Following another successful visit to assist the dedicated volunteers in Calais we are planning further trips in the coming months. To register interest in joining future trips please email philip.horner@refugeeactioncolchester.org.uk as we will be running an information/planning meeting in March. The format of the trip will be an early morning (4am) departure on a Thursday […]
Refugee Action – Colchester and Brightlingsea Refugee Support Network are very pleased to announce that from this week we will be accepting clothing donations for the refugees in Calais. A number of our volunteers have recently returned from Calais and can confirm how desperate the situation is there, and we have found a transport company […]
What is it like to be a Volunteer in Calais? Personally, I think it’s amazing, fulfilling, rewarding, draining, frustrating and heartbreaking. These are just a few words to describe the experience, although there are many more! I have always felt it to be a predominately positive experience, I have always felt fulfilled and empowered, its […]
The RA-C office at 15 Queen Street will now be staffed on a Wednesday morning, and all day Thursday and Friday. There are often appointments going on so please note that we may have to ask you to wait (with a cuppa) while we finish any confidential meetings. Since the new website went live we […]
We are gradually establishing a small lending library, based at the office at 15 Queen’s Street. In the Autumn Frank Domoney kindly procured a number of young children’s storybooks in Arabic and some in both Arabic and English. He also obtained a few adult books in Arabic. These have now been entered into a catalogue (a […]
Starting in March, RA-C and the Syrian Pop-Up Cafe will begin offering cooking classes to the wider community. After more than a year catering local events and receiving rave reviews, the chefs of Pop-Up Cafe will be sharing the recipes, techniques and stories that make the food so good. Dates and plans are still taking […]
Keep a look out for the Refugee Action – Colchester at events around Colchester, it’s a great way to help spread the word and provide information to people about the plight of refugees and asylum seekers. Being out and about with our stall also provides a great chance to meet people – so if you […]
Another trip to Calais, this time in freezing conditions – snow greeted us on our arrival at the warehouse. It is difficult to write about anything that people don’t already know. It was cold, the refugees have little or no shelter, donations are always needed, volunteers try and help. I have therefore decided to describe […]
As you are probably aware – we are at present self-funded and entirely dependent on you – the good people of Colchester area to raise funds. All our work is carried out on a voluntary basis. We currently have a family in huge need of financial support. They are an asylum-seeking family who have faced […]
We have been extremely fortunate to have a Local Government Association who recognise the need for training to support the Syrian Resettlement process and who provide it for free. This week we attended a brilliant course in Cambridge where we met up with case workers from around the East of England, including asylum seekers and […]
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