Community based organisations constitute the ‘back-bone’ of support for migrants offering a safety-net for the most vulnerable. However, these organisations, often work in silos with constrained resources lack capacity to meet the multiple and complex needs of migrants especially those with no recourse to public funds. Most crucially, as small individual organisations, they lack the capacity for strategic advocacy and systemic justice.
As such, Migrant Action in 2024 started a process of ‘collaborative justice’ building a network of local
partnerships into a collective of community-based organisations supporting asylum seekers, refugees, migrants and traveller communities working collaboratively with the local authority, NHS, Police and other statutory organisations to ensure greater support and access to justice for all migrants in Doncaster.
One of the key achievements of the Migration Partnership is the set of a new multi-agency drop-in
offering a ‘One-Stop’ holistic service for all migrant groups and members of the local community in need of support. The Migration Partnership’s one-stop multi-agency model is a radical shift from silos service provision enabling better networking, greater access and quality support services to migrants.
As a collective, the partnership is working towards building power for collaborative justice and influencing systemic change. The partnership also aims to strengthen solidarity for effective engagement and community togetherness in an increasingly challenging migration environment.
IMPACT: Voices of the Partnership
