We are grateful to the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation for supporting this project until March 2027.
We are actively seeking funding to continue this vital work after this date. If you are a funder / grant giving organisation and would be interested in working with us please email [email protected]
Side by Side
Clinical psychology service
We’re proud to be working in close partnership with the Helen Bamber Foundation to offer specialist, trauma-informed and evidence-based assessment and therapeutic support for young people from refugee backgrounds.
Together, we’re creating spaces where young people can access care that is not only expert, but compassionate and culturally responsive. Support is tailored to each individual, and ranges from one-to-one therapy with our clinical psychologist, to mental health champion workshops, standalone one-off support, group therapy, and short term casework support for young people requiring support from other services. We accept referrals from young people who access Hummingbird services, and where required we can organise interpreters so every young person can engage fully, in their own language.
Young people attending Hummingbird are eligible for referral. At present, this service is not open to external referrals.
Mental Health Assessments Completed
Young People Accessing Therapy
Mental Health Champion workshops delivered
Training sessions delivered to external organisations
Young People trained as Mental Health Champions
Training for Professionals
We believe young people thrive best when the support is offered in a wraparound capacity, so a part of our project is to also upskill services our young people might encounter outside of Hummingbird. If you think your organisation could benefit from more trauma-informed training to work with young people from refugee background, please get in touch!
Meet The Team
Dr Glorainne Said
Clinical Psychologist (she/her)
As a Clinical Psychologist, my job is to support people’s well-being by applying psychological theory and research. I love my job as a psychologist as I can use both my head and my heart in my work.
I am really passionate about working with young people who have experienced trauma, and a lot of my experience before my role with Hummingbird has been working with young people who have been through traumatic experiences and who are also experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Most of my roles have been in the NHS, and in my previous role I led a small team of psychologists supporting children and young people who recently experienced rape and sexual assault.
I am trained in specialist therapies such as TF-CBT, NET and EMDR which can help with the specific problems PTSD can cause. Alongside this, I work with adults who are supporting young people to help understand their psychological needs and try to make changes that impact their day to day life. I have experience writing medico-legal reports as a psychologist and delivering training to different agencies and organisations to help increase understanding of the impact of trauma on young people .
I have been working with young people seeking asylum for the last 8 years, with the hope of making effective care accessible for young people who are marginalized, isolated and who have different understanding of stress and mental health.
And that pretty much summarises why I do what I do!
Rosie Cava-Beale
Side by Side Project Coordinator (she/her)
Having worked in the Hummingbird team since 2023, I'm lucky enough to be the project coordinator for the Side by Side project at The Hummingbird Refugee Project- our Clinical Psychology Service run in collaboration with Helen Bamber Foundation which launched in 2025. I feel passionately about breaking down the barriers that young people from refugee backgrounds face in accessing mental health support. I see my role in the project as helping to foster a culture where young people feel empowered to both shape the service so it can meet their needs, and access the support they deserve.
As the daughter and granddaughter of refugees, and as a qualified therapist, I base my work in an anti-oppressive and trauma-informed practice, working alongside the young people- side by side- to support them to flourish as they deserve. Doing this work in the face of an increasingly hostile environment towards people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds only makes me feel more strongly that the young people we work alongside are worthy of respect, dignity, and compassion. I feel honoured to do the work I do alongside such a wonderful team, and phenomenal young people.
