VOICES Hub
Experts by experience on refugee and asylum issues, speaking up to change minds, policy and practice.
Experts by experience on refugee and asylum issues, speaking up to change minds, policy and practice.
All too frequently services are delivered for people, policies are written about people, and stories are told on behalf of people.
We are a network of trained community reporters with lived experience of the refugee and asylum system living in the UK. The VOICES hub is a home for our stories, experiences, concerns and ideas.
Through VOICES, we want to amplify our experiences to change minds, policy and practice, closing the gap for refugees and people seeking asylum to speak up and achieve real change on the issues that affect us.
Do you have an engagement request for the VOICES Network? Feel free to submit it using our Engagement Request Form!
The hub was created by the VOICES Network, British Red Cross and On Our Radar.
Please note
Some of our reports deal with topics some readers may find triggering.
All too frequently services are delivered for people, policies are written about people, and stories are told on behalf of people.
We are a network of trained community reporters with lived experience of the refugee and asylum system living in the UK. The VOICES hub is a home for our stories, experiences, concerns and ideas.
Through VOICES, we want to amplify our experiences to change minds, policy and practice, closing the gap for refugees and people seeking asylum to speak up and achieve real change on the issues that affect us.
Do you have an engagement request for the VOICES Network? Feel free to submit it using our Engagement Request Form!
The hub was created by the VOICES Network, British Red Cross and On Our Radar.
Please note
Some of our reports deal with topics some readers may find triggering.
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Poems
Continued Poems by Muhammad K.
Reported 1 month ago by Muhammad K.
Leicester
Poems
A collection of poems by Muhammad K.
Reported 3 months ago by Muhammad K.
Leicester
Poems
A poem by Zarith
Reported 4 months ago by Zarith
London
Reports
Empathy and understanding must be at the forefront of any effort to integrate immigrants and refugees into society. Recognising their past, their trauma, and their potential for recovery and contribution is essential.
Reported 5 months ago by Muhammad K.
Leicester
Blogs
As people migrate, whether by choice or compulsion, their paths are dictated by the priorities of survival, adaptation, and the hope for a better future, highlighting the critical intersections of human rights, economic pressures, and international policies.
Reported 7 months ago by Muhammad K.
Leicester
Reports
I’m springing like a jack-in-a-box, springing from winter to the season of spring.
Reported 8 months ago by Zarith
London
Reports
As we left the nests from all corners of the globe, we can’t help but notice and taste the sweet freedom in the green pastures.
Reported 8 months ago by Zarith
London
Reports
The integration of asylum seekers into new societies is a multifaceted process that requires careful consideration of various challenges and barriers they face. Accessible public transportation emerges as a pivotal tool in addressing these challenges and facilitating the integration process across different domains of life.
Reported 8 months ago by Muhammad K.
Leicester
Blogs
I know it’s cliche that love seems elusive in today’s world of conflicts and aggressions. Injustice is too blatant, as well as the double standards. Most of us fortunately arrived in this world out of love, and others didn’t share the same predicament depending where they are. It is heart-breaking to keep on witnessing the lack of love we are seeing every single day.
Reported 10 months ago by Zarith
London
Blogs
In my capacity as an Ambassador for the VOICES Network and in partnership with the British Red Cross, I recently had the incredible opportunity to attend a humanitarian reception at Buckingham Palace.
Reported 1 year ago by Shingi Sakutukwa
London
Reports
I am deeply grateful to have attended both the private screening of ‘The Old Oak’ and the premiere in Leicester Square at the end of September. This gave me an opportunity to understand the British societal psyche on the difficult subject of immigration, migrants, and racism. This is heavily politicised at a time when the Ukrainian-Russian war continues and the UK general election next year looms.
Reported 1 year ago by Zarith
London
Reports
As a former refugee, with my lack of fluency to communicate in the language of the host country, I have experienced the calamity of being crippled by the inability of interacting efficiently with medical staff and fairly express my requests. A few years later, this dark memory turned to become the pushing factor behind my impulse to join DA Languages...
Reported 3 years ago by Serge Mukiele Bwana
London
