TogetherintheUK
@togetherintheuk.bsky.social
We are a social enterprise whose mission is to share stories of migration to the UK and useful information.
A new year. A new chapter.
We will be sharing more stories of migration to the UK, keep an eye on our website: www.togetherintheuk.co.uk and celebrating our tenth anniversary. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.
We will be sharing more stories of migration to the UK, keep an eye on our website: www.togetherintheuk.co.uk and celebrating our tenth anniversary. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.
January 1, 2026 at 1:45 PM
A new year. A new chapter.
We will be sharing more stories of migration to the UK, keep an eye on our website: www.togetherintheuk.co.uk and celebrating our tenth anniversary. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.
We will be sharing more stories of migration to the UK, keep an eye on our website: www.togetherintheuk.co.uk and celebrating our tenth anniversary. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.
We’re delighted to share that TogetherintheUK has received a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund!
This funding will support our 10-year anniversary celebration on 31 January and the publication of a Then & Now anthology on migration, based on some of the entries in our recent competition.
This funding will support our 10-year anniversary celebration on 31 January and the publication of a Then & Now anthology on migration, based on some of the entries in our recent competition.
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We’re delighted to share that TogetherintheUK has received a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund!
This funding will support our 10-year anniversary celebration on 31 January and the publication of a Then & Now anthology on migration, based on some of the entries in our recent competition.
This funding will support our 10-year anniversary celebration on 31 January and the publication of a Then & Now anthology on migration, based on some of the entries in our recent competition.
Discrimination steals dignity. On Human Rights Day, we’re reminded why voices like Catheline’s must be heard.
Her story of resilience, racism, and the fight for equality—shows how far we have to go to ensure everyone’s right to live free from discrimination.
togetherintheuk.co.uk/discriminati...
Her story of resilience, racism, and the fight for equality—shows how far we have to go to ensure everyone’s right to live free from discrimination.
togetherintheuk.co.uk/discriminati...
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Discrimination steals dignity. On Human Rights Day, we’re reminded why voices like Catheline’s must be heard.
Her story of resilience, racism, and the fight for equality—shows how far we have to go to ensure everyone’s right to live free from discrimination.
togetherintheuk.co.uk/discriminati...
Her story of resilience, racism, and the fight for equality—shows how far we have to go to ensure everyone’s right to live free from discrimination.
togetherintheuk.co.uk/discriminati...
This week saw the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery,
We should be aware when a service is too cheap and report it if we see anything suspicious. Find out the facts here in this blog by Sinéad Mangan-Mc Hale
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We should be aware when a service is too cheap and report it if we see anything suspicious. Find out the facts here in this blog by Sinéad Mangan-Mc Hale
togetherintheuk.co.uk/britains-rol...
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This week saw the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery,
We should be aware when a service is too cheap and report it if we see anything suspicious. Find out the facts here in this blog by Sinéad Mangan-Mc Hale
togetherintheuk.co.uk/britains-rol...
We should be aware when a service is too cheap and report it if we see anything suspicious. Find out the facts here in this blog by Sinéad Mangan-Mc Hale
togetherintheuk.co.uk/britains-rol...
Today (November 16th) is International Day for Tolerance. This blog sets out how tolerance leads to compassion and understanding. It gives a wonderful example of the grace of the British Legion. These qualities are much needed in these very challenging times.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today (November 16th) is International Day for Tolerance. This blog sets out how tolerance leads to compassion and understanding. It gives a wonderful example of the grace of the British Legion. These qualities are much needed in these very challenging times.
togetherintheuk.co.uk/the-power-of...
togetherintheuk.co.uk/the-power-of...
Only Connect
Let's remember in the context of policy announcements and constant statistics, the human stories. This blog, written by Miriam Richardson, a therapist tells us how much young people go through on their journey here and what helps. #RefugeesWelcome
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Let's remember in the context of policy announcements and constant statistics, the human stories. This blog, written by Miriam Richardson, a therapist tells us how much young people go through on their journey here and what helps. #RefugeesWelcome
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November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Only Connect
Let's remember in the context of policy announcements and constant statistics, the human stories. This blog, written by Miriam Richardson, a therapist tells us how much young people go through on their journey here and what helps. #RefugeesWelcome
togetherintheuk.co.uk/only-connect/
Let's remember in the context of policy announcements and constant statistics, the human stories. This blog, written by Miriam Richardson, a therapist tells us how much young people go through on their journey here and what helps. #RefugeesWelcome
togetherintheuk.co.uk/only-connect/
The competition Then&Now open to migrants to the UK closes tomorrow, October 31st. Meet the wonderful judges below. They have a truly difficult job as the entries are so good.
