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Alana’s story
Alana shares her experience of leaving her own country, claiming asylum in the UK, finding safety with Micro Rainbow’s housing and moving on to a bright future.
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A £20,000 Christmas present to support LGBTI asylum seekers
myLotto24 awards Micro Rainbow £20,000 to support homeless LGBTI asylum seekers
1 month ago
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Winners of the William Sutton Prize for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
On 22nd November 2018 Micro Rainbow was awarded the inaugural William Sutton Prize for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
2 months ago
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Kaira and Muhammed’s stories
Success stories of Kaira, an intersex asylum seeker from a Latin American country and Muhammed, a gay asylum seeker from Bangladesh
5 October 2018
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Cataleya’s story
From sleeping rough on the streets of London to finally finding safety in an Micro Rainbow safe house
2 October 2018
Social inclusion
Angela’s story
Angela’s story highlights the need for social inclusion and empowerment of LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees
14 September 2018
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Tackling homelessness of LGBTI asylum seekers
Micro Rainbow opens a new safe home in the London area
3 September 2018
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Safe housing for LGBTI asylum seekers in the West Midlands
Micro Rainbow has expanded its service provision of housing in the West Midlands. We now run two safe homes exclusively for LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees in the area.
27 July 2018
Moving on programme
Sanctuary at The Walthamstow Wetlands
This activity, dancing at the Wetlands, allows LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees to use their bodies to express themselves and to heal past trauma. Micro Rainbow’s social inclusion programme is a key element of our holistic approach to integration.
25 July 2018
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Suffering in silence: the invisibility of LGBTI refugees
On World Refugee Day, we wrote a blog for Amnesty International LGBTI Network. We discussed the invisibility of LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees and challenges they continue to face including discrimination, isolation, poverty and homelessness.
20 June 2018
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Winner: Best CSR Programme of the Year Award 2018
Micro Rainbow and Weil Gotshal and Manges win the prestigious Legal Business Award under the category “Best CSR programme of the year”.
27 April 2018
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Training youth workers on supporting LGBTI refugees
Micro Rainbow and Platypus (Croatia) provided training to 33 youth workers on supporting LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees. The week long Erasmus+ training course took place in Zagreb, Croatia.
16 March 2018
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A 2nd house for LGBTI asylum seekers opens
Micro Rainbow announces the opening of a second safe house for LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees
12 December 2017
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The first safe house for LGBTI asylum seekers opens in the UK
In October 2017 Rashid and Maria, two asylum seekers from Bangladesh and El Salvador, entered the first safe house in the UK that is exclusively for LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees.
7 November 2017
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Winners of the Thomson Reuters Foundation Innovation Award 2017
On 26th September Micro Rainbow was the winner of the prestigious TrustLaw award for innovation
4 October 2017
Social inclusion
Sharing our work at Allen & Overy
On 22 May 2107, Micro Rainbow with the LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees choir joined the Allen & Overy LGBT Network “A&Out”.
19 July 2017
Moving on programme
Why asylum seekers should be granted permission to work
Jill Power, describes Micro Rainbow’s view on a controversial issue that affects the lives of thousands of people seeking refuge every year: granting asylum seekers the right to work while their asylum case is determined.
19 July 2017
Social inclusion
How Sista Sista tackles poverty of LBT women
Sara is a lesbian refugee from Uganda. When she was outed as lesbian, she was removed from education, beaten, humiliated and ultimately forced into a marriage with an older man.
15 February 2017
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Finalist in European Social Innovation Competition: ‘Integrated Futures’
Micro Rainbow was selected from a shortlist of 30 and a total of 1,095 applicants from 36 countries as a finalist in the European Social Innovation Competition.
16 November 2016
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HMRC issues advanced assurance on investment scheme to create a hostel for LGBTI refugees
On 23 August 2016 HMRC provided Micro Rainbow with an advanced assurance that social investments in Micro Rainbow to raise funding for its housing project for LGBTI refugees should qualify for the Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) scheme
6 September 2016
Social inclusion
Jill Power is chosen as one of the Southbank Centre “Change Makers”
Southbank Centre have chosen Micro Rainbow Director of Social and Economic Inclusion as one of their Change Makers.
27 July 2016
Social inclusion
Using creativity to heal the mind, body and heart
Now We Are Here began as a series of Young Vic Taking Part workshops which took place over eight months. Led by director Ian Rickson the workshops were run in partnership with Micro Rainbow.
24 July 2016
Social inclusion
Community Outreach, Community Healing
Find out about our peer support program called Weather the Storm and other social inclusion activities for LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers in the United Kingdom.
2 October 2015
Social inclusion
Jill Power
Interview with Jill Power, Director of Social and Economic Inclusion at Micro Rainbow focusing on some of the challenges facing LGBTI youth living in poverty around the world.
19 May 2015
Moving on programme
Lesbian refugee from Nigeria
“It is hard to survive in the UK when you don’t have a job, you don’t have friends with jobs, and your family members hate you because you are lesbian.”
3 March 2015
Social inclusion
Episodes of Discrimination and Persecution of Lesbian and Gay People Around the World – Part 2
Part two of our research to examine the relationships between being a refugee in the UK, poverty and sexual orientation. We spoke to 50 lesbian and gay refugees from 13 different countries who shared some of the experiences of persecution and discrimination which they had faced.
20 May 2014
Social inclusion
Episodes of Discrimination and Persecution of Lesbian and Gay People around the World – Part 1
In October 2013 we launched research to examine the relationships between being a refugee in the UK, poverty and sexual orientation. We spoke with 50 lesbian and gay refugees from 13 different countries who shared some of the experiences of persecution and discrimination which they had faced.
28 April 2014
Social inclusion
Poverty, sexual orientation and refugees in the UK
New report published on this seminal day for world poverty shows that lesbian and gay refugees in the UK live below the poverty line, are isolated and discriminated against.
16 October 2013
Social inclusion
Thoughts of a Jamaican, a lesbian, and a refugee in the UK
Give a voice to some of the thoughts that LGBTI refugees often have but do not always have the courage to express for fear of being seen as ungrateful towards the country that gave them safety or of being judged.
21 June 2013
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