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At 21:00 on Saturday June 23rd for World Refugee Week, BMTV Sky Channel 762, Freeview: 244 (via VisionTV) will be airing “Humanity Rising in the Refugee Crisis”. Recognising the importance of Refugee Action – Colchester’s work( RAC), Humanity’s Heart has launched another crowdfund campaign, this time supporting two charities, Refugee Action – Colchester and Refugee Trauma Initiative (RTI). https://www.launchgood.com/project/humanitys_heart. […]
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News
World Refugee Week event – ‘Sharing Stories – Breaking Bread’ – Saturday 23 June, from 5-8 at Firstsite
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Colchester has a great track record welcoming refugees. Last year we welcomed 15 families from Syria an many others from around the world who came here independently and have become refugees. But what is actually like to flee your home and settle here? Every person’s situation is unique. Some have arrived through the vulnerable persons […]
At RA-C we are so grateful for all that our wonderful volunteers support us with. Volunteers are fundamental to the work we carry out locally and abroad. As a growing organisation we are now looking for a core team of enthusiastic, creative individuals who would like to support and drive forward fundraising for our group. […]
One of our Director’s Philip has been volunteering for the past month with the charity Care4Calais – between the middle of May to middle of June he organised 14 volunteers from Colchester to travel to Calais to volunteer. The volunteers participated in delivering much needed supplies of food,clothes and sleeping bags to refugees in Paris, […]
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On the 30th May 2018, RA-C together with Orlando Jopling, Artistic Director at Roman River Music and internationally acclaimed cellist, organised a Cello Concert fundraiser at St. Botolph’s church in aid of our work. Orlando performed the first three Bach suites to an audience of over 200 people, the music was sublime and Orlando’s performance […]
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After a couple of thwarted attempts to meet up due to terrible weather at the start of the season, I am happy to report that the Refugee Action allotment is now in action. It is in a beautiful position on the East Bay site with well established fruit bushes, and two of our families are […]
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Colchester has a great track record welcoming refugees. Last year we welcomed 15 families from Syria an many others from around the world who came here independently and have become refugees. But what is actually like to flee your home and settle here? Every person’s situation is unique. Some have arrived through the vulnerable persons […]
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Refugee Action – Colchester volunteers are heading to Calais again in May and June. We hope to have 10 volunteers working a total of 50 man days helping the charity Care4Calais sort and distribute aid. There are over 700 people dependent on charitable organisations such as Care4Calais and they in turn rely on volunteers turning […]
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The Refugee Action – Colchester office at 15 Queen Street is now a Hate Incident Reporting Centre. We have taken training to help report incidents and assist people who have been victims of a hate crime. It’s a pleasure to be part of such a positive action. The more Hate crime that is reported the […]
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We are now able to distribute Foodbank Vouchers. In future any donations of food we receive that are unsuitable for our clients will be taken direct to the Foodbank. The Foodbank are a remarkable organisation and each person we have sent or taken along is made to feel welcome and cared for. Thought is given […]