At our Refugee Week stall, we connected with others working in the sector, sharing passionate conversations, insights and learning. It was a valuable space to reflect and plan our next steps in supporting asylum seekers and refugees together as a multi agency approach. Seeing team members across different projects come together for one cause was inspiring alhamdulilah.
We held two powerful readings from
Connecting Voices which truly highlighted the impact of the stories and reminded us all how important this work is. This book shows what’s possible when you place the community at the heart of a project – the goodness is ongoing and its strength only grows with time, masha Allah tabarak Allah.
Knowing that this book will continue to make a meaningful, lasting impact is something we’re incredibly proud of and as always to our storytellers for coming forward with their experiences.
It was fantastic to meet so many of our professional friends and meet new ones during this event. Thank you to Pavlina from Newport City Council for including us and truly being a pillar of support.
A big thank you to everyone who joined us at our Floral Jewellery Workshop. It was a lovely session filled with creativity and hands on making. Feedback included: • this is great for my hand to eye coordination especially for my age • I love learning new crafts • I usually don’t do anything like…
We hosted a workshop where YMCO groups came together to design and paint silk flags thinking about the future of Maindee by adding their personal perspective to the designs. Those flags were then carried through the streets as part of the local parade at Maindee Festival, with some of the women who made them, joining…
At Saturday Kids Club, we got creative with bead work, gem art and modelling clay the children loved getting hands on and letting their imaginations shine! Our theme for the day was gratitude and the children spent time reflecting on what they’re thankful for through their art and discussions. We also had a faith based…
