OUR IMPACT REPORTS
Transparency and accountability are at the core of what we do. Each year, we document our progress, challenges, and the measurable difference we’ve made in our community. Explore our history […]
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News
African Rainbow Family: UK Asylum Reforms Are Repugnant to Human Rights and Against the Spirit of the Refugee Convention
MANCHESTER, UK – 18 November 2025 We at the African Rainbow Family, today issue a scathing rebuke of the government’s new asylum and returns policy, arguing that the changes fundamentally
MY TAKE ON THE NEW ASYLUM ASPEN CARD DEBACULE
An Aspen Card, as described by Privacy International “is a debit payment card given to UK asylum seekers [people seeking asylum] by the Home Office. The Aspen Card provides basic
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Join our Trustee Board!
We are recruiting for new Trustees to join our Trustee Board! African Rainbow Family (ARF) is a small registered charity (registration number 1185902) that support LGBTIQ people of African heritage
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The Future of The Asylum System – UK
Seeking asylum is not a crime. As a lesbian woman who has to prove that I am a lesbian in order to get protection here in the UK, I have to provide evidence of my sexuality.
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LGBTQ+ History Month: The History Decides the Future!
History gives meaning to the present. History is a reference when we need to gain strength.
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African Rainbow Family: Submission on Unequal Impact of Covid-19
African Rainbow Family: Submission on Unequal Impact of Covid-19. People seeking asylum have a range of added inequalities of social isolation, lack of housing, finance and access to healthcare. LGBTIQ people seeking asylum are in particularly, hardest hit.
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ACCEPTING MYSELF
“At a point I put my hands up and gradually I started to accept myself, sounds easy but there were and are still moments I fall back because of homophobic comments and all that stuff but I always come back stronger after I look within.”
Press Release: Coronavirus
African Rainbow Family’s Organisational First Response: Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) Ongoing arrangements for the office, meetings and support for members: As a small Charity we are aware of the need to
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The Report: Unreported! Sexual Abuse & Exploitation of LGBTIQs Seeking Asylum
Unreported! Sexual Abuse & Exploitation of LGBTIQs Seeking Asylum On 11th August 2018 in Manchester, African Rainbow Family held our second annual conference, Unreported! Sexual Abuse & Exploitation of LGBTIQs
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