Work with Hope
We want to recruit an Operations Manager to lead our housing, wellbeing and destitution fund work. Could that be you? More details here
Afghan legal meeting – Wolverhampton
INFORMATION SESSION FOR AFGHAN CITIZENS Thursday 14 October 2 p.m. Venue: The Lighthouse, Chubb Buildings, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT Are you living in the UK without papers? Do you want information about making a ‘fresh claim’ for asylum? Hope Projects and TACTIC are running an information session for any Afghan citizen who needs [...]
Afghan crisis
Hope Projects, along with the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants have written to the Home Secretary regarding the Afghan Crisis. The proposed resettlement scheme is a start, but it only scratches the surface. Alongside this, there are many Afghans in the UK, seeking and refused asylum because they were told 'Afghanistan is safe [...]
Join our staff team!
We're looking for someone who can lead our housing and well being work and make sure our residents are safe and able to take a meaningful role in the running of Hope Projects. If that's you then get more details here. Closes 21st November
Justice?
This is a shortened version of a blog published here: I’ve spent a few weeks looking at some numbers which tell an extraordinary story about the asylum system, and the ‘New Plan for Immigration’ on which the Home Office are currently consulting. They are so extraordinary that they make me raise at least 1 eyebrow. [...]
All Women
The shocking murder of Sarah Everard has prompted Boris Johnson to speak out about his “determination to drive out violence against women and girls and make every part of the criminal justice system work to protect and defend them”. In November 2017 I wrote about the #metoo movement, trying to tread the finest of lines. Trying [...]
Homeless in the pandemic
Despite the pandemic, people are still becoming homeless as a result of the asylum system, and people who had temporary accommodation are losing their homes when friends or acquaintances can no longer support them. This week we found a young man who was sofa surfing, moving from house to house every day or two. This [...]
What Hope does
This is a short video I found while learning how to use some very basic video editing software. It did quite a good job of explaining what we do in less than 45 seconds, so I thought I'd share it. Here is the YouTube link
Art for Hopes’ sake
When Louise, our well being worker found an art class for Hope residents to join, it began something special. Muhammad had never done any drawing at all, but it quickly became clear he had a real gift, and he found the activity helped reduce his stress levels too. Henok enjoyed the classes too, and we [...]
Lockdown learning
Staff at Hope projects have had to think of new ways of working during the pandemic: the office has been closed for the duration, and contacts were limited to phone calls, on-line, and emergencies only. Some residents, such as the women in the picture, have been doing their English and other classes from home - [...]
