The action for day two in our 5 Days of Action for Families is simple: email 5 friends to let them know you’ve taken action, and ask them to do so as well. It’s only together that we can make a change. The impact of yesterday’s action was amazing – imagine how much bigger our…
Our first action for the week is so simple, but so important. Your MP has the power to vote to scrap the rule that keeps families apart – the Minimum Income Requirement. Writing to your MP lets them know that the Minimum Income Requirement is an issue that concerns you as their constituent, and that…
As MPs debate the Immigration Bill, we set out what needs to change: 1. The Home Secretary should not be given a blank cheque to write new rules. The Bill gives the Home Secretary astonishingly wide-ranging powers to write new rules. But an independent review into the Windrush scandal slammed Home Office policy-making, and found…
Charities like ours exist to help make lives better, communities safer and societies fairer. We are not, nor can we be, ignorant to the profound influence of historical and contemporary racism on our societies, on the laws that govern us and on the behaviour of those who are responsible for writing or enforcing these laws.…
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson committed to review the No Recourse to Public Funds policy (NRPF), saying ‘people who’ve worked hard for this country who live and work here should have support of one kind or another’. In an appearance before the Public Liason committee, the Prime Minister was clearly taken aback to learn…
The Support worker will work closely with JCWI’s clients and other migrants who need help to access services and support at a time of crisis. This role is designed to increase JCWI’s ability to support migrants and their families who are being left behind by the government’s response to COVID. This position has been opened…
The bereavement scheme has been extended to the families and dependants of NHS support staff and social care workers who die as a result of contracting coronavirus (COVID-19).
NHS staff and care workers have kept this country going through the Covid-19 crisis. We have seen just how essential their work is. But those from overseas are asked to pay astronomical fees just to carry on living and working here – on top of paying taxes, like British nationals. Those fees include the NHS…
In a crisis, we are reminded of what really matters, we learn more about the people we love and that we rely on, we learn who keeps our families safe and who keeps the country going when we need it the most. But we also learn where we are failing people, where our social fabric…