West London Welcome
@westlondonwelcome.bsky.social
Community centre run for and with refugees, migrants and people seeking asylum. Classes, activities, advice, advocacy, food and friendship.
www.westlondonwelcome.com
www.westlondonwelcome.com
A message to the Home Office:
Family reunion is a cornerstone of humanity within the migration system. At West London Welcome we’ve proudly reunited a number of refugee families over the years and have seen the transformative effects on people’s lives of having their families back together.
Family reunion is a cornerstone of humanity within the migration system. At West London Welcome we’ve proudly reunited a number of refugee families over the years and have seen the transformative effects on people’s lives of having their families back together.
September 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A message to the Home Office:
Family reunion is a cornerstone of humanity within the migration system. At West London Welcome we’ve proudly reunited a number of refugee families over the years and have seen the transformative effects on people’s lives of having their families back together.
Family reunion is a cornerstone of humanity within the migration system. At West London Welcome we’ve proudly reunited a number of refugee families over the years and have seen the transformative effects on people’s lives of having their families back together.
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In recent days we've heard so much news regarding protests about asylum hotels, but who is reporting what's it like to be living in such a place? MiCLU lawyer Esme Madill shares some of her clients' experiences: miclu.org/news/asylum-...
Asylum hotels: Reporting the other side of the story - Migrant & Refugee Children's Legal Unit
Over the past days it has been impossible not to hear about the ‘legitimate concerns’ of people demonstrating outside asylum hotels, from unscrupulous politicians and journalists alike. But virtually ...
miclu.org
August 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In recent days we've heard so much news regarding protests about asylum hotels, but who is reporting what's it like to be living in such a place? MiCLU lawyer Esme Madill shares some of her clients' experiences: miclu.org/news/asylum-...
We're one of 200 orgs working with women and refugees who have signed this letter warning against the weaponisation of violence against women and girls.
We must counter racist attempts to link sexual violence with immigration.
Full letter to Government: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/weaponisatio...
We must counter racist attempts to link sexual violence with immigration.
Full letter to Government: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/weaponisatio...
August 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We're one of 200 orgs working with women and refugees who have signed this letter warning against the weaponisation of violence against women and girls.
We must counter racist attempts to link sexual violence with immigration.
Full letter to Government: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/weaponisatio...
We must counter racist attempts to link sexual violence with immigration.
Full letter to Government: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/weaponisatio...
We’re full of both joy and outrage this week.
July 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We’re full of both joy and outrage this week.
Our Caseworker vacancy is still open to join our brilliant team and advise our refugee, asylum-seeking & migrant community members.
Working hours = 4/5 days a week (increased from 2/3 days in our original advert)
Deadline for applications = 1 July.
Apply here:
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/west-lo...
Working hours = 4/5 days a week (increased from 2/3 days in our original advert)
Deadline for applications = 1 July.
Apply here:
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/west-lo...
Caseworker | West London Welcome | CharityJob
Apply now for Caseworker. , £36,000 per annum (pro-rata), find a career with meaning today
www.charityjob.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our Caseworker vacancy is still open to join our brilliant team and advise our refugee, asylum-seeking & migrant community members.
Working hours = 4/5 days a week (increased from 2/3 days in our original advert)
Deadline for applications = 1 July.
Apply here:
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/west-lo...
Working hours = 4/5 days a week (increased from 2/3 days in our original advert)
Deadline for applications = 1 July.
Apply here:
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/west-lo...
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It's time to abolish the Home Office.
It is not fit for purpose & has totally lost the trust of every stakeholder it serves - We knew that already.
So I looked into how it could practically be done for
@carladenyer.bsky.social
My NEW report out today 👇👇
It is not fit for purpose & has totally lost the trust of every stakeholder it serves - We knew that already.
So I looked into how it could practically be done for
@carladenyer.bsky.social
My NEW report out today 👇👇
June 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
It's time to abolish the Home Office.
It is not fit for purpose & has totally lost the trust of every stakeholder it serves - We knew that already.
So I looked into how it could practically be done for
@carladenyer.bsky.social
My NEW report out today 👇👇
It is not fit for purpose & has totally lost the trust of every stakeholder it serves - We knew that already.
