Get Involved
There are lots of ways to support our work. Whether that’s through donating, volunteering, working for us or working with us, please scroll down for more information.
Donate
MiCLU relies on its funders and donations to continue its work with migrant and refugee children across the UK. All donations, no matter how small, will help go a huge way in transforming the lives of at-risk children and young people.
All donations come through our host charity, Islington Law Centre. It is a registered charity registered in England and Wales (no. 268468)
Donate by BACS (please write MiCLU as your reference):
- Bank name: Lloyds
- Account name: Islington Law Centre
- Account number: 00738357
- Sort code: 30-94-21
Donate by cheque: complete this form and send it with your donation to:
The Migrant & Refugee Children’s Legal Unit,
Islington Law Centre,
38 Devonia Road,
London
N1 8JH
Work with Us
Vacancy: Experienced Immigration Solicitor
Salary: £42,400 to £46,787 depending upon experience
Holidays: 29 days leave plus bank holidays
Closing date for applications: Monday 27th January 2025 at 5pm (applications to be returned to recruitment@islingtonlaw.org.uk)
We are looking for an experienced Immigration Solicitor to join our highly successful, creative, and dynamic immigration team, working with the Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit (MiCLU) based at Islington Law Centre.
Islington Law Centre have a much-respected immigration team. We are a category 1 Legal Aid Immigration provider and we have considerable experience across the range of immigration and asylum work, running cases at all levels of the Tribunal and Court system including the Administrative Court, the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. We wish to further develop our public law work/practice.
This exciting opportunity would suit a solicitor experienced in and comfortable with litigation but also with a strong desire to drive forward sector-based strategic change for children and young people experiencing the UK’s asylum system. Working with our skilled, progressive, and supportive team, you can achieve strategic change, potentially through litigation, and develop your practice in immigration/public law. You will also work with and be informed by children and young people with and their lived experience of the asylum system.
We are an expanding practice and currently have ten solicitors and caseworkers working in immigration at the Law Centre. There are opportunities to work within a supportive team and to develop your areas of expertise.
You must be an experienced IAAS Senior Caseworker or Supervising Senior Caseworker.
If you have any questions about the role please contact us on: recruitment@islingtonlaw.org.uk
Download the application pack:
Volunteering
As a charity we depend on the support of volunteers—both those who are in the legal field, and individuals with other skills.
Universities and law firms: we run a number of different volunteering projects, including with city law firms. If you are a law firm who would like to work with us, please contact miclu@islingtonlaw.org.uk
Other volunteering opportunities: we are thrilled whenever anyone wants to give their time and skills to help us. However we are a small team without a dedicated volunteer manager. Our needs change regularly, so please check back to see if you could be a good fit. Or alternatively please fill in this form and we’ll contact you.
Current Skills Needed
Communications Volunteer:
We are looking for an experienced communications professional to support us share the work that we do. If you are a self-starter with bags of initiative, and if have experience running social media campaigns, drafting press releases, writing blogs and managing website content as well as an understanding of the NGO / human rights sector, we would love to hear from you.
Fundraising volunteer:
We need support both strategically and on the ground to develop a self-sustaining fundraising stream. If you know how to raise funds through writing grants proposals, running campaigns or approaching corporations and high-net worth individuals, please get in touch with us.
Other skills:
Can you do something we aren’t asking for but think we might need? We’d still love to hear from you. Please fill in this form.
Partner
We work with a range of partners—funders, pro bono supporters, as well as other legal and youth organisations, NGOs and local authorities who share our vision. We also provide expertise and support to a number of organisations as external consultants on a range of legal issues.
Please take a look at What we do and look at some of the specialist projects we have developed to date with partners and other organisations. If you think we might be able to support your work, please get in touch with us at miclu@islingtonlaw.org.uk
Take on a Case or Mentor an Asylum Seeker
If you would like to do something more to help improve outcomes for vulnerable young asylum seekers, please register your support.
Provide Mentoring or Befriending
Young asylum seekers have been increasingly isolated during the restrictions of the pandemic and feel fearful as a result of increased anti-migrant rhetoric. A regular check-in can provide much-needed support.
If you are able to help, please contact Esme Madill at esmem@islingtonlaw.org.uk
Take on an Asylum Case
If you are an immigration and asylum lawyer and have capacity to take on the case of a young person please contact Esme Madill at Esmem@islingtonlaw.org.uk.
