Sixty-five years ago today in an unremarkable room in Geneva, a life saving commitment was made. It was the summer of 1951 and the horrors of the Second World War were still fresh in everyone’s minds. Just a few years earlier amidst Europe’s darkest days, western nations had shamefully turned boatloads of Jewish refugees […]
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The fundraising dinner was attended by 150 people, including the three Syrian families. The Mayor of Redditch Cllr Joe Baker, Leader of Redditch Borough Council Cllr Bill Hartnett, Yvonne Rendell Chairperson of BRWR, Naeem Arif Vice Chair of BRWR, Madge Tilslley MBE, Rev Ray Khan of St. John’s Church Bromsgrove, Sukhwinder Singh of Redditch […]
This concerns a Palestinian refugee who was living in Syria, who was refused asylum here on the grounds it would be safe for him to ‘return’ to Palestine – somewhere he has never lived & would not be allowed by Israel to ‘return’ to. Click here
On arrival the 60+ participants registered and chose their workshop for the afternoon Yvonne Rendell, chair of Bromsgrove and Redditch Welcome Refugees (BRWR) introduced the aims of the day. What are refugee welcome groups? Yvonne spoke about BRWR and the aims of the training day, which would inform, update with the latest news of the […]
Update BRWR June 2016
Worcestershire_Resettlement_Volunteer_Role_Outline See role outline (above). If you wish to volunteer for as a Resettlement Arrivals, Advocate & Support Volunteer. The deadline for the interest is 10/06/2016 13:00pm and the initial meetings will be held w/c 13/06/2016. Please fill out this ” Enquiry Form “ Initial meetings with the volunteers planned for 17/06 and training on the following […]
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The meeting was very positive and went very well. All those attending were fully involved and attentive to all that was said. John Cochrane introduced the meeting. He stated that all of us were there because of our compassion, whatever our culture, religion, non-religion or political persuasion. That our compassion leads to kindness for all […]
BRWR Getting Ready Training Day 31.5 programme The venue is St Andrew’s Parish Centre , 24 Sandhills Road, Barnt Green, Bromsgrove B45 8NR for BRWR’s training day for all interested in actively welcoming Syrian refugees. Following two public meetings many local people have come forward to offer their support for our work. Getting Ready is […]