So I looked into how it could practically be done for
@carladenyer.bsky.social
My NEW report out today 👇👇
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🚨 ACTION ALERT: The UK MUST protect ‘Madleen’ 🚨
The ‘Madleen’ is a UK-flagged civilian ship sailing to Gaza with life-saving aid as part of the #FreedomFlotilla. The UK has a legal duty to protect its vessel and the civilians aboard from Israeli interference. ..2/
The ‘Madleen’ is a UK-flagged civilian ship sailing to Gaza with life-saving aid as part of the #FreedomFlotilla. The UK has a legal duty to protect its vessel and the civilians aboard from Israeli interference. ..2/
June 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🚨 ACTION ALERT: The UK MUST protect ‘Madleen’ 🚨
The ‘Madleen’ is a UK-flagged civilian ship sailing to Gaza with life-saving aid as part of the #FreedomFlotilla. The UK has a legal duty to protect its vessel and the civilians aboard from Israeli interference. ..2/
The ‘Madleen’ is a UK-flagged civilian ship sailing to Gaza with life-saving aid as part of the #FreedomFlotilla. The UK has a legal duty to protect its vessel and the civilians aboard from Israeli interference. ..2/
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The Freedom Flotilla is being followed by a drone, right above it. They should be free to deliver aid to Gaza.
June 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Freedom Flotilla is being followed by a drone, right above it. They should be free to deliver aid to Gaza.
- Open all day, four days a week
- 9,730 delicious meals cooked by refugees in our community
- 2,610 casework appointments
- 132 foodbank sessions
- 124 English classes with childcare
- 62 community events
and the list goes on.
Our 2024 Impact Report:
www.westlondonwelcome.com/our-impact-i...
- 9,730 delicious meals cooked by refugees in our community
- 2,610 casework appointments
- 132 foodbank sessions
- 124 English classes with childcare
- 62 community events
and the list goes on.
Our 2024 Impact Report:
www.westlondonwelcome.com/our-impact-i...
Our Impact in 2024 - West London Welcome
www.westlondonwelcome.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
- Open all day, four days a week
- 9,730 delicious meals cooked by refugees in our community
- 2,610 casework appointments
- 132 foodbank sessions
- 124 English classes with childcare
- 62 community events
and the list goes on.
Our 2024 Impact Report:
www.westlondonwelcome.com/our-impact-i...
- 9,730 delicious meals cooked by refugees in our community
- 2,610 casework appointments
- 132 foodbank sessions
- 124 English classes with childcare
- 62 community events
and the list goes on.
Our 2024 Impact Report:
www.westlondonwelcome.com/our-impact-i...
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This GMIAU blog is a vital read for understanding children's experiences of the National Age Assessment Board: tinyurl.com/2j8d5xnm
📣 A hostile and harmful approach to non-independent assessments - the NAAB must be abolished.
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📣 A hostile and harmful approach to non-independent assessments - the NAAB must be abolished.
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READ: Children have shared their experiences of the National Age Assessment Board: rb.gy/c8qsna
📣Join us and @basw-uk.bsky.social in asking the government to abolish the NAAB.
We're also asking GM local authorities to resist using the NAAB where possible, to protect our children from further harm.
📣Join us and @basw-uk.bsky.social in asking the government to abolish the NAAB.
We're also asking GM local authorities to resist using the NAAB where possible, to protect our children from further harm.
The National Age Assessment Board: children’s experiences - GMIAU
We support children who have had their ages assessed by the Home Office's National Age Assessment Board. They shared their experiences.
gmiau.org
May 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This GMIAU blog is a vital read for understanding children's experiences of the National Age Assessment Board: tinyurl.com/2j8d5xnm
📣 A hostile and harmful approach to non-independent assessments - the NAAB must be abolished.
1/
📣 A hostile and harmful approach to non-independent assessments - the NAAB must be abolished.
1/
The government talks about this country at risk of being an ‘island of strangers’ because of migration.
We run our community centre for and with refugees and migrants every day and couldn’t feel less estranged from one another.
We run our community centre for and with refugees and migrants every day and couldn’t feel less estranged from one another.
May 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The government talks about this country at risk of being an ‘island of strangers’ because of migration.
We run our community centre for and with refugees and migrants every day and couldn’t feel less estranged from one another.
