Category: Tips

How do we create a better narrative about hotels? This is a conversation we’ve had regularly at IMIX. Here’s one suggestion – stop calling them hotels.

The public needs to hear directly from Afghan refugees who've been introduced to the UK. Here's how you can best safeguard them during media interviews. 

Christmas-time can be a lonely time for many people seeking sanctuary in the UK. What better way…

A few years ago, when I was working as a journalist, my colleague was invited by…

The phrase "climate refugee" which has been used by everyone from National Geographic to indigenous Pacific islanders, can backfire if not handled carefully. 

Is your client doing a media interview with a journalist? Run through these questions beforehand to make sure they are well-prepared.

If you're a refugee organisation, how can you effectively work with journalists to tell powerful stories that will affect hearts and minds?

With journalists queuing up to ask about Afghan refugees, this is a key opportunity to explain the wider context of the UK asylum system.

There are different ways to build public support of refugees. The stories we tell the public about displaced people play a huge part.

Community Sponsorship is a refugee resettlement programme enabling people to come together in a local area to welcome a refugee family and support them as they rebuild their lives here in the UK.

If you feel helpless, you are not. From writing to your MP, to attending a rally, there are actions that you can take that can help positively impact the people who have to flee for their lives. 

After last year’s first ever virtual Refugee Week, this year the programme is back with an amalgam of real- life events as well as virtual discussions, cookery lessons and chats with celebrities.   The sheer number and variety of events can be overwhelming. But no fear, here are IMIX’s top 9 picks that you shouldn’t miss.