Community
Engagement

There can be no integration without participation. 

Integration

We believe that integration – or, the feeling that you belong – happens through seemingly mundane tasks like knowing who to ask for help, how to find the best bargains or where to go out on the weekend.

Through community-building activities such as sports days, peer mentoring, gatherings, and skills trainings, we organise opportunities for refugees to engage with us, each-other and the local community – helping them feel more welcome.

Refugees shaping inclusion locally

Political participation is key for meaningful Integration. The EMBRACE project brings together local decision-makers (municipalities, local authorities, councils etc.) and newcomers (refugees, asylum seekers, migrants) to build skills in both groups and help them work collaboratively on solutions to challenges facing the community. 

Together with 10 partners across 11 European cities, we are fostering participation that can shape integration policies, and contribute to sustainable, meaningful engagement through dialogue and collaboration.

Project Portfolio

Have a look at the various projects that we have tackled:

The Translation of Cultural Language project is a collaboration between Second Tree and 6 partners across 5 European countries. It aims to increase the social inclusion of refugees and other newcomers through a curriculum that develops cultural understanding through language learning.
The Translation of Cultural Language project is a collaboration between Second Tree and 6 partners across 5 European countries. It aims to increase the social inclusion of refugees and other newcomers through a curriculum that develops cultural understanding through language learning.
The best way to learn about your new community is through locals! Through the RaCIP project we build skills in locals to become peer mentors for newcomers. This is part of a broader innovative model for community mobilisation, developed through a collaboration of 9 partners, in 5 EU states.
The best way to learn about your new community is through locals! Through the RaCIP project we build skills in locals to become peer mentors for newcomers. This is part of a broader innovative model for community mobilisation, developed through a collaboration of 9 partners, in 5 EU states.
Newcomers struggle most with being active politically in their new communities. Through an interactive approach tailored to each community, the EMBRACE project promotes the participation of newcomers in designing and implementing integration policies alongside local decision-makers.
Newcomers struggle most with being active politically in their new communities. Through an interactive approach tailored to each community, the EMBRACE project promotes the participation of newcomers in designing and implementing integration policies alongside local decision-makers.
Weekly sports matches, picnics, cooking competitions, or language cafes, these activities create familiarity, friendships and a culture of peer to peer sharing between refugees and locals. Here, differences of nationality are an exciting opportunity to discover something new!
Weekly sports matches, picnics, cooking competitions, or language cafes, these activities create familiarity, friendships and a culture of peer to peer sharing between refugees and locals. Here, differences of nationality are an exciting opportunity to discover something new!
How we interact with refugees is often shaped by narrow depictions that can make people feel like “the other”. Through trainings we equip different audiences with the tools to become aware of inherent biases, and to tackle inequality that refugees experience in daily life.
How we interact with refugees is often shaped by narrow depictions that can make people feel like “the other”. Through trainings we equip different audiences with the tools to become aware of inherent biases, and to tackle inequality that refugees experience in daily life.