Oral Stories

This family share how they improved their English communication in the UK.

This storyteller speaks in her native tongue Cantonese about her experience moving to the UK.

This storyteller speaks about waiting on her papers to arrive and the freedom that has brought her since she received them. She also would like her family to join her here in the UK.

This storyteller speaks about some of the challenges that were met upon moving to the UK. She had been detained in Detention for several months, once she was released it made life a little easier to integrate within the community and develop her network of people and services to connect with.

This storyteller shares how she made friends in the community.

Lisa tells us about how hard it was when she first arrived in the UK as her English language proficiency was very low. She studied very hard to learn it and attended college and then university. She described her job looking after patients at a NHS hospital. She used to work at a care home but didn't get on with the staff so she changed her job to current hospital. She enjoys working now as the staff team is very supportive and help each other out. 

Storyteller shares experience of first making friends in the UK.

Storyteller speaks about modern day slavery still being a major issue in the UK and Europe.

In this story the storyteller is describing what it was like first coming to England. They talk about initially feeling isolated, not knowing who to talk to or how to get the right advice and support. 

They describe that as time went on they connected with people and found out the right people to go to for advice which helped them to feel more accepted and confident.

The storyteller tells of his experience first making friends in the UK.