Members of the group for mothers WINGS worked with Irene Taylor Trust and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to put down in words and music messages for their children, to carry with themselves for the rest of their lives.

Using creativity as a tool to challenge negative perception of migrants in the UK, this collection is the summation of a series of workshops focussing on the impact of COVID19 on the world from a young migrants’ perspective, and how the world needs to change for the better.

When Covid19 hit, Jeremiha lost his job and only source of income. For months he had to rely on charities to feed their children, often going hungry while debt was mounting, because of unfair immigration policies.

I imagine a world where migrants and refugees are not dehumanised or subjected to a “hostile environment”, but instead are treated with humanity, compassion and fairness.

Imagine a vase filled with different flowers

It is full of vibrant colours

Imagine a rose without thorns

And imagine that all flowers can be like a sunflower

I said I am waiting/Waiting to see

The walls of race/Falling

The pillars of hates/Crumbling

The voices of guns/Falling silence

We stand with the Black Lives Matter movement, and the fight against racism. This must end. We must learn. We must listen. And we must work together to combat racism and discrimination.

When I get worried, or when my son asks me not to go to work because he’s scared that I will die, I remember: if I don’t do my job, we won’t beat the virus.

Advocating for a world where we can all live in safety

To protect our staff and service users from Covid-19 we have, with regret, taken the decision to temporarily suspend our usual group activities as well as drop-in advice session on a Thursday and to close our doors to drop-in service users.

Find out more about our work last year on our brand new impact report.

A deeply personal collection of poems bridging together aspirations and emotions with creative imagery. Get your copy now and support WINGS!

Join us at Praxis AGM to find new ways to improve the debate and redraw the narrative on migration

Ruby, a member of Brighter Futures, spoke up on BBC 1XTRA TALKS to shed a light on what it’s like to live in the UK as a young undocumented migrants.

Praxis’ group for women and their children WINGS just published their first poetry collection, a project started as a creative writing workshop. From there, the authors gained inspiration through a new language found within themselves.

We decided to host Words Apart, a public event to challenge the narrow rhetoric on us young migrants, to make sure that as many people as possible could understand our situation, and hear from our own voices that we are phenomenal.

I was 66 and had always worked, but if I had retired from my job at a local school my pension would have not been enough to live on. At Praxis they explained what options I had, and made sure I could escape destitution and retire.

In the UK thousands of people are prevented from working. After fleeing their countries, they took refuge here. As soon as they arrive, they want to build their new lives, but immigration rules don’t allow them to work until the Home Office grants them refugee status.

Join us on 14 December for a day of live performances, music, dance and food.

Come and join us for a free evening of Art and Poetry. Hear Brighter Futures and guests debate the biggest issues faced by young migrants today, and their experience of using art as a tool for social change.