‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’
Today on International Women’s Day, Migrateful’s Founder Jess reflects on the role that UK immigration policy plays in producing vulnerability in migrant women and why this needs to end. Her research conducted during her migration policy masters at the LSE last year found that some migrant women are faced with…
Meet Jess Thompson: the social enterprise founder using food to support refugees
Meet Jess Thompson: the social enterprise founder using food to support refugees by Hannah Mendelsohn written for Melting Pot Mag “Our society would not be as interesting without the influence of migrant cultures,” says Jess Thompson, 27. This is something she’s working to celebrate with the charity, Migrateful, that she…
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March 27, 2019
Time to Life the Ban
Time to Life the Ban "I keep referring to myself as a prisoner... There are no bars and I don't have the uniform to wear every day, but everything else is the same. Even prisoners – they have a passport, they have a place to call home when they get…
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February 11, 2019
(Asylum)SeekingWork
Imagine. You live in a stranger’s home. They are kind to you, but you can never forget it is their good will alone that keeps you here. It’s better than the street. Some days you stay in bed until 2pm, because it’s not like you have anything else to do.…
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February 3, 2019
Ethiopian Buticha – for meatless Mondays and more
Woin’s used to skepticism from dedicated meat-eaters, but she’s out to convince the world that vegan food can be varied, delicious and accessible. And as an Orthodox Christian who avoids meat on for more than two-thirds of the year, she’s armed with plenty of recipes to convince the naysayers. She…
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March 25, 2018
Cooking up companionship in the Migrateful kitchen
Some anthropologists say that sharing food is what makes us human. There’s nothing else we do that is so central to making us feel part of a group. Sharing food is an opportunity to physically support each other and to share companionship through mealtime conversation. A companion, deriving from the…
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October 23, 2017
Cookery classes
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Our Migrateful chefs are more than instructors – they're cultural storytellers who will guide you through a culinary journey like no other.
