Room to Heal - Creating community - restoring life after violence

Room to Heal uses the power of community to support people who have experienced torture and organised violence to rebuild their lives in exile.

In 2007 five asylum seekers gathered around the fire at an inner city garden in London to grow food, share stories, and support each other through the challenges they faced.
Our community has grown to one hundred strong. Men and women from thirty different countries united by their experiences of torture and violence, the struggles of life in exile, but more than that the desire for hope, relationship, and a life of meaning.
We offer long-term support, practical and therapeutic, tailored to each individual. Our members view Room to Heal as a family, a secure base that helps them withstand the many challenges they face.
Through belonging to the Room to Heal community, people are able to move from a place where life feels as though it’s over, to one where hope and meaning become possible.
“I can see the transformation in my life - I came when I had lost trust in pretty much everything but right now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

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The rise of the balloons

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Burning house

“I was a dead soul in a living body; Room to Heal gave me back hope in life.”
Member
“Room to Heal is an extraordinary place of generosity and courage…”
Andy Pakula, New Unity Church
“Coming to Room to Heal has changed my life. My life was meaningless over the last five years. Now I have found hope. It was winter and now it is spring.”
Member
“At Room to Heal you are not a patient, or a reference number, you are a human being.”
Member
“I can see the transformation in my life - I came when I had lost trust in pretty much everything but right now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
Member
“I thank you heartily for all what you do for us! Thank you to make me understand that I am still alive! Thank you to make me aware that I shouldn't be haunted by my past. Thank you to bring me in the present and see how life is beautiful!.”
Member

We Need Your Help

We are a small grass-roots organisation that relies on volunteers and the energy and generosity of our supporters to raise vital funds. However you choose to help us, we are immensely grateful for your support.

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We rely on the generosity of our supporters to raise vital funds. Your donation could fund a therapist to help members recover from severe trauma or cover travel expenses for members to get to a retreat.

£150 pays for a group therapy session
£40 pays for a community meal
£20 pays for a one-to-one casework appointment
£5 pays for a member to travel to us

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News

Room to Heal Spring Newsletter

Over the last few months we’ve been busy campaigning for improved rights for our members, working with larger partner organisations to amplify our voices…

The impact of community: a personal perspective

Compassionate humanity When I started at Room to Heal, I was struck by how much presence each person in the community seemed to have whilst the community as a whole seemed to have this palpable compassionate humanity of its own. As time has passed, I have come to gain some understanding on how community can…

Garden Coordinator – Sessional Worker

Deadline to apply 24th May 2019 We are looking for a Garden Coordinator to take a lead in developing, coordinating and maintaining our small garden at Mildmay Community Centre, alongside coordinating with our volunteers and staff at Culpeper Community Garden. Gardening and being in nature is a key part of Room to Heal’s therapeutic work…

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