We run our community centre for and with refugees and migrants every day and couldn’t feel less estranged from one another.
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The rhetoric of this government threatens to create a more angry and divided world. What can we do? Every day, people are creating a different world on the ground. Today @westlondonwelcome.bsky.social posted this, reminding me we can hold faith with that world of connection and kindness:
May 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The rhetoric of this government threatens to create a more angry and divided world. What can we do? Every day, people are creating a different world on the ground. Today @westlondonwelcome.bsky.social posted this, reminding me we can hold faith with that world of connection and kindness:
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especially now, these jobs are crucial
We're recruiting for a Caseworker (maternity cover) role to join our fantastic advice team and work with us at our beautiful refugee community centre at West London Welcome - advert live on CharityJob here:
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/west-lo...
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/west-lo...
Caseworker - Maternity Cover | West London Welcome | CharityJob
Apply now for Caseworker - Maternity Cover. , £36,000 per annum (pro-rata), find a career with meaning today
www.charityjob.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
especially now, these jobs are crucial
We're recruiting for a Caseworker (maternity cover) role to join our fantastic advice team and work with us at our beautiful refugee community centre at West London Welcome - advert live on CharityJob here:
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/west-lo...
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/west-lo...
Caseworker - Maternity Cover | West London Welcome | CharityJob
Apply now for Caseworker - Maternity Cover. , £36,000 per annum (pro-rata), find a career with meaning today
www.charityjob.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We're recruiting for a Caseworker (maternity cover) role to join our fantastic advice team and work with us at our beautiful refugee community centre at West London Welcome - advert live on CharityJob here:
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/west-lo...
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/west-lo...
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@wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social act in this challenge - my wonderful colleague Mala Savjani and myself, with Victoria Laughton & David Chirico KC @onepumpcourt.co.uk.
‘I can no longer see a future in the UK’: new citizenship guidance shuts out refugees www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘I can no longer see a future in the UK’: new citizenship guidance shuts out refugees
Ayman Alhussein made a life in Britain after fleeing Assad but new rules mean he can never become a citizen
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
@wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social act in this challenge - my wonderful colleague Mala Savjani and myself, with Victoria Laughton & David Chirico KC @onepumpcourt.co.uk.
Two superheroes ran the #Londonmarathon for us braving heat, noise and the crowds. Our Director ran all over the course in the hope of catching them only managing after the finish line!
Pls reward them for efforts..
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/ned-sedgw...
Pls reward them for efforts..
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/ned-sedgw...
April 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Two superheroes ran the #Londonmarathon for us braving heat, noise and the crowds. Our Director ran all over the course in the hope of catching them only managing after the finish line!
Pls reward them for efforts..
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/ned-sedgw...
Pls reward them for efforts..
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/ned-sedgw...
Asylum camps like Wethersfield are dangerous, traumatising and cruel. Every day they're open is another day of suffering, at huge cost to taxpayers.
We signed this letter to remind @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social that people need to live in communities, not camps:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We signed this letter to remind @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social that people need to live in communities, not camps:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cooper-asylum-refugee-wethersfield-camp-b2736017.html"
April 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Asylum camps like Wethersfield are dangerous, traumatising and cruel. Every day they're open is another day of suffering, at huge cost to taxpayers.
We signed this letter to remind @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social that people need to live in communities, not camps:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We signed this letter to remind @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social that people need to live in communities, not camps:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC) have updated their excellent booklet on children & their rights to British citizenship:
prcbc.org/updated-book...
prcbc.org/updated-book...
Updated booklet: Children and their rights to British citizenship
prcbc.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC) have updated their excellent booklet on children & their rights to British citizenship:
prcbc.org/updated-book...
prcbc.org/updated-book...
We’re so glad our friends @migrantsorganise.bsky.social have done such thorough research and reporting into the dire state of legal aid (if you can even find a lawyer that is).
Read it and weep/help amplify this massive issue and take action!
Read it and weep/help amplify this massive issue and take action!
Have you read our report calling for an overhaul of legal aid?
A shocking 92% of interviewees cited a “generalised lack of capacity among legal aid providers to take on new work and fully support someone through their case.”
More in @legalfutures.bsky.social:
www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...
