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About Phil Davis

Phil has been working with destitute asylum seekers for over 15 years. He is responsible for the overall management of Hope Projects, including fundraising and new developments.

Email…

We've had a bit of email trouble here at Hope Projects. If anyone has been trying to get in touch with us in late July, it probably didn't get through. Please accept our apologies, and can you please resend? Thanks - everyone at Hope

By |2020-07-27T10:31:45+01:0027th July 2020|News|0 Comments

Gunboats. And our proud tradition…

(originally blogged by Phil Davis, Hope Coordinator, at https://darkenedroomweb.wordpress.com/2020/08/10/gunboats/) “The UK has a proud tradition of providing asylum to those who need it and the safety and wellbeing of those in our care is of the utmost importance.” I know this to be true. The Home Office repeat it frequently. Somewhere in comms in Croydon [...]

By |2020-09-25T16:52:43+01:0010th July 2020|News|0 Comments

No Evictions

Hope Projects have joined Naccom Network, Asylum Matters, Migrant Rights Network and over 200 organisations writing to the Prime Minister to demand an end to plans to evict thousands of asylum seekers onto the streets. "Evictions into homelessness at any time are unacceptable. At this time, as the UK returns to Covid-19 alert level 4, [...]

By |2021-01-15T17:16:47+00:002nd May 2020|News|0 Comments

Bearing the Brunt – the story of a Hope Projects Client

A child* at the age of 13 was taken from one part of India (before partition) to live in another part. Years later Pakistan and India parted and then eventually Pakistan and Bangladesh separated. Now she was living in Bangladesh, her third country. Bangladesh is to the east of India She did not [...]

By |2020-01-15T13:40:17+00:0015th January 2020|News|0 Comments

Join our team!

Covid-19 has changed everything, and Hope is having to make sure we can keep helping people challenge the flawed refusals of asylum that have left them homeless and destitute. We need someone to work with us half time for 6 months to help us revise our policies and procedures in the light of the pandemic. [...]

By |2020-09-25T14:41:30+01:0013th January 2020|News|0 Comments

Brains Buzzing at The Hive

Hope's Quiz Night at The Hive on December 3rd had brains buzzing and raised nearly £500 towards the Winter Appeal. Congratulations to the winning team from our colleagues at the RMC and their friends. Questions varied on a range of topics including 'Matters Medical', 'Asylum Geography', and 'Youthful Talent', whilst a topical round entitled 'Political [...]

By |2019-12-12T15:32:41+00:0012th December 2019|News|0 Comments

Winter Appeal – Come in from the Cold

Can you help Hope Projects to bring homeless people in from the winter weather? We provide rooms for 38 destitute asylum seekers plus legal advice to address the underlying causes. “If your asylum application is refused you are evicted from your home and barred from paid work and all benefits. Our hostile and harsh system [...]

By |2020-02-17T14:20:42+00:0012th December 2019|News|0 Comments