Audio: Progressive Muscle Relaxation Audio: Progressive Muscle Relaxation 01/06/2020 Progressive muscle relaxation is an exercise that relaxes your mind and body by progressively tensing and relaxing muscle groups throughout your entire body. Audio file
Who is a medical expert? How do we know that such experts are impartial? Juliet Cohen, Jed Pennington, Frankie Boon, Cornelius Katona 03/06/2026 In a new editorial, Professor Cornelius Katona (Honorary Director of Medical and Research at the Helen Bamber Foundation) and colleagues raise two vital questions: Can a GP have sufficient expertise to give an opinion in the context of post-traumatic stress disorder and specifically on the impact of detention? And, can a doctor working for a charity be independent, objective, and impartial? Read more
High Court finds the government acted unlawfully in making policy changes affecting survivors of torture and trafficking Kamena Dorling 29/05/2026 Alongside Freedom from Torture (FfT), we have succeeded in our legal challenge to the changes made by the Home Office to its 'Allocation of Asylum Accommodation' policy. These changes, introduced in February 2024, forced survivors of trafficking, torture and other serious forms of violence to share rooms with strangers. Read more
The experiences of temporary grants of leave to remain among former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK: a qualitative study Seb Casalotti, See Heng Yim, Nick Midgley, Cornelius Katona, Sheila Melzak 26/05/2026 A new research study explores the impact of short-term grants of leave on former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Conducted by University College London, Helen Bamber Foundation and Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile, this research is the first to document the lived experience of receiving temporary status in the UK. Read more
