Advocacy 26 June 2017

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Today, 26th June 2017, marks the UN International day in support of victims of torture. It is an opportunity to invoke the non-negotiable nature of the prohibition of torture: that…

Advocacy 20 June 2017

World Refugee Day is here!

Amid chaos and tragedy in London, we must not forget the resilience and strength that we can all learn from each other when we come together and look past difference.…

Advocacy 11 April 2017

Petition to End the Safe Return Review Policy

Please sign this petition to End the Safe Return Review Policy. The Home Office has recently announced a new policy which will review whether all refugees require protection at the…

Advocacy 9 December 2016

Room to Heal’s perspective on the latest Home Office policy regarding Torture Survivors – 9 December 2016

In September 2016 the Home Office introduced a new, narrower definition of torture. Whereas previously the definition had included torture inflicted by any individual or group[1], the new definition was…

Advocacy 9 December 2016

Room to Heal’s comment on Freedom from Torture’s ‘Proving Torture’ Report

Freedom From Torture’s most recent report – ‘Proving Torture’ – has made explicit a “culture of disbelief”1 embedded in the Home Office’s treatment of torture survivors. We experience first-hand the…

Advocacy 21 June 2016

Migrant Health Conference May 2016

On 27th May, a small team from Room to Heal participated in a conference at the University of East Anglia entitled Working with Refugees, Asylum Seekers and other Forced Migrant Communities:…

Advocacy 17 May 2016

Challenges of the transition period

Challenges of the transition period Imagine being granted refugee status and then being left with no support… Even after the long-awaited receipt of status, relief and celebrations can be short-lived.…

Advocacy 22 December 2015

Living in London on £5 per day

Can you imagine living in London on £35.39 a week? As meager an amount as it may seem, this is the reality for many of our members, who are forced to…

Advocacy 3 October 2014

Room to Heal joins the STAR ‘Equal Access’ campaign

The Room to Heal community is pleased to have pledged support for the STAR/NUS ‘Equal Access’ campaign. The campaign aims for all people seeking asylum to be recognised as home…

Advocacy 30 July 2013

Legal Aid Day on 30th July 2013: a celebration and a protest

The 30th July 2013 marks the anniversary of the day the Legal Advice and Assistance Act 1949 came into force, the Act of Parliament that marked the beginning of the…

Advocacy 11 June 2013

Proposed legal aid cuts threaten our members – please help us challenge them

Government proposals for a second round of cuts to legal aid (publicly funded legal representation) are coming ever closer to fruition.  We’re deeply concerned that if passed, these proposals will…