A shocking 92% of interviewees cited a “generalised lack of capacity among legal aid providers to take on new work and fully support someone through their case.”
More in @legalfutures.bsky.social:
www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...
Regulators failing to support good-quality immigration work
Poor-quality immigration legal aid work is having “devastating consequences” for clients and better support from the Solicitors Regulation Authority would help, a report has found.
www.legalfutures.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We’re so glad our friends @migrantsorganise.bsky.social have done such thorough research and reporting into the dire state of legal aid (if you can even find a lawyer that is).
Read it and weep/help amplify this massive issue and take action!
Read it and weep/help amplify this massive issue and take action!
We're one of 100+ refugee charities who have signed this open letter to the Prime Minister, calling for united communities and an end to hostile politics, racist rhetoric and demonising language of the past: togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/press-releas...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rights groups urge Starmer to dial down anti-migrant rhetoric
Exclusive: 136 organisations tell PM to stop using ‘demonising language’, after his remarks before crime summit
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We're one of 100+ refugee charities who have signed this open letter to the Prime Minister, calling for united communities and an end to hostile politics, racist rhetoric and demonising language of the past: togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/press-releas...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The govt locked people up in Manston. Then subjected them to abuse so bad it's now at the centre of a human rights lawsuit.
This isn’t a failure of the system. This is the system.
Detention is cruelty by design. Join us now to end it (link in comments).
This isn’t a failure of the system. This is the system.
Detention is cruelty by design. Join us now to end it (link in comments).
Proud of our community members standing up for their rights after their experiences at Manston asylum camp in Kent.
In 2022 we connected @dpglaw.co.uk @goldjenningsltd.bsky.social @wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social lawyers with our community.
Refugees are now suing the government.
In 2022 we connected @dpglaw.co.uk @goldjenningsltd.bsky.social @wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social lawyers with our community.
Refugees are now suing the government.
“People seeking asylum are more vulnerable to physical and mental illness; they have the right to be treated with dignity and should not be detained in this way” says DPG's Emily Soothill www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
April 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The govt locked people up in Manston. Then subjected them to abuse so bad it's now at the centre of a human rights lawsuit.
This isn’t a failure of the system. This is the system.
Detention is cruelty by design. Join us now to end it (link in comments).
This isn’t a failure of the system. This is the system.
Detention is cruelty by design. Join us now to end it (link in comments).
Proud of our community members standing up for their rights after their experiences at Manston asylum camp in Kent.
In 2022 we connected @dpglaw.co.uk @goldjenningsltd.bsky.social @wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social lawyers with our community.
Refugees are now suing the government.
In 2022 we connected @dpglaw.co.uk @goldjenningsltd.bsky.social @wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social lawyers with our community.
Refugees are now suing the government.
“People seeking asylum are more vulnerable to physical and mental illness; they have the right to be treated with dignity and should not be detained in this way” says DPG's Emily Soothill www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
People held at UK asylum centre sue government for human rights breach
Asylum seekers detained at Manston in Kent say they were kept in unsanitary tents during infectious disease outbreak
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Proud of our community members standing up for their rights after their experiences at Manston asylum camp in Kent.
In 2022 we connected @dpglaw.co.uk @goldjenningsltd.bsky.social @wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social lawyers with our community.
Refugees are now suing the government.
In 2022 we connected @dpglaw.co.uk @goldjenningsltd.bsky.social @wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social lawyers with our community.
Refugees are now suing the government.
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🚀NEW REPORT🚀
❗This week we launched a new report highlighting how the crisis in legal aid is leaving people without good quality legal advice at a time when they need it most.
➡️ Access it here www.migrantsorganise.org/new-report-t...
❗This week we launched a new report highlighting how the crisis in legal aid is leaving people without good quality legal advice at a time when they need it most.
➡️ Access it here www.migrantsorganise.org/new-report-t...
April 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🚀NEW REPORT🚀
❗This week we launched a new report highlighting how the crisis in legal aid is leaving people without good quality legal advice at a time when they need it most.
➡️ Access it here www.migrantsorganise.org/new-report-t...
❗This week we launched a new report highlighting how the crisis in legal aid is leaving people without good quality legal advice at a time when they need it most.
➡️ Access it here www.migrantsorganise.org/new-report-t...