Every Friday during term time between about six and ten Sixth Form students, along with teachers Kerstin and Alison stay behind when lessons finish at 4pm at The Sixth Form College, North Hill. They do so to provide one to one help with homework for school age young people in the refugee community. The club […]
We are very pleased to announce that Refugee Action – Colchester has received a grant from Colchester Council to enable to us to run our popular Forest Schools for the next three years. The money will enable us to purchase our own equipment and pay for sessions to be run with targeted groups within our […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
During the Summer many of the friends in our community organised their own trips to the seaside, local parks and in some cases to visit family in other countries. As the original Syrian families who came to Colchester under the Vulnerable Persons Scheme become more familiar with this country, and our town, we are getting […]
Since Jan has been supporting play at our monthly meetings at Firstsite there has been an increase in the amount of children asking their parents to come to these meetings… Children often arrive asking ‘where is Jan?’ – she welcomes them in a way that shows where training and expertise meet real life and offers […]
Mid-August and children start to long to return to school and parents wonder how they can keep them entertained… Then Greenleaf Forest School offer a free day of fun at Highwoods Country Park and the world becomes a lot brighter. 22 children and their parents and friends came along and we enjoyed the shade of […]
Do you run a caring local business? Could you help us out by placing one of our collecting tins in your reception area or next to the till? We will make every penny donated count! There are plenty of other ways in which your business could help us to improve the lives of others in […]
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