About 80 people participated in today’s 3 walks from People’s Park in Halifax, arranged as part of Refugee Week. A moderate walk went to Manor Health Park, where the children could play. A harder walk went to Albert Prominade with some going into the woods. A 4.5 mile walk went in a circle around Beacon […]
Over 2000 people attended the Piece Hall in Halifax where Refugee Week and the Great Get Together were celebrated. It was organised as a partnership between the Piece Hall and Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary – a network of organisations and individuals supporting experts by experience (asylum seekers and refugees). There was a free hot meal […]
Saturday: June 19, 2021 Great Calderdale Get Together – Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary & Piece Hall 11:30 – 4:30 A partnership between The Piece Hall and Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary marking the Great Get Together weekend and Refugee Week. Open invitation for everyone. Join us for food, music, live performance, and activities for all the […]
We got hold of 80 copies of this book and have distributed them all. Here are two recipies from the book: Lingreenie page 86 Our Cheese and Oregano Rusks page 50
I will be there 28/05/2021 Stories, Lived Experience, Poetry When your end is drawing near, call on me i ll be there. When all hope is gone and you want to shed a tear, dont hold on, hold my hand. Count on me when times are hard and you feel so sad and blue. When […]
Poem read at the launch of Refugee Week in Calderdale: My Thirst for Freedom.Hear my cry for Freedom. Dry my tears for i am in pain and agony. Release me from this suffering. Free this caged bird so it can fly so high as it journeys to freedom. Alone I wonder,tormented I shed a tear […]
Poem: We are the pearls of hope, we are the gems of estimable value so full of strength and love. We are unconditional lovers, even when we see the things we give our life to being taken or broken, we still care. We have been hurt, abused and sometimes we feel lonely and lost in […]
Another lovely walking day from Hebden Bridge’s train station through the woods to the campsite and honesty box above town, continuing uphill and then down the woods back to the station. The picture is of some of the participants. At some point we were joined by a local dog walker, had someone singing for the […]
Some more amazing results from experts by experience (refugees and asylum seekers) with plants, tools, compost, etc delivered by Together We Grow. We got enough talent to run a garden center
Second day of Refugee Week: We had a partnership with Leila’s Kitchen offering a two course meal for £10. Pleased to announce that all went well – with all meals collected. Many thanks to Leila’s Kitchen for their donation to Together We Grow. Sourena and Leila serve Iranian food. They are on the picture with […]