International Women’s Day was on Tuesday 8th March. To celebrate the day, Maz Salmou has created a video showing some women of Bromsgrove expressing solidarity with refugee women across the world, especially after the war in Ukraine. Below is the video for you to have a look at:
On 24th February Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. As a result of Putin’s horrendous actions, there is a new refugee crisis in Europe, with over two million Ukrainians displaced from their homes. Across Ukraine’s western borders, there are mainly women and children seeking safety outside of their country. Below is a list of ways that people […]
Winter 2021-22 Newsletter
Maz Salmou arrived here three years ago under the government’s SVPR scheme, having been a reporter in Syria. He has since set up his own filming business and has made several films celebrating our town Bromsgrove to which he is grateful. This project was sponsored by The Bromsgrove District Council, The Housman Society, The Bromsgrove […]
Another Refujuice delivery day – Sunday 13th February 2022 Within the Barnt Green/Bromsgrove/Alcester triangle Price: 3 Bottles – £8.50 (minimum order) Case of 12 bottles £34 Order from our new email address: refujuice.brwr@gmail.com Please state: Number of bottles required Your address including postcode A phone number in case of problems Method of payment: cash/cheque (on […]
RefuJuice Sales If you would like to purchase Refujuice, please contact Joy Bourne via the RefuJuice email address: refujuice.brwr@gmail.com Whole cases of RefuJuice can be delivered locally* by arrangement. *Bromsgrove/Redditch/Studley/Alvechurch/Barnt Green/Lickey/Rubery/ Longbridge/Northfield/Kings Norton RefuJuice can be collected from addresses at either Lickey or Winyates (Redditch) by arrangement. Single bottles @ £3.00 each RefuJuice Delivered […]
Volunteers worked really hard first to press then bottle RefuJuice at Pershore College. Many thanks to those who helped to make the juice production possible. If you would like to purchase RefuJuice please contact Joy by email: joy.bourne@btinternet.comor call 077305168893 bottles @£8.50 and full cases of 12 bottles can be delivered or collected by arrangement.
If you work or volunteer for a charity/non-profit organisation which supports refugees or asylum seekers OR you are a refugee or asylum seeker who has received the support, I need your help!! I am a University of Birmingham student conducting my final dissertation research on the impact of COVID-19 on charity and non-profit organisation support […]
Within the Barnt Green/Bromsgrove/Alcester triangle Sunday 12th December: 10.30am – 2.30pm Monday 13th December: 6pm – 8.30pm Price: 3 bottles £8.50 (minimum order) Case of 12 bottles £34 Email your order to: joy.bourne@btinternet.com Or text 07730 516889 Please state: 1. number of bottles required 2. Your address including postcode 3. A phone number in case […]
Coming soon – 2021 RefuJuiceBraeburn apples have been gleaned for our popular RefuJuice from Bentley’s Fruit Farm, Castle Trump, Gloucestershire – many thanks to them for donating the crop. Our wonderful group of gleaners picked six bulk bins full in record time then enjoyed a picnic in the farmyard thanks to the mild weather. The […]
Redditch Afghan Refugee Support will be holding a coffee morning and cake sale to raise funds for Afghan refugees who will shortly be settled in the Worcestershire area. The event will run from 10am til 12 noon on Saturday 27 November, at the Ecumenical Centre in Redditch town centre. There will be hot and cold […]
BRWR are organising a gleaning session – to pick apples that will be pressed for RefuJuice. We will be picking the apples on Saturday 20th November. A target of 15 gleaners would be very helpful. Following on from that; we will be helping to press and bottle the juice. No date has been set for […]
Our AGM will be held on Monday October 25th at 7:30pm in the Bromsgrove Methodist Centre (B60 1AS). Please come along to hear in more detail what has been going on, have an informal chat about helping local refugees, maybe even consider joining the committee. We are still looking for a vice-chair in particular. Refreshments […]
Autumn 2021 Newsletter
If you are passionate about Bromsgrove, enjoy writing poetry and would like to feature in a short film performing your own poem, we’d love to hear from you! Our second film celebrating Bromsgrove through poetry, called ‘Poets of Bromsgrove’, is to be produced and filmed by Maz Salmou, a former front line Syrian television reporter, […]