This is a really good solo episode that you will hear me talking about community groups and amazing people around communities in Glasgow Scotland. People are amazing here

The question should be how safe the world is. these years? People are fighting everywhere; people are moving around the world. No peace. On this episode i will be sharing my thoughts. As i said i am not an expert just sharing my opoion and want to hear your thougfhts

This is a solo episode Nico sharing his experiences as lived experience person and its an open space to get audience to comment as well and your support means a lot. please share it with you networks

This Refugee Week 2025, we, One Strong Voice, are speaking for more people than just ourselves. Join us as Nico, an OSV member, chats with Jonathan, Madeline, and Maggy about the incredible power of community for those with lived experience.

One Strong Voice (OSV) is a national movement led by people with lived experience of the asylum and immigration system, driving meaningful change for many.

Meet Our Guests

Jonathan (OSV Member)

Jonathan is an Expert by Experience Manager at Refugee Action, a Trustee at Caplor Horizons, and a One Strong Voice Representative at the Strategic Engagement Group (SEG). He brings a decade of community engagement experience from organizations such as Freedom from Torture, NHS England, and City of Sanctuary Manchester. Jonathan champions refugee empowerment through grassroots campaigning, frontline services, and the Expert by Experience Steering Group. His primary focus is on strengthening meaningful refugee participation.

Madeline (OSV Member)

Madeline is a mum, an excellent cook, and a Londoner. She is passionate about helping her local community, including refugees and women. Madeline joined OSV last year and is truly dedicated to supporting people in her local community, whether they are refugees, women, or anyone in need of assistance.

Maggy Moyo

Maggy Moyo is a nationally recognized campaigner, community organiser, and lived experience leader. She is the Campaigns Lead at These Walls Must Fall, under Right to Remain, where she leads grassroots efforts to challenge the UK’s hostile environment. Maggy is also the Founder of Unified Resilience CIC, a Manchester-based organization led by and for people with lived experience. Unified Resilience CIC offers trauma-informed support, leadership development, and shared spaces for healing and solidarity between migrant communities and their British allies.

Get in Touch with One Strong Voice

Learn more about OSV's work on our website or social media: One Strong Voice • Stories • Instagram

Please use the email below to contact OSV: contact@onestrongvoice.org

Jonathan Kazembe

Expert By Experience Manager

E: Jonathank@refugee-action.org.uk

M: 07595190362

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This is an update on the podcast its been a busy April month this year we a bit behind on producing a content as usually its every two weeks, im back here sharing a bit my experiences on finding a job after years of waiting on the Home Office's decision-making and the importance of education and few things that matters in our communities

Let me share my journey and my lived experience as an asylum seeker in the UK trying to survive a broken system

it is not easy to live in any part of the world without rights or work permit. i will be covering some of the things that helps such as getting involved in the communirty by lunteering

Growing up in the Kurdistan province of Iran Kavan s earllest memories of sport are wrestriling alongside his father and friends . He later became passionate about gymanstics a sport that eventually led him to the world of Judo with the encouaragement of his gymnastics coach.

Kavan arrived as a refugee in the UK in November 2020 and started a new chapter in Glasgow. As a Refugee Athlete Scholarship holder he currently trains with the Scottish team in Edinburgh, and occasionally in Germany Having made remarkable progress in learning English. Kavan is a source of support for other refugee judokas and his resilience and dedication to sports is an inspiration to many

For more information go to www.mentalhealth.org.uk

www.siyakhulumawetalkpodcast.co.uk

The world is going crazy too many bad things happened in 2024 lets hear myself sharing my journey and the things that makes think that the world is gone crazy

On this episode i will be sharing my own experience about these two topics its very important that you listen to the end of the episode and follow the podcast on Spotify and leave a comment and share it with your friends

Surviving the housing crisis as a person seeking Asylum or Refugee its hard in the UK and you might heard my story its just one story every case its different on the Asylum Seekers in the UK

Woodlands Community Development Trust runs spaces, programmes and events that support a wide range of local residents. All our initiatives are shaped by our values and designed to integrate social wellbeing with the environment.

 For example, we build social connections through transforming local spaces, such as our community garden and lane clean-ups. We reduce social isolation and hardship by building knowledge, skills and confidence including through events held at our meeting room and events terrace. Working alongside local residents, we empower people to take action.

This podcast series has been commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation. This is a compaign aims to bring Hope to people seeking Asylum and Refugees .This podcast series is part of the Elevate Project which is funded by the Scottish Government for more details for what Mental Health Foundation does go to www.mentalhealth.org.uk or contact Mahdi Saki Program Development Officer( Refugees and Asylum Seekers) Phone 01414050632

The Mental Health Foundation works towards good mental health for all. The charity works to provide evidence based solutions and advice to tackle the root causes of poor mental health. The Mental Health Foundation is also the home of Mental Health Awareness Week which runs every May in the UK. Find out more at mentalhealth.org.uk.
Laura, Menesia, Mohammed and Samira are volunteers Weaving Threads for Wellbeing, a Mental Health Foundation project. They have created Navigate: A Guide to Asylum Life in Scotland. In this four episode podcast series, they will share their experience and interview experts about four aspects of life in Scotland for people seeking asylum.
Some useful links:
Positive Action in Housing: https://www.paih.org/
Aspen card information and advice from Migrant Help:
https://www.migranthelp.uk.org/pages/faqs/category/aspen
Asylum support information from the UK Government: https//wwww.gov.uk/asylum -support/what-youll-get
Right to Remain information on asylum support: https://righttoremain.org.uk/toolkit/asylum-support/