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August 17, 2018
13 might be an unlucky number for some, but it’s not for me
As Dr Lisa Doyle, Executive Director of Advocacy at the Refugee Council, celebrates 13 years of…
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August 16, 2018
Giving young refugees another chance at a childhood
Sasha Nemeckova is a Senior children’s psychotherapist working with unaccompanied children seeking asylum as part of…
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August 9, 2018
Men’s tailoring group is thriving
It’s National Sewing Machine Day today and what better time to update on how our men’s…
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August 3, 2018
Communicating through art
Like so many others, Anas, 41, is a refugee from Syria, a country that has been…
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July 20, 2018
“My work is hard, but it’s also inspiring – I see so much resilience”
Jude Boyles is one of the Refugee Council’s Senior Psychological Therapists. Here she…
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June 15, 2018
Music as therapy for people seeking asylum
by Chris Bowie, Regional Therapeutic Services Team Music has the power to transcend…
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April 24, 2018
A day in the life of a volunteer therapeutic counsellor
Jenny Cousins is a social worker who volunteers at the Refugee Council’s office in Birmingham. Jenny…
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March 14, 2018
‘I’m all alone’: the child refugees longing for their families
Sarah Temple-Smith is a children’s psychotherapist at the Refugee Council. This article first appeared in…
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March 13, 2018
“My 19-year-old brother is in Kurdistan and all alone…
Like many refugees living in the UK, Goran*, who is Syrian Kurdish, is suffering at the…
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February 7, 2018
‘I met lots of friends who helped me see that life was not finished’
The Refugee Council’s support group for refugee mothers and their toddlers is transforming lives, …
