Praxis new strategy
Praxis has developed its five-year strategy, outlining our commitment to act as a catalyst for national, systemic change to create the greatest impact for marginalised migrants facing crisis across the UK.
Frontline services and community building are core to Praxis. Under this new strategy, we will continue to deliver vital face-to-face holistic services to meet the complex needs of our service users. We will expand our geographic and numeric reach, building on the learnings of Covid-19 and harnessing technology to design and deliver digital services accessible from across the UK. We will expand our training programme, using digital tools to equip hundreds of grassroots, frontline and non-OISC regulated organisations nationwide to build their skills and capacity to support people to escape destitution and crisis.
Over the last five years, our pioneering partnerships with charities and statutory bodies in the homelessness sector have modelled cross-sector good practice, while providing legal lifelines to those most in need and living in homelessness. In this new strategy, we will maintain our expertise in homelessness and housing, taking a leadership role in the sector in relation to strategic partnerships and alliances, building the capacity of others to support migrants in crisis in all aspects of their lives.
We are clear that to create long-term change for those we support, we must achieve changes to national policy and practice. To power this change, we will invest in our campaigning work, drawing on our experience and evidence base to inform policy, influencing and strategic litigation. We will collaborate with law firms, universities, and allies in the sector to maximise resources, expertise and impact. We will build our digital communication infrastructure to increase engagement with this work and to mobilise public support for change. People with lived experience of the immigration system will be the driving force, and at the heart of this work, and we will continue to take an approach that recognises that people have both needs and aspirations and can be leading agents for change.
“People who have migrated to the UK will not be marginalised or mistreated because of their immigration status.
They will live safely, free from poverty, discrimination, and exclusion, and be treated with compassion and respect. ”
Find out more about our work, and the changes we want to achieve, in our new strategy here.