Accompaniment in Action
Find out all you need to know about our Accompaniment in Action series.
Welcome to our monthly series known as Accompaniment in Action which will see us take a closer look at the various ways that JRS accompanies our refugee friends and they us. We will be speaking to members of staff, volunteers and hear from our refugee friends. Join us for this series to find out more about JRS as we begin to celebrate our 40th year.
Accompaniment is very much the bedrock of all we do at JRS UK and we are excited to be able to share with you the way this impacts our various projects. Below you will find details of each of the events in the series, with information on how to register for upcoming events and recordings of events which have already been held so you can catch up on any you have missed.
Supporting Fresh Claims
Join us for our latest Accompaniment in Action event where we will take a closer look at the work of our Legal Project. We will hear from Michael Tarnoky, Senior Legal Officer, and Jess Javaherian, Senior Legal Caseworker, from our Legal Project about how they support our refugee friends to make fresh claims for asylum.
Wednesday 30th June 2021, 6:30pm.
Read more here.
Register here.
Being Human
Our May Accompaniment in Action event took a closer look at ‘Being Human in the Asylum System’, a new report from JRS UK. The report seeks to envisage a just and person-centred asylum system by bringing refugee experience and policy analysis into conversation with Catholic Social Teaching, against the backdrop of new, deeply troubling government proposals for an overhaul of the asylum system.
Wednesday 26th May 2021, 6:30pm.
Watch a recording of the event here
Read more here.
A Year on the Road
The April edition of Accompaniment in Action took a look back at a year of operations for our Emergency Response Team. With the first lockdown in March 2020, JRS UK was forced to take our Day Centre on the road, making deliveries to our refugee friends wherever they were spending lockdown. The team have been working hard ever since to ensure we support our friends whilst the pandemic prevents the reopening of the Day Centre.
Wednesday 28th April 2021, 6:30pm
Read a review here.
Watch a recording of this event here.
Access to Healthcare
March’s event focused on the barriers our refugee friends encounter when attempting to access healthcare and some of the work that JRS UK have done to support people during the pandemic. Sarah Teather, our Director, was joined by Sophie Cartwright, our Policy Officer, Mohamed, one of our refugee friends and some of those we have worked closely with to help support our friends to access healthcare.
Wednesday 24th March 2021, 6:30pm
Read more about this event here.
Watch the recording here.
Activities Showcase
Our first Accompaniment in Action event of 2021 was a showcase of some of the different activity groups run by the Jesuit Refugee Service UK, including a performance by the JRS UK Hopes and Dreams drama group and a closer look at the Spoken Pictures photography sessions. As well as seeing some of what the different activity groups had been doing, we heard from some of our refugee friends about what makes taking part in the activities so important.
Wednesday 24th February 2021, 6:30pm
Visit the Spoken Pictures Online Exhibition here.
Watch a recording of the Activities Showcase on Youtube.
Asylum Explained
For the second of our Accompaniment in Action events, we were joined by Michael Tarnoky, our Senior Legal Officer, and Bernadette Smith, our Legal Caseworker, as we discussed the asylum system here in the UK. We talked about how the system works, some of the difficulties our friends face when going through it and took questions those in attendance had about the process of seeking safety in the UK.
Wednesday 28th October 2020, 6:30pm
Read more about this event here.
Detained and Dehumanised
In June, JRS UK released its latest report Detained and Dehumanised: The Impact of Immigration Detention. In this event we heard from Sophie Cartwright, JRS UK’s Policy Officer, and William Neal, JRS UK’s Detention Outreach Officer, as they discussed the report and shared some of the experiences of the refugee friends who have been detained. They shed some light on the incredibly damaging effects of indefinite detention which so often go unreported.
Wednesday 9th September 2020, 6:30pm
Read more about this event here.
Watch a recording of this event here.
