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As part of their social action campaign, ATM's Young Leaders designed a research study to understand the impact of travel on young people across multiple social themes. With the escalating cost of living, rising inflation, and the financial strain from increases in student loans and interest rates, they recognised the heavy burden placed on young people when paying for travel. This report has been created to support our young leaders on their mission to persuade London travel policy makers to provide free travel for young people up until the age of 21.

On Friday 3rd of September 2021, the Anti-Tribalism Movement hosted a one-day summit at Hilton London Kensington, brining together 40 participants across the UK, ranging from key drivers of change in the fields of government, practitioners, academia, youth activists and community leaders. 

The summit focused on four thematic areas: Mental Health, Employment, Housing and Education.

This policy brief is a summary of the discussions and the policy recommendations agreed upon by the participants. It is a resource to present to communities, institutions, and local and national government, with recommendations for each actor. 

Our Policy Briefing Paper on COVID-19, Unemploment and the Somali Community explored and assessed whether existing government support reached the Somali Community at a grassroots level.

We also assessed any gaps and unmet support needs that were yet to receive, through government support and attention. We recommended urgent action to be taken by the UK government to support the community through this difficult time, essential to fulfil the governments promise to 'level up' and 'build back better'.

During the COVID-19 crisis, those who started the pandemic with a disadvantage in terms of health, poverty, disability, ethnicity, or gender, suffered disproportionately. This policy briefing explores the impact of Covid policies on women from the UK’s Horn of Africa communities.

Anti-Tribalism Movement’s latest Policy Briefing Paper on Improving Mental Health Support for the UK Somali Community identified the main barriers/challenges faced by the community. It is intended for policy action from Policy Makers, Mental Health service delivery providers and wider stakeholders.

We have provided a reasonable set of recommendations that goes beyond a quick fix solution — but a call for a collective policy and service delivery attitude to change and actions on a grassroots level.

This new report has shown Somalia is facing a multitude of challenges as Covid-19 spreads in Africa and continues to ravage the UK, causing rising unemployment in the Somali community and a collapse in the money they are sending back home.

This policy briefing was written by the Anti-Tribalism Movement andendorsed by twenty seven Somali charities across the UK. The policy briefing sets out the main challenges the community is facing in relation to housing, health, income, education and technology, culture, and community infrastructure.

In response to the government’s call for evidence to review ethnic disparities and inequalities, we submitted this response and opted to answer all of the questions with cited references.

This report explores the diaspora’s relationship with buraanbur and how both personal and political identities are created through this art-form. The research highlights the cultural importance and contribution of buraanbur to Somali culture.

Despite buraanbur being one of the most profound poetic art-forms, there is very little research about the political power of this artform. Although we know it is highly politicised with tribalism, its main function has always been to not only celebrate but for self-expression which has previously worked positively in influencing history for Somali women.

This report contains the findings of a survey we administered with British-Somali respondents on their experiences with police during and prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. This report was submitted to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the Macpherson Inquiry 21 Years On on the 29th June 2020.

Is racism the new ‘normal’? Somali experience of hate crime in the UK.

Somalis in the UK are frequent targets of hate crime, suffering incidents from verbal abuse to arson and assault. Most hate crime goes unreported. Most Somalis are resigned to racism as a normal part of being a minority in the UK.

This report role and value of youth organisations in strengthening communities raws on research carried out with ten youth organisations who are all members of London Youth.

We sought to reflect a range of different provision within the research. Organisations were drawn from across London and varied in terms of the type of services they offer, and young people they support.

Some have a mission focused solely on young people (although as we found out, they often work with parents, carers and other stakeholders in the community); others are much broader in their focus, and are not solely ‘youth organisations’, but work with young people as one of a number of groups of individuals.

Social conflict refers to when groups oppose each other by exerting social power in an effort to control scarce resources. Resource-based conflicts are widespread in southern and central Somalia. Clan identities are politicised to advance resource, economic, or social interests intensifying differences between clans in southern Somalia and this report demonstrated that.

ATM convened a conference to debate and discuss how Somali youth in the UK can add value to the London Somalia Conference on 7 May 2013, and other externally-supported peace talks which are too often based on a mixture of a clan, military influence, and financial power.

This conference was an opportunity for young Somali-British to engage in the decision-making processes which will affect their future. Over 30 carefully selected Somalis, therefore, met to discuss five main themes that were pre-selected by the youth through a survey.

As part of the ‘safe corridors’ study, Anti-Tribalism Movement designed a multiple-choice survey and conducted two workshops to:

gather quantitative and qualitative information on the perceptions of British-Somalis about the current banking issue.

deliver facts to the community about the current situation.

engage the community about their ideas, insights, and recommendations towards a solution to the UK-Somali banking situation.

In response to the Black Lives Matter Movement, our young people co-designed this digital anti-racist educational resource to introduce young people to iconic Black Britons. The debates sparked by the Black Lives Matter Movement in regards to the British curriculum inspired our young people to create this resource for young people returning to education post-lockdown.

The Lead and Be Led Digital Toolkit was designed in partnership with our young people at ATM. The toolkit is an accompanying resource used in our bespoke leadership programme for people aged 16-24. Included are the reflective and active skills required to develop personal and professional leadership skills required in our communities and society.

Kani waa buug yar oo soo koobaya xayiraadaha muhiimka ah ee xiritaanka waddankan labaad ee UK laga bilaabo Khamiista 5ta Noofambar – Arbaco 2da Diseembar. Buug-yarahan wuxuu ku tusayaa akhristayaasha adeegyada ATM-ka ee la heli karo xilligan sidoo kale.

In response to the Black Lives Matter Movement, our young people co-designed this digital anti-racist educational resource to introduce young people to iconic Black Britons. The debates sparked by the Black Lives Matter Movement in regards to the British curriculum inspired our young people to create this resource for young people returning to education post-lockdown.