Author Archives: Nick Micinski

This article was originally published on the Guardian Social Enterprise Network. To see the original post, go to socialenterprise.guardian.co.uk.

A year ago, when the spending cuts started to bite, it became clear that two projects at the Forum were facing with two options: do or die.
For civil society working with migrants, Big Society is more of a [...]

This article was originally published on The Huffington Post UK. To see the original post, go to www.huffingtonpost.co.uk.

Back in June 2011, the Government presented their policy on counter terrorism- sold to us as the new Prevent strategy (what I call Prevent 2.0)- which supposedly signified a radical shift from Labour’s approach to stopping extremism.
Theresa May [...]

The Forum’s Communication Officer, Nick Micinski, is featured on Left Foot Forward today. To see the original post, visit www.leftfootforward.org.

The government finally announced last Tuesday their new strategy for integration. Why should we care? Although buried behind the news of restructuring of the UKBA and filled with the usual rhetoric about integration, the new document is good [...]

Over the last six months, we have been collecting video testimonies from our members and people we meet about their Integration Tipping Points. Often these are ‘ah ha’ moments when individuals finally feel like they belong in the UK.
Now that Operation Integration has publicly launched, we would like to invite you to join in! Explore [...]