People/communities experiencing racial inequalities

Join Media Trust for a one-hour online panel on care, power and impact.

How can charities support spokespeople with lived experience to shape media conversations safely, effectively and on their own terms? And how can that work build community, solidarity and lasting change? At a time of rising hostility and backlash, it’s vital to consider whose perspectives shape the work, who makes decisions and the importance of building networks of care and support that extend beyond individual media opportunities.

What we'll explore

This workshop is designed to help advisers, support workers, and community organisations assist people living in inadequate asylum accommodation.

Participants will learn:

Come and join staff from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and The Phoenix Community Trust to find out how to develop competitive applications for projects exploring African heritage within Greater Manchester.

The event will introduce funding available as well as key strategies to make your applications competitive.

A light lunch will be provided as well as tea, coffee and biscuits.

Telling stories about people who have migrated has never been more important, or felt more risky. Across North West England, organisations are heading into Christmas appeal season unsure whether they can safely put a client, or even a volunteer, in front of a camera, while hostile posts, hotel protests and misinformation keep coming.

This free two hour workshop from IMIX, is a practical session on speaking out while keeping people safe. You will leave with real drafts you can use this winter, not just notes.

The workshop will cover:

Under the theme Shaping Our Digital Futures, this landmark summit brings together civil society, governments, businesses, academia and communities with lived experiences, regardless of technical background, to see themselves as co architects of a future where technology, innovation and artificial intelligence strengthen human dignity, expand opportunity and accelerate social impact.

24 & 25 November 2026 | 08:30–17:30 GMT | Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre

Summit Day 1 establishes the foundations for an inclusive and equitable digital future.

Advicenow is running a free housing rights course for frontline organisations supporting people with refugee status. The course will be delivered online and is funded by The Disrupt Foundation.

About the course
The course aims to give you the basic knowledge and skills needed to deal with key issues for people experiencing homelessness and living in temporary accommodation.

The course will be delivered online. You will be required to watch short introductory videos before each interactive session.

This session is being jointly delivered by the British Red Cross and Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP). The training will be delivered by Sarah Holloway, Gender-Based Violence National Manager, British Red Cross and Pragya KC, Women's Legal Advisor, Asylum Support Appeal Project.

The training will cover: