South London Refugee Association

Who we are

South London Refugee Association is a well-established and impactful charity grounded firmly in our local area and trusted by our local migrant communities. We balance providing essential frontline services with work to advocate and campaign for change. We value the knowledge and experience our service users can bring to our organisation and involve those with lived experience at all levels.

Our culture and values

KINDNESS
We are caring. We recognize the unique challenges faced by our community. We understand that human connection is the core of everything we do. We focus on wellbeing and a caring environment for those we work with and for our staff and volunteers. We understand that this is key to resilience.

AGENCY
We amplify the voices of those we work with to demand justice in a system that seeks to make them powerless. We do this by supporting selfadvocacy and independence. We believe that those with lived experience of migration must be central to the discussion of migration in the UK.

INCLUSION
We create a welcoming, non-judgmental and inclusive culture. We foster belonging and celebrate difference so that everyone can thrive. We appreciate and take account of diverse needs. We understand that inequity shapes the lives of the people we work with. 

RESPECT
We strive to be trustworthy, ethical, reliable and fair in everything we do and say. We trust the people we work with and each other and treat others with dignity. We are determined when advocating for the rights of those we work with.