LGBTQ + REFUGEE CAMPAIGN

We will be forming an LGBTQ+ Refugee campaign around this short film, showing how the creative economy and the arts can bring about policy change and influence. Our Producer, Piera Van de Wiel’s past work includes legislation discussions at the House of Lords and partnerships with the United Nations. Using the power of the arts as a tool to influence change through changing behaviours and opinions through the emotional engagement of the creative economy and story-telling through film.

ROADMAP AND STRATEGY

  • Highlighting the impact and the journey of LGBTQ+ Refugees when they enter the UK

  • Partnering with local UK LGBTQ+ Refugee NGOs for on-the-ground perspective and connection to LGBTQ+ Refugees

  • Speaking of how they have to prove their sexual orientation to the Home Office

  • Focusing on how we can improve

  • Refugee policy towards LGBTQ+ to be more inclusive and fair

  • Protection policies

  • Combatting the Refugee Bill Ban and the Rwanda deal in the UK

COLLABORATIONS

We have had successful collaborative conversations with Rainbow Migration and Micro Rainbow to see how we can work together through the film, the campaign, and their missions in aiding LGBTQ+ Refugees and Asylum seekers in the UK.

They Support LGBTQI+ people who are in the UK seeking asylum, providing practical, emotional and legal support. They also carry out campaigning and influencing work to try to improve the asylum system for LGBTQI+ people. They have helped people from over 100 countries.

They offer a very holistic approach to supporting emotional well-being, housing and food needs, and basic rights for LGBTQI Refugees and asylum seekers. They perform legal work, and advocacy work, and offer social and economic inclusion programs. We have had successful collaborative conversations with Rainbow Migration and Micro Rainbow to see how we can work together through the film, the campaign, and their missions in aiding LGBTQ+ Refugees and Asylum seekers in the UK.