Reports
Our reports are based on the needs and feedback of our participants
Speaking and Listening: A report into the educational experiences of refugee families 2021
This year we have been conducting some research into the educational experiences of people seeking refuge in Hastings and the surrounding areas. In April we held a meeting for Buddies and supporters where we discussed the headline results of this report, which featured talks from the following people:
Attiq Malik, Director of Liberty Law Solicitors and the solicitor for the family of Shukri Abdi;
Vic Chechi, National Education Working Group on PREVENT;
Nichelle Keheller, Hastings Rally Against Racism;
Zo Oliver from Collective LDN
Akram Salhab, Advocacy and Campaigns Officer at Migrants Organise.
We have a Working Group of Buddies and supporters who are steering the Project as well as collaborating with other local organisations to design and deliver more CPD to local schools on how we can improve the educational outcomes for children of refugee backgrounds.
The report based on our research was launched on 18th November 2021 with a CPD event aimed at local tachers and educationalists. You can read more about the launch here
Feedback from a Senior Lecturer in Childhood Education and Care at Canterbury Christ Church University:
“This information about The Refugee Buddy Project, complete with case study examples was an excellent educational resource for me as I teach Early Years undergraduate students who examine the role of a 'children's champion'. The work you published was very useful as a teaching aid and it has helped consolidate concepts and policy for the students. The Working Together agenda (2018) makes a special point of inclusion for refugee children and also draws attention to the importance of safeguarding being everybody's business.”
Lost in Translation: The need for Interpreting Services & access to the NHS for Refugee women 2019
Written and published in 2019 and launched at a CPD event for doctors at the local Conquest Hospital, Lost in Translation highlights the lack of access to interpreting services in the medical sphere for people seeking refuge in Hastings and Bexhill.
Various women from the Project told us that they were having difficulties accessing NHS provision. It appeared therefore that there was a need to investigate further. Women’s Voice, a non-profit CIO run by women for women in Hastings and St Leonards, approached Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls, and obtained funding from them to carry out more research and produce this report.