Join our interactive workshop for City of Sanctuary groups in partnership with the Right to Remain team.
Learn the key differences between legal advice vs legal support with practical activities to build confidence in using the Right to Remain Toolkit – a free, step-by-step online guide to the UK asylum and immigration system.
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Aims for the session:
- Show how the Toolkit can help people understand where they are in the system and what comes next.
- Explore the difference between legal advice (regulated, must be given by a qualified adviser) and legal support (knowledge-sharing, practical and emotional support that communities can provide).
- Practice using the Toolkit through interactive exercises, so participants leave feeling confident to apply it in real situations.
- Place this work in the context of the legal aid crisis – understanding why we are where we are, and why community knowledge is essential.
- Root our work in radical solidarity: refusing isolation, building trust, and making sure no one goes through the system alone.
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This session will be delivered by Ally Swadling, Legal Education Officer at Right to Remain.
Right to Remain is a small UK-wide charity founded in 1995, an anchor organisation for the migration justice movement.
They do this by: Building knowledge through public legal education (like the Toolkit). Building radical solidarity by connecting groups and communities. Building power through campaigning led by people with lived experience. We do not provide legal advice ourselves but we equip communities with the tools and confidence to stand together.