On 21st May, staff and supporters of Right to Remain are coming together to run the Hackney Half Marathon, in celebration of 10 years of our groundbreaking Right to Remain Toolkit .

A total of 9 runners will take to the streets of Hackney to show their support and solidarity. These amazing people are:

Catherine Hurley

Esther Doherty

Gabi Gershuny

Harriet Taylor-Potts

Lisa Matthews

Louis Cowling

Orla Hilton

Simon Nas

Yumna Kamel

Support us by donating to our fundraiser, and join us on Hackney Marshes on the 21st May as our runners cross the finish line!

Right to Remain is a migration justice charity. We work with communities, groups and organisations across the UK, providing information, resources, training and assistance to help people to establish their right to remain, and to challenge injustice in the immigration and asylum system.

We build a movement based on radical solidarity that comes from and is led by the grassroots, the people at the sharp end. And it needs solidarity from across all communities. We run the These Walls Must Fall, a network of refugee and migrant campaigners working with allies and supporters for radical change, to counter the government's racist hostile environment and fight for an alternative society.

People leave their homes and come to the UK for many reasons. People are fleeing war, persecution and poverty; are coming to join family in the UK; are coming here to work or study. It's not easy to make it here, and when people arrive the struggle isn't over. People are faced with a Hostile Environment denying them basic rights, and major obstacles to establishing their legal rights to stay.

We produce accessible resources and deliver community training, so that people can navigate the UK asylum and immigration system and take practical action in their legal case (or in the case of someone they are supporting). Our best known resource is the Right to Remain Toolkit, a guide to the asylum and immigration system. Our Toolkit has become the go-to resource for people who are going through the asylum and immigration system and for the communities who are fighting for migration justice in solidarity with refugees and migrants. Last year alone, over a quarter of million users accessed our Toolkit online.

2023 marks the 10th year of this resource , and to celebrate this, and safeguard its future, Right to Remain are hosting and taking part in a number of events; from nationwide Toolkit Festivals, to Half Marathons and the London Legal Walk.

The future of the Toolkit and Right to Remain relies on grants from charitable trusts and on donations from people like you. Your donation will help us to help people in their struggles for the right to remain in the UK, and to campaign for migration justice.