A poem about my immigration experience was published in the anthology ‘Poetry and Settled Status for All’. Here’s the story of how this came about and my poem. — How I got published In June 2021, I saw a tweet from Civic Leicester calling for poetry and prose submissions related to the theme ‘Settled Status or Indefinite Leave to Remain for all’. I’m not someone who writes poetry in my spare time. I did enjoy writing poetry for school assignments and even…

This final monthly recap features delays for visa application decisions and still refusing asylum seekers the right to work. — About my monthly recaps I’m spending 2021 doing a monthly running challenge to fundraise for the Join Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). Read my blog post about why I’m fundraising for JCWI Donate to my JustGiving page As part of the fundraiser, I will be writing a monthly blog post on:

This month’s recap features deaths from Channel crossings and planning to deprive Brits of citizenship without notification. — About my monthly recaps I’m spending 2021 doing a monthly running challenge to fundraise for the Join Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). Read my blog post about why I’m fundraising for JCWI Donate to my JustGiving page As part of the fundraiser, I will be writing a monthly blog post on:

This month’s recap features denying deportees access to justice and downplaying the number of deaths in asylum accommodation. — About my monthly recaps I’m spending 2021 doing a monthly running challenge to fundraise for the Join Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). Read my blog post about why I’m fundraising for JCWI Donate to my JustGiving page As part of the fundraiser, I will be writing a monthly blog post on:

This month’s recap features continuing to house asylum seekers in unsafe conditions and keeping hundreds of thousands of EU citizens in limbo with Settlement Scheme applications still awaiting decisions. — About my monthly recaps I’m spending 2021 doing a monthly running challenge to fundraise for the Join Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). Read my blog post about why I’m fundraising for JCWI

This month’s recap features the Jamaica 50 deportation and redirecting calls to a Afghan crisis helpline to a washing machine company. — About my monthly recaps I’m spending 2021 doing a monthly running challenge to fundraise for the Join Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). Read my blog post about why I’m fundraising for JCWI Donate to my JustGiving page As part of the fundraiser, I will be writing a monthly blog post on:

In February 2021, I spoke at the ContentEd conference about the ways I’ve built confidence over my career. This post contains the video of that talk and the transcript. — Video The talk is 9:38. Transcript Hello, I’m Lauren Tormey. I’m a content designer at the University of Edinburgh, and I’m here today to talk about building confidence: lessons learned in a content career. Things I need to clarify first

This month’s recap features EU citizens losing their jobs while their EUSS applications are stuck in a backlog, and 51 asylum seekers dying in Home Office accommodation over the last 5 years. — About my monthly recaps I’m spending 2021 doing a monthly running challenge to fundraise for the Join Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). Read my blog post about why I’m fundraising for JCWI Donate to my JustGiving page

This month’s recap features fiascos around the EU Settlement Scheme deadline and arresting a rape victim on immigration charges. — About my monthly recaps I’m spending 2021 doing a monthly running challenge to fundraise for the Join Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). Read my blog post about why I’m fundraising for JCWI Donate to my JustGiving page As part of the fundraiser, I will be writing a monthly blog post on: