EFA London (English for Action)

08/10/2026

🌟 ESOL Conversation Club🌟
Would you like to practise your English in a friendly, relaxed and supportive group? 💬😊
Come along to our ESOL Conversation Club and:
🗣️ Practise speaking English
🤝 Meet new people
🌍 Hear about different places and cultures
💡 Share your interests
📰 Talk about what’s happening
☕ Chat about everyday life
📚 Learn from each other
🗓️ Tuesdays
⏰ 1:15–2:45 pm
💻 Online via Zoom
🎒 During term time
Everyone is welcome! If you’d like to join, send Ben a WhatsApp message on 07710 767 659.
👉 Why not give it a try? We’d love to meet you! 💛

07/10/2026

🌟 *We’re looking for volunteers to help make English classes more accessible to migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum in Lambeth and Hackney*.

📚 Speaking English is vital for migrant communities, but many people are locked out of English classes for different reasons.

We’re looking for volunteers who are passionate about supporting migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum to access English (ESOL) classes.

The TEA Project is a community organising, listening, solution co-design and influencing project. We’re listening to local migrant communities, English class providers and other stakeholders in Lambeth and Hackney to understand their experiences of accessing English classes, co-design solutions together, and work with local decision-makers to make change happen.

💡 Could you join us?

⏰ Time: 3–5 hours a week (more if you’re interested)
📍 Where: Lambeth & Hackney
🗓️ When: Different days/times, usually between 9am–5pm
🕐 Duration: 1–1.5 years

Who are we looking for?

You’ll ideally be:
❤️ Passionate about social justice
👂 Interested in listening and learning from people
🌱 Interested in improving local services

Experience of community organising or service design is desirable, but not essential, enthusiasm and commitment matter most!

What would you do?

You could help to:
• Support listening workshops (e.g. taking notes)
• Analyse what we’re hearing and identify emerging themes
• Recruit people with lived experience to take part
• Plan, attend and evaluate meetings with decision-makers, people with lived experience and other stakeholders

Why get involved?

✨ Help migrant communities access English classes
✨ Learn about the experiences and needs of local migrant communities
✨ Develop skills in service design
✨ Learn about community organising and influencing
✨ Be part of a project working towards meaningful local change

👉 Interested? Apply here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelVJY80G5J1NqrnZ0cm35fVm6FrzHlMndMPeMA2JTOkcFt5w/viewform

Please share with anyone who might be interested! 🙏💛

13/05/2026

Success! We've secured commitments to improve access to English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in Lambeth, Hackney, Southwark and Greenwich!

We're looking forward to working with the councils to co-design and implement ESOL advice services and call on central government for more ESOL funding.

This achievement is a testament to the incredible skill, passion and commitment of EFA's participants and forum theatre practitioners. Together, they worked very hard to convert the challenges they've experienced when trying to access ESOL into moving theatre plays which clearly communicated that between the restrictive eligibility criteria, lack of funding and lack of information, trying to access an ESOL class is like trying to walk through a maze full of dead ends and no clear path in sight.

It's been amazing to see our students develop their performances, which left audiences emotional and feeling the pain of the migrant experience as they were so persuasive. Go team!

Thank you Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales, NATECLA ELATT London Citizens UK Lambeth Council Hackney Council London Borough of Southwark and Royal Borough of Greenwich

13/05/2026

Nadia, one of our Southwark students who participated in the national housing march last month, wrote a reply after reading the article: “I’ve read Lauren’s experience in detail, and mine is the same. I work long hours at three jobs to pay. £800 a month in rent, and the house is in terrible condition, the bathroom and kitchen are covered in mould, and the landlord has no intention of fixing it. Mould is harmful to our health. I hope that with the marches, chants, and messages, the government will pass a new law regulating rents in London, which are the most expensive in the world.”

“UNITY IS THE BEST MECHANISM FOR A CAMPAIGN WITH POSITIVE EFFECTS.”

Lauren Elcock is among the young Londoners who say rising rents are forcing them to quit the capital.