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The competition Then&Now open to migrants to the UK closes tomorrow, October 31st. Meet the wonderful judges below. They have a truly difficult job as the entries are so good.
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Wishing everyone celebrating today a Happy Diwali. To find out more about this wonderful festival, check out our blog. #Diwali2025 #Diwali
Wishing everyone celebrating today a Happy Diwali. To find out more about this wonderful festival, check out our blog. #Diwali2025 #Diwali
October 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Wishing everyone celebrating today a Happy Diwali. To find out more about this wonderful festival, check out our blog. #Diwali2025 #Diwali
Wishing everyone celebrating today a Happy Diwali. To find out more about this wonderful festival, check out our blog. #Diwali2025 #Diwali
Congratulations to @socialequitycic.bsky.social on realising their vision. This is the start of an important programme to encourage more migrants to work in local government.
🚀 We’ve officially kicked off our Local Government Training Programme!
Our first workshop on UK Politics was led by our CEO @teobenea.bsky.social and we welcomed 10 brilliant participants passionate about migrant justice. 💬✨
Our first workshop on UK Politics was led by our CEO @teobenea.bsky.social and we welcomed 10 brilliant participants passionate about migrant justice. 💬✨
October 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Congratulations to @socialequitycic.bsky.social on realising their vision. This is the start of an important programme to encourage more migrants to work in local government.
' An easy and enlightening read, Jonathan Portes’ book cuts through the myths about immigration with clarity and humanity and for me, it hit especially close to home', Read Bushra Mukadam's excellent and personal review. @jdportes.bsky.social
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September 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
' An easy and enlightening read, Jonathan Portes’ book cuts through the myths about immigration with clarity and humanity and for me, it hit especially close to home', Read Bushra Mukadam's excellent and personal review. @jdportes.bsky.social
togetherintheuk.co.uk/review-of-jo...
togetherintheuk.co.uk/review-of-jo...
Join us for the ‘Refugee Prose Hour’ ONLINE on September 22nd from 6-7 pm. Join us to be moved, entertained and surprised by the voices of brilliant refugee writers. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/.../register....
@freedomfromtorture.bsky.social
@freedomfromtorture.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Join us for the ‘Refugee Prose Hour’ ONLINE on September 22nd from 6-7 pm. Join us to be moved, entertained and surprised by the voices of brilliant refugee writers. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/.../register....
@freedomfromtorture.bsky.social
@freedomfromtorture.bsky.social
Congratulations to our friends @socialequitycic.bsky.social on the launch of their Local Government Training Programme today. Its a fantastic initiative, please share with anyone you know who meets the criteria. #migration
🚀 We’re thrilled to launch the Local Government Training Programme!
Are you:
✔️ A first-generation migrant?
✔️ Interested in a role in local government?
✔️ Passionate about representing your community?
📅 Applications close: Friday, 26 Sept
👉 Apply here: www.socialequity.org.uk/our-training
Are you:
✔️ A first-generation migrant?
✔️ Interested in a role in local government?
✔️ Passionate about representing your community?
📅 Applications close: Friday, 26 Sept
👉 Apply here: www.socialequity.org.uk/our-training
September 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Congratulations to our friends @socialequitycic.bsky.social on the launch of their Local Government Training Programme today. Its a fantastic initiative, please share with anyone you know who meets the criteria. #migration
Today is International Literacy Day so its a good opportunity to remind any Under 18s with migration to the UK in your story about our competition. We would love to hear from you. Check out Then&Now on our website. #stories #Migration #writing
Competition | TogetherInTheUK
Competition | TogetherInTheUK
September 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today is International Literacy Day so its a good opportunity to remind any Under 18s with migration to the UK in your story about our competition. We would love to hear from you. Check out Then&Now on our website. #stories #Migration #writing
Competition | TogetherInTheUK
Competition | TogetherInTheUK
Today, we remember those who vanished without a trace and stand in solidarity with their families still searching for truth and justice. No one should ever be silenced or forgotten.
#Togetherintheuk #EndEnforcedDisappearances #HumanRights #JusticeForAll #NeverForget
#Togetherintheuk #EndEnforcedDisappearances #HumanRights #JusticeForAll #NeverForget
August 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Today, we remember those who vanished without a trace and stand in solidarity with their families still searching for truth and justice. No one should ever be silenced or forgotten.
#Togetherintheuk #EndEnforcedDisappearances #HumanRights #JusticeForAll #NeverForget
#Togetherintheuk #EndEnforcedDisappearances #HumanRights #JusticeForAll #NeverForget
✨ Words that echo stay with us ✨🎭
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Think you can weave magic with words?
