Our theme for the month is new beginnings and here Hannah tells us about her experience of starting her life in the UK. Hannah’s response reflects some of what we learnt in our research, ‘Moving Matters’, the main difficulties migrants experience in starting life in the UK are in finding accommodation, employment and developing social […]
Category: Cultural
Belonging: the importance of faith based institutions to migrants
This month we are focussing on Belonging and what can help create a sense of place and identity. Our research report, ‘Moving Matters’ found that for some migrants, religious organisations are a source of helpful individuals and a way of starting a social network: “[My boyfriend] brought me to his church, so I met some […]
Only Connect
INTRODUCTION During November, we are focusing on emotions and mental health. In this blog, Miriam Richardson, a systemic family psychotherapist tells us of the challenges facing young people who have come to the UK unaccompanied. This must be one of the most challenging things anyone can imagine facing. Here, she tells of trauma but also […]
Redundancy – an occupational hazard – Willem’s story.
The UK has a very flexible economy, this can be very helpful overall and encourage employers to invest and create jobs but it does have personal costs. It can mean that we can all lose our jobs, not because we have done something wrong but because circumstances have changed and the company no longer needs […]
Introduction to the Moving Matters Report by Karen Ang
Karen’s introduction to the research report given on July 10th at the Migration Museum One of the many stories that came out of the research My job here tonight is to talk about our research on the challenges we face as migrants, how we solve these challenges, and how we want to be helped. My role tonight […]
Refugee Tales, July 2019
Refugee Tales is a wonderful initiative inspired by Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. It started a few years ago and is increasingly popular. It combines a walk with storytelling. Its purpose is for people to walk in solidarity with refugees, asylum seekers and immigration detainees. People walk for about fifteen miles a day over a week across […]
How I won my war by Charly Ngouh. A Book Review
The first thing I want to tell you about this book is I read it in two days, I couldn’t put it down. The second is that oddly, it reminded me of Michelle Obama’s book, ‘Becoming’. The reason it reminded of this is that both times, I felt that I was in the company of […]
Brexit and the Referendum Explained by Hannah Marshall
On the 24th June 2016 the UK held a referendum to decide whether we should remain in the European Union or whether to leave. Some of the key issues that were discussed in the debate included immigration, the economy and the NHS (National Health Service). When the results came in, the nation was shocked to […]
Time to have a meaningful conversation
“It is hardly possible to overrate the value… of placing human beings in contact with persons dissimilar to themselves, and with modes of thought and action unlike those with which they are familiar” – J. S. Mill. ‘Fear of saying ‘the wrong thing’ should not stop us from saying anything at all’ – David Isaac, […]
Don’t Click Send Yet
At TogetherintheUK, we are always aiming to give you as much information as we can for you to have a successful, joyful and inclusive life in the UK. Most of our blog posts are based on research and conversations both with new migrants who have just recently arrived in the UK and with people who […]