Refugee Communities

Sanctuary in Yorkshire and Humber

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:45

Clips from our recent Region of Sanctuary conference in Bradford, 25 February 2010.

NRC and the City of Sanctuary movement held a very well attended and stimulating conference in Bradford in February. Over 150 participants from around the region attended. Following the conference moves are now afoot to create a strategy fo creating Sanctuary in Yorkshire and Humber as a way of mobilising the goodwill of people throughout the region who want to build a culture of hospitality for people seeking sanctuary.

Presentations at the conference included:

Hannah Lewis on Forced Migration in Yorkshire and Humber
Workshop on Destitution
Workshop on Regional Integration                                                                                                        Campaign Against Cashlessness

Anyone interested in knowing more about this initiative can visit www.cityofsanctuary.org.uk

Refugee Week around the region

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Go to the Refugee Week page for some photos from this year's Refugee Week

Unifying Threads artwork exhibited in US

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:45

The “Unifying Threads” artwork, created by over 30 Barnsley women, is currently on exhibition in Portland, Oregon in the USA as part of an International Women Artists exhibition. It joins women’s art from all around the world and portrays a positive image of Barnsley as it becomes an increasingly multicultural town.

 “Unifying Threads” was a project led by Panni Poh Yoke Loh and supported by Northern Refugee Centre with funding from the National Lottery. It brought together women from a wide variety of backgrounds to develop patchwork pieces that were all sewn together with the emblem of Barnsley to create a stunning artwork. Some of the contributors have lived in Barnsley all their lives, some moved there for work or personal reasons, others were located in the town when seeking asylum from war-torn areas of the world.

 After being on display at Barnsley’s Civic Theatre, the artwork toured a number of local venues before being sent off to be exhibited in the US where it will be on display until the end of August.

Refugee Forums

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Please go to the following websites for information about Refugee Forums and Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs) in your area:

Barnsley - MARCO contact Yvonne Cass on 07865306523

Bradford Refugee Forum www.bradfordrefugeeforum.org.uk or contact Abraham Mdlongwa at BAfR 01274 762100

Calderdale Refugee Forum - email Daniel Russell rfcalder@gmail.com

Doncaster Focus Group www.doncasterfg.com or email Radmila Fortune-West radmila.fortune-west@nrcentre.org.uk                                                                     

Hull Refugee Forum- contact Paul Gower at ARKH 01482 214178 or email paul.gower@nrcentre.org.uk

Kirklees Refugee Forum www.kirkleesrefugeeforum.org.uk or contact  Pedro Fuentes at Cultures United 07900188097                                                           

Leeds Refugee Forum email Ali Mahgoub on leedsrefugees@yahoo.ca or phone 0113 2449600

Sheffield -contact Sarah Eldridge at City of Sanctuary www.cityofsanctuary.org.uk or 07807342157

Wakefield Fusion Project phone Ayo Bakare at Voluntary Action Wakefield on 01924 367418 or email ask@vawd.org.uk