the Right to Remain Toolkit have recently contacted us, asking about the potential impact of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 on our community. We are hosting online meetings to discuss how we are preparing to prepare our community for the impact of this new law.

“Asylum means fighting for my life.” Toolkit workshop in Birmingham

Right to Remain were delighted to run workshops on how to prepare evidence for ‘fresh claims’ at Fighting Destitution Conference in Birmingham on 26 May 2022.