The rolling out of Universal Credit in many areas of London has brought visitors to the centre seeking help to understand it, manage it and deal with the problems that occur during the long waiting period for the first payment. Many of our visitors are using a second language, do not have their own computers and are not IT literate. Others who have managed their benefits well, before they were transferred to Universal Credit, experience anxiety and stress, fearing their Housi
On March 22nd Jonathan Bartley, co-leader of the Green Party visited the Centre with Azadeh Hosseini. Together they have been visiting Centres around the UK to better inform themselves about refugee and asylum issues, and in particular to promote their campaign to end indefinite detention. Jonathan had taken the step of restricting himself to living on £5 a day for a week in solidarity with single asylum seekers receiving asylum support. Azadeh is herself a refugee. They were
The group was busy today as we had a toddler with us 🙂 members drew and painted in they own time and space whilst every now and then we had a discussion about the themes emerging in the art work: centred around nature and family. #featured