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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...asylum-based treatment to care in the community. There has been a great deal of debate about whether this policy has been a success or not. However, one thing is clear: the media portrayal of people experiencing mental health problems in general continues to be negative. The debate about the supposed link between mental distress and the risk of violence to other people is...
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...asylum seekers, so people still in poverty. Morning! MOTHER Hello! TINA PRICE Hello, how are you? Nice to see you again. MOTHER Very well. Good, good. TINA PRICE Is it cold out? MOTHER It’s freezing, yeah. TINA PRICE Oh, bless you. MOTHER I’ve come for Toddler Time. TINA PRICE Toddler Time? Yes, it’s on today. Hedgerows has been through a period of change, like lots...
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...Asylum-seekers officially become ‘refugees’ if the government of the host country accepts that they have a well-founded fear of persecution should they return home. In the UK, matters of asylum are managed by the Home Office, and social workers generally do not have direct input into their assessment and management. However, asylum-seeking individuals and families...
When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...refugees poured across the border into India, while a Bangla Desh government-in-exile formed in Calcutta. A few days before Heath and Nixon met, Bangladesh, with the support of India, had forced Pakistan to surrender. The country declared indepenedence - but would the world recognise the claim? After a break, the conversation resumed on the India/Pakistan problem. The...
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...refugee crisis – ‘The idealists of Lesbos: volunteers at the heart of the refugee crisis’, accompanied by a picture of volunteers apparently rescuing a child from the sea (Guardian, 15 April 2016). Or this line from later in the same report: ‘At no other time in modern history have NGOs or individuals stepped in to make up for the limited resources of a near...
Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...refugees, for example by hosting refugees in their homes, and who want to bring what they have found out – their knowledge and experience – to a space where they can engage with like-minded others and can find and provide mutual support and advice. The course has been written by and developed with an Ukrainian academic with extensive experience of teaching Ukrainian....
Climate change: island life in a volatile world
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: island life in a volatile world

...refugees: the case for recognition’, which you will find attached below. The aim of this piece is to gain recognition for people displaced by what the authors claim is accelerating environmental degradation. It addresses the issue in a general sense, gathering evidence from around the world. As you are reading, note how often the terms ‘global’ or
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...asylum, human rights. It came as quite a surprise to me when I qualified, to find out that I was the first-ever Afghan female to qualify. It wasn't something that I set out to do. It just happened. That wasn't the goal or the objective. Being in my position, I think, A: I realise how much more we have to do for inclusion and diversity, just generally along the bar. But...
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