Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID)

📣 Calling aspiring lawyers, caseworkers and justice fighters! 📞 We need volunteers for our advice line which answers over 7,000 calls a year from people in detention. Supervised by our legal managers you’ll help people get out of detention while gaining practical casework experience. Find out more and apply: https://lnkd.in/eR5c7XS2

📣📣📣 Volunteer call out! ⁠ ⁠ We need volunteers to join our casework team helping to get people out of detention. ⁠ ⁠ Help us #EndDetention while gaining hands-on legal casework experience.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Find out more and apply: https://lnkd.in/e38_QVu9

First bail grant of 2025!! 🎉 A full board refresh for 2025 - with last year’s track record we’ve made the refused boxes even smaller! 😏🤞

👀 Looking for a challenge in 2025? ⁠ ⁠ Join our Hackney Half Marathon Hall of Fame! 🏃♂️🏅 ⁠ ⁠ Our team is gearing up to conquer 13 miles on May 18th, all to support our mission of helping people to get out of detention. ⁠ ⁠ Get involved - email elisa@biduk.org to sign up today! 💪

🥂 Here's to more justice & accountability in 2025!⁠ While the government continues to lock people up for immigration purposes, we’ll continue to fight for justice. ⁠

It's a wrap! This year we really defied gravity, detention, fascists and inhumane Rwanda policies 💪🔥⁠ ⁠ We're glad to report we are one year closer to the end of immigration detention in the UK and thanks to the support of this incredible community this year we:⁠ ⁠ 📞 Answered 8,204 calls to our advice line⁠.⁠ ⚖️ Provided free legal advice to 2,093 individuals.⁠ 💬 Delivered legal advice surgeries at detention centers and prisons to 492 people⁠.⁠ 👨👩👧 Supported 194 parents or carers separated from 403 children⁠.⁠ 👩⚖️ Secured at least 378 grants of bail with an 80% success rate⁠.⁠ ❌️ Referred 115 people for unlawful detention claims⁠.⁠ 🤝 Crowdfunded to take the Home Office to court for the Rwanda detentions⁠.⁠ ⁠ A huge thank you to our team of 10 plus over 150 volunteers - fighting the Home Office is not easy, it is painstaking much needed work and we're incredibly grateful to each of you.⁠ ⁠ These accomplishments are a testament to our collective strength and dedication. Whatever next year brings, we remain resolute in our commitment to justice, freedom, and compassion. ⁠ ⁠ Thank you for standing with us. In solidarity, Team BID ✨

Wishing everyone in detention freedom today and always 🕊️ The Christmas season is busy for our team as many clients are desperate to reunite with their families. For every person we get out, many remain locked up, leaving their children to bear the weight of their absence today. Solidarity with all experiencing and fighting against inhumane immigration policies.

One more person granted bail 🎉 ⁠ Thanks to this incredible community, our team & clients defeated the Home Office 378 times this past year!⁠ ⁠ *Data from reporting year Aug-Jul.⁠

As the year ends, we want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who made our work possible—dedicated staff, 150+ volunteers, pro bono lawyers, friends, partners, supporters, and funders. As we enter 2025, we stand in solidarity with our clients, committed to justice, freedom, and compassion. Thank you for standing with us! 💙

Bail granted 🎉⁠ ⁠ Our client is happy to be going home in time for Christmas but should never have been detained in the first place.⁠ ⁠ Help us reunite families separated by detention. Last chance to buy our Christmas cards to support our vital work: https://lnkd.in/eCrJ8N6p