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Make Christmas Count – Christmas Appeal 2021
Every December, Samphire seeks to provide some additional support for ex-detainees and their families. For people who have experienced immigration detention, Christmas is a time when they can feel more marginalised and isolated than ever. People receiving asylum...
Samphire’s Open Letter to the Government Regarding the Nationality and Borders Bill
Samphire's open letter to our Government regarding The Nationality & Borders Bill Every human being seeks a place where they feel safe. It is a basic human instinct, one we have all experienced during Covid. The Nationality & Borders Bill currently before...
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Make Christmas Count 2020. Christmas Appeal
Thank you from all of us at Samphire and from our Ex-Detainees. Please donate by going to our Virgin Money Giving Page: click here
Samphire welcomes our new Patron – Bishop Rose!
Samphire's new patron - the Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, the Bishop of Dover and the Bishop in Canterbury - sent her greetings during Samphire's AGM 2020. Dear Bishop Rose, we are delighted to have your support! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxL3JLHSf9I
Online Annual General Meeting
Samphire’s online AGM Thursday 24th September 2020 It’s been another exciting and eventful year at Samphire. We invite you to join us and learn about the different projects Samphire has delivered over the past year. Topic: Samphire's AGM - Election of Trustees Time:...
Refugee Week 2020
In preparation for 2020’s Refugee Week we worked alongside our volunteers. We asked those who are experts by experience in Immigration Detention to tell us in a short video how they felt about their (still ongoing) journeys of seeking sanctuary in the UK, their...
Statement on Black Lives Matter
As a charity working in the migration, asylum and human rights arena, we at Samphire are only too aware of the structural inequality and racism inherent in this system - a reflection of the racism that exists in our wider society. We stand in solidarity with those who...
Sign up to our newsletters!
During the lockdown as our community engagement work moves online, our usual monthly newsletter will be going out weekly. Alongside updates from the work we are doing at Samphire and with Dover Together, we will also be including lots of local news and info that will...
Samphire’s office is now closed but we are still working!
Samphire's office has been closed since Monday 23 March 2020 as a precaution to protect staff, volunteers, clients, visitors and our wider communities from the spread of COVID-19/ Coronavirus. We are still working (from home) our normal hours and are available on the...