We are proud to share that African Rainbow Family has been awarded the 'Buzzing to be Queer' Award for our participation at Manchester #Pride 2024! 🥳🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Thank you to @manchesterpride for this acknowledgement, as we strive every day to build a more inclusive world!

Fantastic news! Just another example of the life changing difference charity like #SmallButVital African Rainbow Family make for the people they support and advocate for!

👀 Get ready for our upcoming campaign, where we will be campaigning to get free public transport for people who are seeking asylum around the UK! 📢 Stay tuned for some very impactful interviews with our siblings that are due to be released soon #freedompasstoconnection

Just another example of #SmallButVital charities campaigning and influencing on issues impacting the people and communities they work with! It is precisely because of their expertise that these organisations are best qualified to identify where policies and systems are failing.

We are heartbroken by the news of the forced removal of 44 Nigerian and Ghanaian individuals from the UK last Friday. Everyone deserves the right to safety and belonging 💔 Read the full Guardian article here: theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/o…

There are no free national transport passes in England and Wales for people seeking asylum, here's how you can help! ⛔️🚌 👉 Write to your local authority or MP using our letter template: africanrainbowfamily.org/free-public-tr… 👉 Donate to African Rainbow Family: africanrainbowfamily.org/donate/

We are delighted to share that one of our LGBTIQ+ siblings, Crystal, have received their grant of refugee status and a life of security! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ This message is to wish you well, Crystal, as you settle down with safety and freedom to move on with your life as a free LGBTIQ+ person.

Our October monthly sibling meeting in #Manchester! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ This month we dedicated the meeting to thinking about self care and how we can take better care for ourselves and our fellow siblings while living within the #asylum system 💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Our October monthly sibling meeting in Leeds! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We had a wonderful time connecting with friends, as well as welcoming new faces 🌈 To support African Rainbow Family in continuing to deliver these vital services, please consider donating here: africanrainbowfamily.org/donate/ ❤️

The end of the discretion test looms for the UK after the ECtHR ruled that a gay man could not be removed to Iran from Switzerland. Delighted for my clients Stonewall & African Rainbow Family who intervened in the case of MI v Switzerland, & grateful to Dr Chelvan & Haydee

The end of requiring #lgbtiq ppl seeking #asylum 2 live discreetly is nigh in the #UK! I'm incredibly humbled 2 have acted as the Court-granted Intervener 4 African Rainbow Family working with Jacqueline (Jacqui) Mckenzie as instructing solicitor, Dr Chelvan as counsel & a partner, Stonewall

Phenomenal! #LGBTIQ people seeking #asylum #Refugees #freedom #RefugeesWelcome

I just donated to a cause that provides warmth and essentials to LGBTQIA+ people seeking #asylum this winter. It's a tough time for many. Please consider helping. Even a little can make a difference. Share this to spread the word! gofund.me/3691bc69 #RefugeesWelcome #LGBTIQ

We want to champion those in our community who have fought bravely for LGBT rights and equality 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 LGBT History Month is a great time to reflect on how far we have come. It also demonstrates how much further we need to go to achieve global LGBTIQ+ equality.

Our February monthly sibling meeting in Manchester! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Our monthly meetings are a great opportunity to build a shared community when the asylum system can be so isolating ✨️💛 See you all next month! 🌈

I very much appreciate that Florence Eshalomi MP mentioned in the UK Parliament today the difficulties that our #LGBTIQ siblings in African Rainbow Family who are seeking #asylum face. Thank you, Florence Eshalomi MP, for your #solidarity and visit to our stall at the recent UK BLACK PRIDE #StopRwanda

I'm so thrilled to be a delegate at this year's UN Women 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), themed “For All Women and Girls – Equality. Rights. Empowerment.”  UN Women UK African Rainbow Family #genderequality #WomenEmpowerment #Equality

I'll be attending the amazing UN NGO CSW69/Beijing 30 Forum. Let me know if you're planning to attend so that we can say Hi! 👋 Or register now and join me at the event! ngocsw69forum.events.whova.com/registration/?… #NGOCSW69 - via #Whova event app ngocsw69forum.events.whova.com/registration/?…

I'll be attending the amazing NGO CSW69/Beijing 30 Forum. Let me know if you're planning to attend so that we can say Hi! 👋 Or register now and join me at the event! ngocsw69forum.events.whova.com/registration/?… #NGOCSW69 - via #Whova event app ngocsw69forum.events.whova.com/registration/?…

📣 African Rainbow Family’s Response to Keir Starmer’s suggestion that without controlled migration the UK risks becoming “an island of strangers” 🌈 To read our full response, please follow this link: loom.ly/E4zOFuQ