As the monthly Community Meetings have gone from strength to strength we are also attracting more volunteers who want to get actively involved in Refugee Action – Colchester. This is just as well as the calls for help from sanctuary-seekers from many countries, are increasing all the time, as people realise the precariousness of the […]
The Mercury Theatre is presenting the award winning Borders by Henry Naylor as part of its pop up season whilst the theatre is closed for refurbishment. “We built walls. We built borders. Around our hearts. Around our minds.” Homs, Syria – a desperate artist expresses her rage at the Assad regime by spraying the walls […]
We’ve had some very intensive cases recently with one client in hospital for four months and becoming homeless on her release. We’ve worked alongside Colchester Borough Homes and Essex Social Care to correct a wrongful discharge and get her the care she needs. Another mum of two is currently having a baby while also unwell […]
The jazz singer Georgia Mancio is singing at ‘Jazz at The Fleece’ at the Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Keepers Lane, Leavenheath, CO6 4PZ, on Friday, February 21st. Georgia will sing a song she wrote with Kate Williams (daughter of John Williams) about child refugees and she and one of our RA-C members will say a […]
Hi, my name’s Gianantonio (Toni for short!) and I have been hosting a delightful brother and sister, Amanuel and Minas, two Eritreans who lived in the Sudan. I must say that I am so pleased to have made the decision to host and have been so very fortunate to have had these two lovely people […]
Our AGM was held on 7th November at Firstsite – guests were treated to tea and delicious Syrian baklava and basboosa before the presentations began. Organisation Update Rosalind Scott, outgoing chair, reviewed how Refugee Action – Colchester CIC has undergone some major organisational changes during the year thanks to a Lottery Development Grant provided to […]
Essex STAR was thrilled to participate in Refugee Action Colchester’s Pop-Up Syrian Cafe at Firstsite on Saturday 19th October. This was our first one-off volunteering project as a society and, if we may say so, it was a great success! Our volunteers had a lot of fun helping out with the cooking for the event, […]
We would like to continue that – so if your baby has changed size mid-pack please stick them in a bag and send us the rest. Another item we realise costs a lot for families is baby milk powder. Particularly newborn and early years, stage 1 and 2. If anyone is able to stick a […]
Whilst so many more Sanctuary Seekers bring their stories and pleas for help to Refugee Action Colchester there are positive things happening in our RA-C community. Befrienders continue to give tireless support to their families and volunteers contribute to many other necessary activities. The Community Meetings have gone from strength to strength and it has […]
The people we meet have a wide range of issues – often made all the worse by a history of unthinkably harrowing experiences endured in their own countries or while travelling to the UK. Getting to know desperate and often completely destitute people, gaining their trust, hearing their stories and ultimately helping them to get […]
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