It is hard to put 2020 into words. We began the year optimistic about our ability to grow and create new support pathways for our clients. Then along with the rest of the world we were forced to modify our plans rapidly and one of the key questions became how we could make sure that our services to Survivors didn’t stop.
The book is part the Royal College Psychiatrists marking of 180 years since the founding of the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane in 1841, the earliest predecessor of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and 50 years since the granting of the Royal Charter, which established the College itself in 1971.
Classes and activity groups are an integral part of the
An important part of HBF’s work is our research aimed
In March 2020, I was excited to start as a
Before the pandemic, most of the Helen Bamber Foundation’s work
On 24th March 2021, the government published a "New Plan for Immigration", setting out its proposals for changes to nationality, immigration and asylum law. We are extremely concerned about the whole of the New Plan for Immigration, the approach it takes and the harmful rhetoric used throughout.
The Helen Bamber Foundation's Research Director, Prof. Cornelius Katona has authored a letter in the British Medical Journal outlining why the relaxation of data sharing restrictions during the covid-19 pandemic may adversely affect marginalised communities.
This report draws together information regarding the interaction between disability and claims under the 1951 Refugee Convention. It also briefly looks at subsidiary forms of legal protection. This report has been prepared based on legal and clinical experience within England and Wales in particular, but may be of wider relevance to those working to apply the Refugee Convention in other jurisdictions.
The Helen Bamber Foundation’s Medical and Research Director, Prof. Cornelius
Today we are releasing a new brand video, narrated by
