Our AGM for 2018 took place on the 15th of November at Firstsite – we had around a 60-70 people attend the meeting, which was divided into three main parts. After the formal presentation of our accounts for the year, Maria presented a captivating ‘alternative view’ of our account from a non-finance perspective in which […]
We went to the celebration event for this remarkable project. This year two of the RA-C team and Zak, a 16 year-old from Syria have spent an entire morning or afternoon at 12 schools across the Tendring area. We have some fun activities, including writing in Arabic, and some reflective ones where students list what […]
RA-C held a wonderful fundraising Indian evening with Indian dancing and a Thali on the 29th November. Huge thanks to all who came. After costs we raised around £870!
After two years of successfully campaigning for two Syrian families to be resettled in Brightlingsea, it was decided at the recent AGM, that the formal organisation of the support network will be wound down. The primary objectives have been met, namely preparing for arrival of the families, welcoming, and supporting them throughout the initial settling […]
Windrush is a word that evokes a sense of injustice in many. We never expected at RA-C to be directly involved in working with people who were affected by the scandal. However, recently we have had two individuals come to us, effected by this. One will be writing about what happened in the next newsletter. […]
I am delighted to invite all our supporters and friends to join us at our AGM and celebration of our third year – 6.30 to 8pm Thursday 15th November at Firstsite. Since last year we have grown and matured from a loose network of humanity welcoming refugees and asylum seekers to Colchester to becoming a […]
In response to a suggestion from some of the Syrian women we are experimenting with having our Community Meetings on a Friday evening, with no school to worry about the next day. And in response to the fact that many of the families find a 5pm start difficult, by the time children have come home […]
On 17th September we were delighted to welcome a team from RAMFEL to our small office at Queen Street. James Tullet, CEO, and Clemence Aymon, Immigration Advisor came along to support clients for whom we cannot currently find answers. RAMFEL have funding to support people facing immigration difficulties and with no access to legal aid […]
We are delighted to announce the City of Sanctuary East of England Gathering will be held in Colchester on 6th October, 2018 from 11am – 4pm at the Firstsite Gallery. To book please go to https://cityofsanctuary.org/2018/06/25/city-of-sanctuary-eastern-regional-gathering/ It’s a great opportunity to hear about some of the amazing organisations who have made resolutions of support to […]
Great News that two of our Syrian friends have started a wonderful business venture together. Falafel and More will be selling falafel wraps and other assorted goodies in Colchester town centre. Mohamed has done a great job getting a van and he and Marwan recently finished off the preparations – as you can see from […]
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