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I have eight years' experience working in the sector, including ESOL coordination, asylum casework and awareness raising. I joined Refugee Action in 2017 to coordinate and develop Merseyside Asylum Guides, and latterly to improve access to justice for vulnerable migrants through second tier support.

I love music (playing it, making it, hearing it) and exploring/sitting around in natural landscapes.

Registering your organisation to our Frontline Immigration Advice Project (OISC* Levels 1 & 2 training/accreditation), Asylum Guides, service design

*Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner

I have been a humanitarian worker for the past 15 years in conflict zones across the Middle East, South East Asia and the Balkans for UN agencies, NGOs and the Government. I have a great interest in refugee issues both globally and domestically.

I enjoy running, painting and watching movies.

Insight Hub - analysis and data

I have worked in the humanitarian sector for twelve years focusing on protection and mental health, including four years in Jordan supporting the Syria crisis response. I am particularly interested in individual and collective care, as well as trauma informed approaches to service delivery.

I enjoy reading non-fiction, exploring the North Norfolk coast and am studying a part-time Masters in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.

Respond and Adapt Programme & Insight Hub

I have a background in casework for vulnerable adults facing challenges including mental health issues, domestic abuse and homelessness. I am passionate about breaking cycles of poverty and inequality.

I love being outdoors, running, walking and swimming.

The CARE West Midlands Project and the Frontline Immigration Advice Project

A long time ago I worked for the Immigration Advisory Service at an immigration detention centre where I helped people with their asylum claims, bail applications and other immigration problems.

I create strangely inept and pointless music.

Legal training and advice about becoming an immigration advisor accredited with OISC*

*Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner

I have worked and volunteered in the sector for over twenty years in community development, volunteer coordination and service management. I am especially passionate about co-production and tackling inequality.

I love rock climbing, yoga and am a board director for Healthy Me Healthy Communities.

Frontline Immigration Advice Project partnerships, the Hampshire, Yorkshire and Humberside Communities of Practice, CARE West Midlands and Migrant Justice Greater London

I have a degree in South Asian Studies and Hindi from SOAS, University of London, and have a background in the international arts industry including refugee work.

I enjoy walking, travelling, drawing patterns, Persian miniature painting, and studying Middle Eastern culture.

General enquiries, bookings for Frontline Immigration Advice Project, learning platform access, and invoices

I have worked and volunteered with people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants for over 10 years, and am particularly interested in prevention, service design, practitioner networks, and coproduction.

I love gardening, wild swimming and walking my dog.

Explore Adapt Renew, service design, coproduction and building better local systems

I have two masters in International Conflict & Business Management with almost 10 years of experience in humanitarian organisations. In the UK I have volunteered in frontline services for 2 years. I'm interested in the legal representation process, shifting power and creating better ecosystems.

I love watching tv, doing outdoor activities, going for a walk with music on and shopping. I also love reading when I am surrounded by nature.

Explore Adapt Renew programme

I have worked in the humanitarian sector in Syria and Iraq for seven years, mainly in emergency and economic recovery programming. I am particularly interested in shifting power and in building better ecosystems.

I enjoy reading, walking, and watching movies.

Explore Adapt Renew - Partner collaboration, involving people with lived experience, and building better systems

I have a degree in International Politics and a masters in Global Conflict & Peace Processes. For six years I've worked in the international sector, supporting peacebuilding programmes (Balkans, South Asia, South Caucasus) with a focus on inclusion and participation.

I love climbing, mountaineering and open water swimming (the colder the better). I am supporting the setup of a new charity, Our Shared Outdoors, that aims to increase access to the outdoors.

Greater Manchester Step Change Consortium

I have worked and volunteered in the asylum sector for sixteen years in casework, coordination and service management. I am passionate about collaboration, shifting power and in building better ecosystems.

I love growing vegetables and flowers, walking and running with friends and family, and am a trustee of Solace Leeds.

Design and digital work, Good Practice Community engagement, Explore Adapt Renew

I have a diverse background of technical and social skills; a master’s degree in development studies with over 7 years of experience in the sector. Having travelled and lived in many countries I speak several languages and have the experience of working in multi-cultural environments.

I enjoy reading historical fiction, Persian poetry, physics, philosophy….and when I am not reading, I am practicing yoga, going on hikes with my dog, travelling and discovering new culinary delights.

Explore Adapt Renew, service design, coproduction and building better local systems