Courage – A Workshop for Refugee Week
Jill Eastland reflects on working with a group of women in Cambridge this June.
In An English Pub
Edin Suljic invites us to talk, over a pint or two.
Erica Li wins Footnote x Counterpoints Prize for Fiction 2026
Erica Li’s winning story A Thousand Rivers of Time is a family saga about three generations of women from a Hakka-Chinese family from 1945 to the present.
Courage Belongs To Us All
As Refugee Week 2026 begins, we invite everyone to celebrate the courage that lives within us all – join us and take part!
Beyond A Joke
Announcing the launch of a new report Beyond a Joke: Comedy and social change in the UK by Sam Beale.
Uprooted by Ieva Saudargaité Douaihi
Ibrahim Nehme, Director of Beirut Art Centre reflects on a new exhibition by Ieva Saudargaitė Douaihi, presented at OUTPOST in Norwich.
Refugee Week: Stories of Change
Refugee Week has published Stories of Change, the results of a deep-dive research project commissioned with HEAL Collective.
Eight Weeks at Counterpoints
Hana Qureshi reflects on her experience on a work placement with our team.
Introducing Counterpoints Productions
We are excited to share the new website for Counterpoints Productions – working with filmmakers to create powerful TV and cinema that moves audiences, challenges perceptions, and drives cultural and systemic change.
The Altiplano comes to Bethnal Green
Reflections on a screening that took place as part of the Our Shared Futures: Climate & Migration Community Film Festival.
Our Shared Futures: a community screening
Thalia Chin & Poppy Carter on hosting a screening as part of Our Shared Futures: Climate & Migration Community Film Festival in their community in East London.
I’m Migrant Film Festival
Yamam Nabeel introduces the I'm Migrant Film Festival which runs in London throughout February.
ThinkTank: Music, Migration and Displacement
Produced by Britten Pears Arts in partnership with Counterpoints Arts as part of the Platforma Festival, this strategic ThinkTank was convened to explore and address the intersections between music, migration, and displacement.
Embers of Care
Embers of Care is a 100-artwork series by Yayen, a nurse, migrant, and artist, dedicated to honouring the journeys, resilience, and contributions of migrant healthcare workers in the UK. This project sheds light on the often-overlooked everyday realities within the healthcare system.
Observer Christmas appeal
Counterpoints Arts has been selected by The Observer as the beneficiary of their Christmas Appeal 2025.
Grow Your Digital Reach
Insights from artist Samia Malik and Nicola Barrett from Arts Council England's Digital Culture Network.