Enter our Then and Now Creative Writing Competition and show us how rhyme lives on! ✍️✨ togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/
#ThenAndNow #CreativeWriting #PoetryMagic #WritingCompetition
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Think you can weave magic with words?
Enter our Then and Now Creative Writing Competition and show us how rhyme lives on! ✍️✨ togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/
#ThenAndNow #CreativeWriting #PoetryMagic #WritingCompetition
August 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
✨ Words that echo stay with us ✨🎭
🪄📖
Think you can weave magic with words?
Enter our Then and Now Creative Writing Competition and show us how rhyme lives on! ✍️✨ togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/
#ThenAndNow #CreativeWriting #PoetryMagic #WritingCompetition
🪄📖
Think you can weave magic with words?
Enter our Then and Now Creative Writing Competition and show us how rhyme lives on! ✍️✨ togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/
#ThenAndNow #CreativeWriting #PoetryMagic #WritingCompetition
#InternationalYouthDay, In this blog, Sinéad Mangan-Mc Hale shares stories from our anthology Hear Our Stories from the young people themselves. Its an uplifting read.
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Voices of Resilience: Celebrating Refugee and Migrant Youth on International Youth Day | TogetherInTheUK
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August 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#InternationalYouthDay, In this blog, Sinéad Mangan-Mc Hale shares stories from our anthology Hear Our Stories from the young people themselves. Its an uplifting read.
togetherintheuk.co.uk/voices-of-re...
togetherintheuk.co.uk/voices-of-re...
"Celebrating the legacy of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I — the Lion of Judah, a symbol of strength, unity, and divine inspiration. Jah Rastafari!
#HaileSelassie #Rastafari #LionOfJudah #Legacy #JahBless #Togetherintheuk
#HaileSelassie #Rastafari #LionOfJudah #Legacy #JahBless #Togetherintheuk
July 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"Celebrating the legacy of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I — the Lion of Judah, a symbol of strength, unity, and divine inspiration. Jah Rastafari!
#HaileSelassie #Rastafari #LionOfJudah #Legacy #JahBless #Togetherintheuk
#HaileSelassie #Rastafari #LionOfJudah #Legacy #JahBless #Togetherintheuk
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Truly an inspiration to us all.
40 years ago, Helen Bamber OBE founded Freedom from Torture with a bold & unwavering vision no survivor should suffer in silence.
Donate now to keep Helen's vision alive: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/174507/...
Stand against torture. Stand with survivors.
40 years ago, Helen Bamber OBE founded Freedom from Torture with a bold & unwavering vision no survivor should suffer in silence.
Donate now to keep Helen's vision alive: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/174507/...
Stand against torture. Stand with survivors.
July 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Truly an inspiration to us all.
40 years ago, Helen Bamber OBE founded Freedom from Torture with a bold & unwavering vision no survivor should suffer in silence.
Donate now to keep Helen's vision alive: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/174507/...
Stand against torture. Stand with survivors.
40 years ago, Helen Bamber OBE founded Freedom from Torture with a bold & unwavering vision no survivor should suffer in silence.
Donate now to keep Helen's vision alive: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/174507/...
Stand against torture. Stand with survivors.
Repetition, repetition, repetition — it’s no mistake. It’s a writer’s power move. Got a line that echoes just right? Enter the TogetherintheUK Competition:
togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/
togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/
July 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Repetition, repetition, repetition — it’s no mistake. It’s a writer’s power move. Got a line that echoes just right? Enter the TogetherintheUK Competition:
togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/
togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth Real stories. Winding paths. One journey at a time. Welcome to The Road Much Travelled — lots to learn from Aman's story. 🎧 Listen now: togetherintheuk.co.uk/the-road-muc... #TogetherintheUK #TheRoadMuchTravelled #Podcast
The Road Much Travelled | TogetherInTheUK
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July 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth Real stories. Winding paths. One journey at a time. Welcome to The Road Much Travelled — lots to learn from Aman's story. 🎧 Listen now: togetherintheuk.co.uk/the-road-muc... #TogetherintheUK #TheRoadMuchTravelled #Podcast
Sinéad Mangan-Mc Hale interviews the poet Lester Gomez Medina on migration, culture & the “ping-pong game” of writing between languages.
Read here:
togetherintheuk.co.uk/having-to-le...
#TogetherintheUK #PoetryAcrossBorders #PingPongOfWords #CulturalIdentity PALEWELL PRESS LTD #poetry
Read here:
togetherintheuk.co.uk/having-to-le...
