On 3rd and 4th of July Refugee Tales walkers will be gathering in Canterbury and across the world. We will walk and share tales, we will celebrate our world wide community and we will continue to take steps towards our collective destination: a future without...

The Government’s proposed New Plan for Immigration claims to be ‘fair but firm’. Whilst we agree that improvements are urgently needed in the immigration system, we believe this plan is anything but fair. Instead, it creates a 2-tier system which discriminates against...

It is with great sadness that we learnt of the death of Shirley Williams.  Shirley was the Patron of Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group from the early 2000s until 2016.  She cared passionately about asylum seekers, she hated their mistreatment and she appreciated  the...

Last week we attended the funeral of Mohammed, a young man in his twenties who we supported while he was detained. Mohammed sadly passed away in a hotel in November 2020, shortly after his release from detention. We are deeply saddened by the loss of Mohammed and...

Our wonderful supporter and former Intern, Izzy, is running the Lee Valley Velopark Half Marathon in London on 29th May to raise money for GDWG. Thank you Izzy for your support and helping us keep going at such a challenging time. We are so grateful for our wonderful...

GDWG Director, Anna Pincus, is joining Insight Collaborative for an interactive webinar discussing the question 'What Does Accompaniment Look Like?' The speakers from GDWG, Insight Collaborative and Duet will explore what accompaniment can look like when it is...