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Past events

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AVID statement: in memory of the 39 people who died trying to reach the UK

AVID statement: in memory of the 39 people who died trying to reach the UK Police have re...

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In Solidarity: 25 years of visiting

Celebrating 25 years of volunteer visiting. All are welcome to join us....booking essenti...

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Skill Share: Drop in support: impacts and challenges

***This event is postponed until next year - watch this space for further update on the d...

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Training: Psychological First Aid in Detention Centres

AVID is pleased to let the members know that we are partnering with the Take Action Group...

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Free AVID Training! Age disputed cases in detention: What can visitors do to help?

We are pleased to let our member groups know that we are partnering with the Refugee Coun...

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Latest Detention Statistics Released, Aug 2019

Digging beneath the detention statistics, 2019: what has changed? Official statistics rel...

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Jewish Detention Visitors

AVID’s newest member, Jewish Detention Visitors, have written this guest blog on th...

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AVID Detention Handbook

Are you supporting someone held in immigration detention, or want to know more about dete...

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Campsfield House to close in May 2019

The Government has announced the closure of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre i...

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Supporting EU/EEA nationals in immigration detention

Tailored training for visitors - 16th Oct 2018, @18:30.

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AVID AGM on Oct 4th

Annual General Meeting 2018: Detention, Activism, and lived experience All are welcome!

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28 Tales for 28 Days - Refugee Tales!

This month we are sharing this space - with the 28 Tales for 28 Days project!

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AVID is recruiting a Training and Membership Coordinator (Job Share)

Gee Manoharan, AVID's Training and Membership Coordinator, is moving to Birmingham! We are recruiting!

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AVID is recruiting a volunteer fundraiser!

AVID is looking for a volunteer fundraiser.

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AVID looks at Stephen Shaw's Follow-up Report

Opinion on Shaw II - Radical reform is long overdue!

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Training: Statelessness,and how to support as a visitor

Statelessness Awareness Training.

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Walking with Refugee Tales

Blog post on Refugee Tales Walk

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Home Secretary lays Stephen Shaw Review before parliament

The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has today laid before parliament the follow up report to t...

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Refugee Week Blog

Subjecting someone to a period of indefinite detention contrasts utterly with the princip...

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Refugee Tales Walks to Westminster

Refugee Tales is an outreach project of our member group, Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group...

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AVID is looking for volunteer fundraisers!

AVID is fundraising with the Workers Beer Company, which allows charities like us to rais...

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JRS UK Guest Blog Post on Detention

Blog post by Beatrice Grasso, Detention Outreach Manager for JRS UK

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AVID is recruiting a treasurer

AVID is looking to recruit a Treasurer - to support the work of our small, national chari...

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Visiting and Supporting Trafficking / Modern Slavery Survivors in Detention

AVID was delighted to offer a free training for visitors groups from all over the UK. On ...

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Yarl's Wood Hunger Strike Ends, but the Protest Continues

We heard last month that the hunger strike at Yarl’s Wood was to end, but that the ...

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'Digested Read' - Home Affairs Committee Evidence Gathering Session on Immigration Detention

On Tuesday March 20th, the Home Affairs Committee took evidence from Medical Justice, Bai...

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Looking at HMIP Report on Harmondsworth IRC

HMIP has released its report on its 2017 inspection of Harmondsworth Immigration Removal ...

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Immigration Detention Statistics for 2017

The Home Office has released its statistics on immigration detention in the fourth quarte...

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AVID Training on Supporting trafficking/ modern slavery Survivors

Training for visitors!

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Detention Around the Globe

We have collected a selection of news stories and opinion editorials about immigration de...

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New Reports from December – January

Below are the summaries of reports and research studies published in late 2017 British Me...

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Samaritans Training Day

Event: Training for Visitors: Conversation with Vulnerable People As part of the programm...

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Scottish Detainee Visitors - 'Life After Detention'

“I’m not what I was. Sometimes I think that there is a banner on my face, eve...

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Volunteer visitors training on introduction to Judicial review and how it works

AVID was delighted to partner with The Public Law Project (PLP) to offer a free training ...

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AVID Skillshare

We are delighted to launch a new initiative - the AVID skillshare programme - open to all...

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Free Training for volunteer visitors

AVID is pleased to let the members know that we are partnering with the Public Law Projec...

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We are recruiting! Two vacancies: Acting Director, and Information and Communications Role

Two fantastic vacancies with the AVID team! AVID is looking to expand our small team, by ...

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AVID is seeking a Treasurer

AVID is looking to recruit a Treasurer - to support the work of our small, national chari...

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Indefinite detention and broken promises of reform

Indefinite detention and broken promises of reform AVID statement in response to BBC Pano...

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Support detainees held at Dungavel, Scotland

Scottish Detainee Visitors relies mainly on the work of the volunteers to deliver one to ...

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SOAS Detainee Support: online crowdfunding campaign

SOAS Detainee Support group is a student-led organisation based at the University of Lond...

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SOAS Detainee Support's summer training event - 28th June 2017

SOAS Detainee Support group is a student-led organization based at the University of Lond...

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Hidden Stories film screening and panel discussion: Wednesday 21st June

This event was organised by the Larne House Visitors Group as part of Refugee Week 2017. ...

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Yarl's Wood Befrienders celebrating Refugee Week 2017!

Yarls Wood Befrienders: Three events for Refugee Week 2017 Yarl's Wood Befrienders is...

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Yarl's Wood Befrienders AGM, Wednesday 5th July 2017!

Yarl's Wood Befrienders are holding their annual general meeting on Wednesday 5th Jul...

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Support detainees held at Morton Hall

Morton Hall Visitors group is a small volunteer led visitors group based in Nottingham. T...

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Full House! Verne Visitors Group highlight indefinite detention

Full House! Standing Room only at Verne Visitors Group Awareness Raising Meeting Verne Vi...

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Welfare contract at new Family Unit awarded, as Tinsley gets ready to hold children once more

Comment – Government awards contract for welfare services in Tinsley House Family U...

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Refugee Tales: a call to end indefinite detention

The wonderful Refugee Tales returns in 2017, a series of walks, readings and events that ...

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Treasurer Opportunity

Current Opportunities: Board Member: Treasurer A vacancy has arisen on our Board of Trust...

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Awareness Raising Event: Belfast, 9th Dec

Larne House Visitors Group and Scottish Detainee Visitors: awareness raising event, 9th D...

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Free Training on Unlawful Detention

The Habeas Corpus Project is a law centre providing pro-bono legal representation to immi...

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Larne and Verne visitors in the news!

This month we were pleased to see media coverage of the work of two visitors groups, Larn...

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Dungavel's closure: more questions than answers

The Government has announced plans to close Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), in...

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