Refugee Week

Celebrating Refugee Week

We had a great day meeting and sharing moments together as we celebrated Refugee Week. More than 20 people joined in with our activities through the day and many generously donated to the charity.

Music

We held a Premier of a gig with Erika Wood which was such a joy and beautiful sound, you can watch back

Lunch

We enjoyed a casual and informal Zoom Lunch with a small group which was much appreciated. It was a great informal catch up and we met one our new participants who recently started being befriended on the phone. Ant had given MD's pakora a go and it looked rather impressive!

Art

Our Art Session thanks to Refugee Week was enjoyed by more than 20 participants who tuned into or caught up on Ant's tutorial. You can watch it here.

MD's Kitchen

MD's delicious Pakora recipe had our mouths watering! Thanks to MD for an excellent cooking tutorial and for being the advocate and inspiration that he is.

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