Waltham Forest Migrant Action

18/08/2026

📣 We are recruiting support centre volunteers!

Every Friday morning we run a drop in providing free immigration, housing and welfare advice and we're looking for compassionate, patient volunteers who share our values and want to make a difference to people's lives.

If that's you - please get in touch! 🧡

Apply now for Support Centre Volunteer. , Unpaid role, expenses paid, find a career with meaning today

14/08/2026

We’re having a little break this summer.

Our weekly support centre drop-in will be closed on Friday 21st & 28th August.

We will re-open on Friday 4th September as usual from 10.00 to 12.30.

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24/07/2026

📣Our summer newsletter has just dropped! ⬇️

It’s been a busy few months at WFMA. Find out what we’ve been up to.

Of course, there is the business as usual pile of bad news: Belfast, our take on the new PM, the Immigration and Asylum Bill.

… and then, the glimmers of hope and solidarity that sustain us, challenges to the 'one-in, one-out' scheme, to immigration enforcement and to the border industry.

🚨And finally, we've included the urgent campaign to stop the expansion of Campsfield detention centre. DEADLINE IS 23.29 TONIGHT.

Massive shout out to the many amazing groups and individuals working to build solidarity in these dark times.

☀️ We'll be having some time breaks over summer - to quote Tricia Hersey: Rest is Resistance!

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It’s been a busy few months at WFMA, so expect an update packed with what we’ve been up to – that’s the good news! And, of course, there is the business as usual pile of bad news: B…

21/07/2026

Yesterday, Andy Burnham became the UK's 7th PM in a decade.

He had promised us hope and change and had a real opportunity to break away from business as usual.

He could have chosen kindness and compassion towards people seeking safety and scrap the Immigration and Asylum Bill.

But instead, he re-appointed Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary, rewarding her for masterminding some of the most stringent anti-migrant policies.

But we're not giving up hope 🧡

🔸 Join us and fight for change
🔸 Sign up to our newsletter.
🔸 Get involved and build solidarity.

We are many! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

17/07/2026

WE DID IT! 🙌

Today, we moved to our new space at St Mary’s Welcome Centre!

A full morning of settling in & volunteer inductions ... & we're ready to re-open next Friday 24th July!

Huge thank you everyone and especially Blackhorse Road Baptist Church for the many years of welcoming us.

More info in comments below ⬇️

09/07/2026

📣 We have some big news:

We're moving! 🚛📦📦

⚠️ The centre will be CLOSED on Friday 17th July.

📍We will reopen on Friday 24th July at our new address:

St Mary's Welcome Centre
8, Church End
E17 9RJ

🧐 Check the Support Centre page on our website - link below - for more updates & don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Please share widely with anyone who might need to know 🙏

09/07/2026

This is the unbearable reality for many families under this increasingly hostile, racist, classist immigration system!

08/07/2026

Have a read of Right to Remain’s latest update, including:

🔸 The campaign to Stop the expansion of Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre. If you can please make a submission - deadline for making a is 24 July.
🔸 Anti-racist movement event, 11
July
🔸 Refugee Week reflection - featuring our event at Walthamstow Trades Hall

With Refugee Week in full swing, June was a busy month for everyone. Find out about our workshops in July, including a new workshop on 'evidence'. And join us at Anti-Racist Movement National Event - The Power of Transformative Organising on 11 July! Call to Action: Stop the Expansion of Camp

17/06/2026

"Waltham Forest has been recognised as a Borough of Sanctuary because we believe, and act on the belief, that every person regardless of where they were born or the colour of their skin deserves to live with dignity, safety, and welcome. That commitment does not waver when the national mood turns hostile. It deepens."

Waltham Forest is proud to be a Borough of Sanctuary. Our borough has a long history of being a welcoming place for people from all over the world who want to make it their home.

Cllr Paul Perkins and Averil Pooten Watan, Borough of Sanctuary Co-Chairs, have published a statement for the community following recent outbreaks of violence in Belfast and across parts of the UK this week. You can read it here: https://orlo.uk/qz5e0