Concert at Victoria Theatre

On 16th October we took a group of asylum seekers and refugees to Victoria Theatre in Halifax to see a performance of Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Festive Overture and John Rutter’s Gloria. The Halifax Choral Society had arranged the event and gave free tickets to the asylum seekers and refugees. Many thanks […]

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Colden School

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Colden J&I School had its Green Day yesterday from 9.30am to about 5pm with a couple of hundred people attending. We were allowed to put the banner on the picture up and give out leaflets for our Welcome Festival on 29th October. Banners have now gone up in Todmorden and Hebden Bridge, two thousand flyers […]

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Calder Valley of Sanctuary

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A group of people from Together We Grow and Calderdale Freedom From Torture went to the launch of Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary -https://www.facebook.com/CalderdaleValleyofSanctuary/ At the event the coordinator of St Augustine Centre, the leader of Calderdale Council, the local MP and the Square Chapel spoke in support of the initiative. The mayor was also present. […]

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Welcome Festival

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The ‘Welcome Festival’ will have some amazing performers: 1. A famous Syrian singer, Moheddin Aljabi, sings in Arabic, French and English and is a refugee living in the South of England. His daughter, Enas Aljabi, will also be singing. 2. The Songo Drummers from Sheffield – http://songo.org.uk/. 3. The Harmony Choir from Leeds will be […]

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Visit to Hebden Bridge

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On 24th SEptember we had 21 asylum seekers and refugees coming to spend a day in Hebden Bridge. We had some time in the park, walked along the canals and went to Katie’s house for drinks and snacks. We then walked around Hebden Bridge, saw the Town Hall, Innovation, Spiral, etc before all walking up […]

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Welcome Festival

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The Welcome Festival on Saturday 29th October at the Birchcliffe Centre has now booked a famous singer, Moheddin Aljabi, to come and perform. He can sing in Arabic, English and French. His daughter, Enas Aljabi, will also be singing. Unfortunately, Stone Flowers is no longer able to come on 29th October but more updates later […]

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Syrian singers on 29.10

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The Welcome Festival on Saturday 29th October at the Birchcliffe Centre has now booked a famous singer, Moheddin Aljabi, to come and perform. He can sing in Arabic, English and French. His daughter, Enas Aljabi, will also be singing. Unfortunately, Stone Flowers is no longer able to come on 29th October but more updates later […]

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Welcome summit

Yesterday, two members of Together We Grow went to Birmingham for the Welcome Summit, which was attended by around 500 people from groups in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England supporting asylum seekers and refugees. There were a large number of 3-4 minutes speeches from UNHCR, Safe Passage, the Home Office Resettlement Team, Bristol Council, […]

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