Hibiscus empowers and champions the rights of foreign national and black, minority ethnic and refugee (BMER) clients serving a custodial sentence, released into the community or returned to their home country. The charity was set up in 1986 by Olga Heaven MBE. Find out more about who we are and what we do.

Mission

Our mission is to…

• provide advocacy, support and specialist services to marginalised, vulnerable foreign national and BMER women and men.
• enable informed choices.
• promote social justice and respect.
• reduce inequalities.

Aims

Our aims are to…

• reduce isolation and hardship experienced by our clients in prison, immigration detention and post-release in the community
• to facilitate the successful rehabilitation of clients upon release and ultimately see a reduction in reoffending
• provide an effective advocacy service for our clients within the criminal justice and immigration systems
• provide a link between our clients and their families, especially with their children
• facilitate education and training for our clients
• ensure the equality of treatment for all foreign nationals within prison and detention
• help minimise the damaging effects of depression and mental illness caused by incarceration
• educate statutory, voluntary agencies and the general public about our clients and reduce prejudice against them.

Annual reports

HIBISCUS ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018

HIBISCUS ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017

Charity number

Hibiscus Initiatives Limited, known as Hibiscus, is a registered charity no. 1104094 and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no. 4533442

Registered office

Hibiscus Initiatives
Resource for London
356 Holloway Road
London N7 6PA
United Kingdom