This Mental Health Awareness Week we’re proud to shine a spotlight on the ‘Recipes of Life’ cookbook. Created in collaboration with the Tower Hamlets Community Psychology Team, this cookbook stands at the intersection of food, migration, and mental health, embodying the resilience and strength of our migrant community.

Praxis is sounding the alarm over the fact that thousands of children living in deep poverty might be missing out on free school meals that they are entitled to.

Find factsheets that Garden Court Chambers put together to assist Afghan nationals and those supporting them with a brief summary of some of the main routes for Afghans to enter the UK.

Gaining permission to stay in the UK was so important to Chaneti - because it would enable her to access student finance and higher education.

Sayeda has faced so many challenges in 2020 - moving to a new country, escaping her abuser, having a baby and finding somewhere safe to live – all in the midst of a pandemic. Now she is building a new life for herself and her baby.

Together, with our supporters, for almost 40 years we have walked in solidarity with people who made the UK their home.

From providing advice to running workshops, there are countless ways in which volnteers have made the difference in the life of the people we support.

People who have migrated to the UK will not be marginalised or mistreated because of their immigration status. They will live safely, free from poverty, discrimination, and exclusion, and be treated with compassion and respect.

Find the recording from a discussion hosted by Praxis with guests Kate Osamor MP and Estelle and Esther, experts by experience from Praxis’ No Recourse to Public Funds campaign group.

Tahj-Li and Nashstacia spent most of their life in the UK, but inhumane immigration policies forced them to pay extortionate fees for years just so they can renew their leave to remain.

Francisca and Chloe are immigration advisers at Praxis. For years they have been supporting people to access the guidance, advice and support they need to leave destitution and crisis. Today they talk to us about the devastating impact of immigration policies and Home Office fees pushing people into poverty.

This one-day online conference will provide an overview of the current picture of migrant homelessness in England, including the effects of Covid-19 and Brexit. It will showcase good practice by services and commissioners and share expertise from specialist migrant organisations and people with lived experience. It will offer practical advice and challenge on how the homelessness and migration sectors can better work together to achieve our shared goals.

On the day of a deportation flight to Jamaica, Praxis service users write about the injustice of detention and deportation, and why it should stop.

Many migrant women and people experiencing violence are locked out of support and forced to choose between staying in an abusive relationship or leaving without having anywhere safe to go.

Exactly one year ago, the inspiring members of our youth group Brighter Futures hosted ‘Challenging the Narrative’, an amazing event where they used poetry, art installations and panel discussions to challenge the narrow rhetoric on young migrants.

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The WINGS group is for mothers with young children. In July 2020, they spoke in parliament at the All Party Parliamentary Group on No Recourse to Public Funds. Now again, they speak out in their own words against the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) provision in a series of blogs, denouncing the many ways it impacts them.

Praxis runs peer-led groups where people with lived experience of migration can seek support and campaign to get their voices heard on issues that affect them. The WINGS group is for mothers with young children. In July 2020, they spoke in parliament at the All Party Parliamentary Group on No Recourse to Public Funds, chaired by MP Kate Osamor and organised by Just Fair and Project 17. Now again, they speak out in their own words against the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) provision in a series of blogs, denouncing the many ways it impacts them.

The WINGS group is for mothers with young children. In July 2020, they spoke in parliament at the All Party Parliamentary Group on No Recourse to Public Funds. Now again, they speak out in their own words against the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) provision in a series of blogs, denouncing the many ways it impacts them. (3 of 4)

The WINGS group is for mothers with young children. In July 2020, they spoke in parliament at the All Party Parliamentary Group on No Recourse to Public Funds. Now again, they speak out in their own words against the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) provision in a series of blogs, denouncing the many ways it impacts them. (2 of 4)