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Volunteer Website Design Vacancy
Samphire are looking for a volunteer to help with our Website! If you have experience with WordPress and its Divi builder and can spare a couple of hours a week to help update our Website we would love to hear from you! Do you want to make a difference and support a...

The UK’s 2025 Immigration White Paper – A Simple Explainer
The UK’s 2025 Immigration White Paper – What It Means As a charity that supports migrant communities, we want to help make sense of the UK’s latest immigration changes. The government’s 2025 White Paper, titled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, sets out...

We are leaving our Castle Street Office
After around a decade (none of us could really tell exactly how long it has been) due to financial pressures we sadly have had to leave our Castle Street offices. Thank you for your support over the years. Samphire will be carrying on its good work as always, but to...

Dover Multicultural Festival 2024
Well, if you weren’t at the Dover Multicultural Festival 2024, you missed out on the most extraordinary celebration this side of the English Channel! Picture this; a day where an eclectic mix of music played while children balanced on stilts, all in the shadow of a...

“My Home, My Voice” – Post Detention Support Conference 2024
Save the Date! Samphire's Post Detention Support Conference 2024 is on the 13th of June! If you are from an organisation, please RSVP your details at https://forms.gle/4HRk6krgLQFFph9DA If you are a client of the project, please RSVP via...
A Big Thank You to All Our Funders!
A Big Thank You to all our Funders I’m now able to share with you the exciting news that the National Lottery Reaching Communities fund has agreed to extent Samphire’s grant funding for another 3 years. The National Lottery are Samphire’s...

Statement against the plans to increase the minimum income requirement for family visas
This is a statement on behalf of the whole of Samphire, it is made with deep concern and frustration regarding recent changes to the immigration policies that directly impact the fundamental human right to have a family. The decision by our government to increase the...

Press Release – Deal Winter Lights Parade
Deal Pier Winter Lights Lantern Procession On Friday 15 December, Deal Pier was lit up with a beautiful lantern parade organised by local human rights charity Samphire in partnership with Deal Town Council and local school children. The event began at the entrance to...

The Right to Work is a Human Right
In an era of multiple, overlapping national crises, the theme of tightening the boot straps and cutting costs wherever possible runs deeply through much of the country. Unsurprising then, that the conversation around asylum support remains firmly at the top of the...

The Class Divide: A Tale of Two Tragedies
In a world that has seemingly become divided by class, where the plight of the marginalised is often overshadowed by the glamour of the wealthy, it is crucial to shed light on the stark contrast between the rescue efforts and media coverage surrounding the Greek...