#TogetherintheUK #PoetryAcrossBorders #PingPongOfWords #CulturalIdentity PALEWELL PRESS LTD #poetry
July 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Sinéad Mangan-Mc Hale interviews the poet Lester Gomez Medina on migration, culture & the “ping-pong game” of writing between languages.
Read here:
togetherintheuk.co.uk/having-to-le...
#TogetherintheUK #PoetryAcrossBorders #PingPongOfWords #CulturalIdentity PALEWELL PRESS LTD #poetry
Read here:
togetherintheuk.co.uk/having-to-le...
#TogetherintheUK #PoetryAcrossBorders #PingPongOfWords #CulturalIdentity PALEWELL PRESS LTD #poetry
TogetherintheUK’s new writing competition "Then & Now" is open!
If you’re a migrant, refugee, asylum seeker, or international student/worker in the UK, share your migration story in a poem, story, or essay.
Details & prizes: 👉 togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/ #writingcompetition #poetry
If you’re a migrant, refugee, asylum seeker, or international student/worker in the UK, share your migration story in a poem, story, or essay.
Details & prizes: 👉 togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/ #writingcompetition #poetry
July 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
TogetherintheUK’s new writing competition "Then & Now" is open!
If you’re a migrant, refugee, asylum seeker, or international student/worker in the UK, share your migration story in a poem, story, or essay.
Details & prizes: 👉 togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/ #writingcompetition #poetry
If you’re a migrant, refugee, asylum seeker, or international student/worker in the UK, share your migration story in a poem, story, or essay.
Details & prizes: 👉 togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/ #writingcompetition #poetry
We send greetings to people of the Bahai faith today.
On this sacred day, we honour the courage, sacrifice, and divine mission of the Báb - whose martyrdom became the spark for a new era of spiritual awakening. l. 🕊️
On this sacred day, we honour the courage, sacrifice, and divine mission of the Báb - whose martyrdom became the spark for a new era of spiritual awakening. l. 🕊️
July 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
We send greetings to people of the Bahai faith today.
On this sacred day, we honour the courage, sacrifice, and divine mission of the Báb - whose martyrdom became the spark for a new era of spiritual awakening. l. 🕊️
On this sacred day, we honour the courage, sacrifice, and divine mission of the Báb - whose martyrdom became the spark for a new era of spiritual awakening. l. 🕊️
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🎉 Exciting news — our Local Government Training Programme is now accredited!
🤝 Big shoutout to our trainers — Teresa Norman, David Tross, @teobenea.bsky.social & @adinamaglan.bsky.social — for creating this impactful course.
📅 Recruitment starts in September — stay tuned for how to apply!
🤝 Big shoutout to our trainers — Teresa Norman, David Tross, @teobenea.bsky.social & @adinamaglan.bsky.social — for creating this impactful course.
📅 Recruitment starts in September — stay tuned for how to apply!
July 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🎉 Exciting news — our Local Government Training Programme is now accredited!
🤝 Big shoutout to our trainers — Teresa Norman, David Tross, @teobenea.bsky.social & @adinamaglan.bsky.social — for creating this impactful course.
📅 Recruitment starts in September — stay tuned for how to apply!
🤝 Big shoutout to our trainers — Teresa Norman, David Tross, @teobenea.bsky.social & @adinamaglan.bsky.social — for creating this impactful course.
📅 Recruitment starts in September — stay tuned for how to apply!
Hijri New Year 1447 AH
As the crescent moon rises, we send heartfelt wishes to the Muslim community. May this new year bring peace, purpose, and prosperity to all.
Hijri Mubarak!
#IslamicNewYear1447 #TogetherintheUK #HijriMubarak #NewBeginnings #CommunityAndFaith
As the crescent moon rises, we send heartfelt wishes to the Muslim community. May this new year bring peace, purpose, and prosperity to all.
Hijri Mubarak!
#IslamicNewYear1447 #TogetherintheUK #HijriMubarak #NewBeginnings #CommunityAndFaith
June 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Hijri New Year 1447 AH
As the crescent moon rises, we send heartfelt wishes to the Muslim community. May this new year bring peace, purpose, and prosperity to all.
Hijri Mubarak!
#IslamicNewYear1447 #TogetherintheUK #HijriMubarak #NewBeginnings #CommunityAndFaith
As the crescent moon rises, we send heartfelt wishes to the Muslim community. May this new year bring peace, purpose, and prosperity to all.
Hijri Mubarak!
#IslamicNewYear1447 #TogetherintheUK #HijriMubarak #NewBeginnings #CommunityAndFaith