Feedback on our ‘Bridging Cultures and Laws: Parenting for Migrant Families in the UK’ Workshop
On the 28th June, Migrant Action collaborated with Empowering Parents of African Children in the UK (EPACUK) to co-host a Migration and Parenting Seminar & Workshop.
This workshop was the first in a series of public education events by Migrant Action aimed at empowering migrants and creating spaces for knowledge exchange and understanding, to ensure equity of rights and access to justice.
Migrant Action is now pleased to share some positive feedback received from those involved with the workshop!
‘Todays workshop has been extremely educational and opened so many doors in my brain to want to do more in the community to understand cultural difference. All attendees of this workshop have empowered me’.
‘Excellent workshop. Learn more how to educate how to refer for more information and knowledge about the issue. Understanding the situation and perspective of the social worker.’
‘Empowered and recharged– looking forward to additional workshops and trainings.’
‘Professionals to work together, offering consulting services to organisations that work with migrants. The session was very informative and helps us as professionals to reflect on our practice.’
‘The session is very helpful to me, makes me understand how communities access the services that helps them to improve their life. How community leaders share information to help and improve their community members.’
‘A really informative workshop. It has been nice to come together with a range of services and discuss topics and options. Would like to see us all together again in the future.’
‘More work should be done for people belonging to migrant communities to understand that social workers are there to support the children and not to separate the children from the parents. Migrant parents and children should be educated about the role of the social worker and section 17 support. The workshop was really informative and helped me to spread the word and signpost the people in need of the right services to support.’
‘The workshop has been informative and encouraged creatively in thinking towards change– what can we do as individuals and organisations to learn and support communities by bridging gaps discussed. The format of the workshop was helpful in building rich conversations which will continue beyond the workshop.’
‘I think it is important to have discussions and awareness of cultural issues as it is easy to get stuck in a way of thinking without questioning any cultural issues and barriers.’
Feedback is so important to us at Migrant Action, to ensure that we are continuing to provide high quality services that inform, empower and encourage migrants in the UK. We express a deep gratitude and thanks to all who attended and were involved with the workshop and took the time to provide us with feedback.
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