Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group
Supporting people in detention at Gatwick
Are You In Detention?
If you or someone you know are currently being detained at Gatwick, you can find information on what you can do here.
Immigration Detention
Find out more about immigration detention and why we support people being held there.
Get Involved
If you would like to support our work or are already volunteering for us, find everything you need here.
Become a friend of GDWG
If you would like to make a donation to GDWG, find out more here.
Friends of GDWG
Since 1995 our volunteer visitors have been providing support to people detained at UKBA’s detention centres near Gatwick Airport. We have around seventy volunteers who provide weekly visits, on a one to one basis, for detainees who request it. The volunteers spend an hour or so with the detainees, being a friendly face and listening to their concerns.
Refugee Tales
Refugee Tales is an outreach project of Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group inspired by the experiences of men held in immigration detention at Gatwick and the work of the Group in 20 years of visiting.
28 Tales for 28 Days
#28for28 calls for a time limit of 28 days for detention through 28 tales of the detention experience voiced by actors and writers.
Our patrons are:
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
“I am proud to support the work of GDWG, who carry out invaluable work helping and befriending one of the most isolated groups in the UK.”Lord Navnit Dholakia OBE
“You and your members bring sanity to the highly charged issue of immigration and asylum matter. I value your work immensely.”Company limited by Guarantee Registered in England and Wales
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Registered Charity
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The Orchard,
1-2 Gleneagles Court,
Brighton Road,
Crawley, RH10 6AD
01293 657070
Freephone number for people in detention:
0800 389 4367
