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Organised by the Living Library Norwich
The Living Library is back! It works just like a regular library, but instead of borrowing a paperback, you ‘borrow’ a person for up to half an hour and have a conversation wi...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:12:00PM Saturday, June 20th
Location:Outside the Forum
Organised by Strangers' Hall in partnership with Norfolk Record Office
Find out about the lives and times of the Strangers of Norwich. Use original sources such as inventories to find out more about who the Strangers were, what they had in their ...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:2:00PM Saturday, June 20th
Location:The Undercroft, Strangers' Hall
Organised by Strangers' Hall with Norfolk Record Office
Find out about the lives and times of the Strangers of Norwich. Use original sources such as inventories to find out more about who the Strangers were, what they had in their ...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:11:00AM Saturday, June 20th
Location:The Undercroft, Strangers' Hall
Three short plays by Harold Pinter. Organised by The Norwich Theatre Royals Actors Company in association with Writers' Centre Norwich
The Norwich Theatre Royal Actors Company in association with Writers’ Centre Norwich present a rehearsed reading of three extraordinary plays about torture, abuse and autocrat...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:7:45PM Friday, June 19th
Location:The Curve in The Forum
Organised by Norfolk Record Office
In 1956 thousands of refugees escaped Cold War Hungary for the west. Hear how Norfolk coped and prospered with the many hundreds who settled here. With particular focus on the...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:11:00AM Saturday, June 20th
Location:The Training Room, 2nd Floor, Norfolk and Norwich Millenium Library
Organised by Norfolk Record Office
In 1956 thousands of refugees escaped Cold War Hungary for the west. Hear how Norfolk coped and prospered with the many hundreds who settled here. With particular focus on the...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:1:00PM Thursday, June 18th
Location:The Green Room, The Archive Centre
Hosted by the British Red Cross and The Norwich Group of Amnesty International
Learn about the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee, hear amazing stories about people who have fled from situations of torture and persecution and are rebuildin...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:8:00PM Wednesday, June 17th
Location:Stanley Cooper Hall, Charing Cross
Organised by Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Drop in to this Late Shift special as part of Refugee Week and celebrate the contribution refugees make to our community. Enjoy live music, and films exploring themes of ident...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:5:00PM Wednesday, June 17th
Location:Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA
Organised by Stranger's Hall
Who Were the Norwich Strangers?’ allows you to get acquainted with the lives of refugees in Norwich more than 400 years ago. Join Cathy Terry, Curator of Social History, for a...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:2:00PM Wednesday, June 17th
Location:Stranger's Hall
For one night only, catch this special performance of iceandfire’s documentary play Asylum Dialogues. Drawn from real life conversations with three couples – one partner a Bri...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:7:30PM Tuesday, June 16th
Location:Norwich Playhouse
Organised by the Norfolk Record Office
Join Frank Meeres for a walk through the centre of Norwich, looking at the lasting impact made on the city landscape and environment by refugees over hundreds of years. Norwic...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:2:00PM Monday, June 15th
Location:Starts at Erpingham Gate of Norwich Cathedral Close
Organised by Writers' Centre Norwich and BBC Voices
FIRST PUBLIC SCREENING Come and hear what young people in Norfolk have to say about the future of our country, of Europe, and the way we live together. Their stories reflect ...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:2:00PM Sunday, June 14th
Location:Fusion in The Forum
Norfolk Record Office, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service and Norfolk County Council
Follow the trail of six panels across central Norwich to discover a history of refugees in the city. At each location you will find a museum artefact, library object or Norfol...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:9:00AM Sunday, June 14th
Location:Across Norwich
Refugee Week is for everyone so come along and join us in celebrating its launch in Norwich! The reception kicks off in Fusion, Europe’s largest permanent digital screen gall...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:5:00PM Sunday, June 14th
Location:Fusion and the Curve in The Forum
Come along for a great day out
St George's and Bristol Refugee Week Network host Migrations Chill Day. A first for St George's and Bristol's Refugee Week Network working together. This will be a special, ...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:12:00PM Sunday, June 21st
Location:St George's, Brandon Hill
Come along to our refugee awareness lunch and learn workshop. This will be taking place between 1pm and 2pm at the British Red Cross office in Warmley. Bring along your pack...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:1:00PM Friday, June 12th
Location:Red Cross Office in Warmley
The Red Cross' Refugee & Asylum Support Project is hosting a fabulous celebration for Refugee Week 2009. A fusion of talented musicians and performers, drumming up noise fo...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:11:00AM Saturday, June 13th
Location:Town Hall Square
Organised by Exeter Amnesty International Group, the celebration will consist of readings and prayers by representatives from various faith groups in Exeter plus world music a...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:12:00PM Saturday, June 20th
Location:Quaker Meeting House
Scripted by award-winning playwright Sonja Linden
Scripted by award-winning playwright and founder of Ice & Fire theatre company, Sonja Linden, the Asylum Monologues tells the first-hand stories of people who have been involv...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:7:30PM Friday, June 19th
Location:The Black Box, Exeter Pheonix
Come and meet key organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers in Exeter and Devon and find out what is happening locally and nationally. A selection of Middle Eas...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:10:00AM Friday, June 19th
Location:St Stephens Church
Come and share your thoughts
Bring your lunch and share a discussion on local refugee and asylum issues. Global Centre, Exeter Community Centre, St Davids Hill, Exeter. Hosted by Refugee Support Group, ...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:1:00PM Thursday, June 18th
Location:Global Centre, Exeter Community Centre
A feast of traditional foods from the Middle East cooked by members of Refugee Support Group’s Women’s Outreach Project. Prices will range from £2.50 – £6.00 for lunch.
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:12:00PM Thursday, June 18th
Location:St Sidwells Centre
World Music Night
World Music Night – An evening of music, songs and poetry celebrating love, freedom and diversity. Come along to support the artists, or if you would like to perform, please...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, June 17th
Location:Music Room, Exeter Library
Come along for a film evening at The Picture House. The feature film The Visitor will be shown. A simmering drama about a pair of illegal aliens (Tarek, a Syrian, and his Se...
Host:Refugee Week (British Red Cross)
Time:6:20PM Tuesday, June 16th
Location:The Picture House
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