TLSWi have worked in partnership with Children and Families Across Borders and Blue Cabin to create a family of new resources to support life story work with refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people.
They’re designed to provide guidance in an area where very little is currently available, and ultimately, to help ensure that more refugee, asylum-seeking and unaccompanied children and young people benefit from high quality, trauma-informed life story work.
The three resources are:
All the resources are free and available for anyone to access.
Animation for young people
This three minute animation is designed to be watched by young people who have recently arrived in the UK as refugees or asylum-seekers. It explains what life story work is, and how it could benefit them.
The animation is available in English, Arabic, Dari and Tigrinya. Click below for each version…
Watch the animation in English
Watch the animation in Arabic
Watch the animation in Dari
Watch the animation in Tigrinya
Toolkit for practitioners
This toolkit is for life story workers and social workers who facilitate life story work for children and young people who are newly arrived in the UK.
It includes guidance on preparing for life story work with children and young people who are recently arrived in the UK, working with interpreters, building trust and taking an asset-based approach, trauma-informed practice, and examples of games which can be incorporated into life story work. Download the toolkit via the link below.
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Guide for interpreters
This guide is for any interpreter who is involved in life story work for children and young people who are newly arrived in the UK.
It includes an introduction to life story work and what to expect in sessions, the interpreter’s role in life story work, and guidance on building trust and taking an asset-based approach. Download the guide via the link below.
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Blue Cabin is offering a bonus live classroom on Thursday 7th May 2026, 10am – 1pm via Zoom, click link below for further information and to register for this event…
Life story work with refugee and asylum-seeking young people – Creative Life Story Work
Project funder
Project partners
A partnership project by Blue Cabin, Children and Families Across Borders, and Therapeutic Life Story Work International. Funded by The Segelman Trust. Animation created by Kazzum Arts.