The food supply for refugees in Calais and Dunkirk has drastically reduced. Some associations have pulled out and the French state have scaled back what they provide. Certain sites are reporting drinking water shortages. People in Motion would like to send funds to buy food packs that will be bought and distributed on the ground […]
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Presented by and featuring former Birmingham poet laureate Spoz and Tom McCann. The event will highlight the first public performance of the Redditch Borough Poem, a community poetry project to which many different individuals and groups have contributed. The idea is that lots of different people with a connection to Redditch each write […]
Parkside Bromsgrove, Saturday 15th February Redditch Library, Saturday 22nd February Food, dance and story-telling – all FREE! See you there!
Click the link below to read newsletter: BRWR Newsletter January 2020
Safe Passage help unaccompanied child refugees find safe, legal routes to safety. Please read and consider adding your name to their campaign to “Save refugee family reunion”. Click the link below: Save refugee family reunion
The Redditch Community Lottery has been launched and BRWR has been chosen as one of their good causes. When you buy a £1 lottery ticket, you can nominate which of the 15 good causes will benefit from your purchase. Your chosen cause will get 50p and 10p will go to other causes in Redditch Borough. […]
Maurice ready to trade Saturday 14th Dec 2019 – 9am
The juice and nothing but the juice. Read Redditch Standard article.
Photos from the Mosque visit last month. It was an opportunity for some refugees, the Church Mother’s Union Group and the Muslim community to mingle together. One refugee commented: “I just prayed for my family and everyone in Syria“. The Mosque provided refreshments for the visitors. In addition, the Mother’s Union visitors also supported the […]
Here are some photos from the Bridge Church, where the BRWR Craft Group displayed and sold their hand made items. The Craft Group is a vehicle to further support and extend language acquisition in a “real life situation“ and help the refugees become more culturally aware through interaction with different individuals. The Craft Group helps […]
BRWR Newsletter – November 2019
Poem by Margaret, a BRWR committee member and volunteer. Accepted for ‘The Poetry of Worcestershire’ anthology. Please read, then read again: Fled from distant lands Quietly we’ve settled here in Worcestershire. Unrecognised, unknown, Head-scarfed, long-robed, strange in the rain Welcomed to your villages and homes. Will you listen while we learn your tongue? Speak […]