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Find out how you can get involved in the Let Them Work campaign, join the Let Them Work campaign Facebook group
Join the Just.Fair campaign against destitution
The Simple Acts campaign is about using small, everyday actions to change the way we see and interact with refugees.
Events
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- Refugee Week 2009: Refugee Day...
Victoria Embankment to Trafalgar Sq...
Saturday, June 20 at 12:00pm - Refugee Week 2009: Open Doors ...
St Lawrence Centre
Monday, June 15 at 10:00am - Refugee Week 2009: Quiz night
Hurley House Resource Centre
Wednesday, June 17 at 5:30pm - Refugee Week 2009: Football to...
Colombo Centre, Southwark
Tuesday, June 16 at 10:00am - Refugee Week 2009: Afternoon t...
St Lawrence Centre
Monday, June 15 at 4:00pm - Refugee Week 2009: Celebrating...
Bernie Spain Gardens
Sunday, June 14 at 2:00pm - Refugee Week 2009: It's only t...
Refugee Council Birmingham Office
Saturday, June 6 at 9:00am
Notes
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- Continuing the campaign to allow asylum seekers to work 3:39am Jul 2
- Three simple acts for Refugee Week 2009 7:27am Jun 11
- Latest in the fight to restore free healthcare for asylum seekers 7:10am Mar 31
Yvonne Simms this is an injustice. and its costly for our government and us. We are no longer a christian country if we cannot treat the alien in our land as a valued human being. Well done for all your campaigning .
Refugee Council Complete a Simple Act for Refugee Week - sign the Let Them Work pledge and join a campaign in support of refugees! www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/letthemwork
Refugee Council Tonight our Leeds office plays host to a special Refugee Week quiz - take a look at our events to find out more details.
Refugee Council Catch up on some of the reflections of those who took part in our destitution fundraiser - on a very wet day in Birmingham...
Source: refugeecouncil.typepad.com
Last Saturday was one day I am certainly not ready to forget. I took up the challenge of surviving in the streets of Birmingham
Refugee Council posted West London Somalilander Community from YouTube to their page
A film by the Basis Project (run by the Refugee Council and Refugee Action) about the West London Somalilander Community. May 2009
Refugee Council is looking beyond the label www.lookbeyondthelabel.org for Refugee Week 2009
Source: www.lookbeyondthelabel.org
Lara
Refugee week- 20th June
I am an Amnesty volunteer and helping organise this day.
Thanks
Lara
Host: Still Human Still Here
Type: March & Rally with music and dance
Network: Global
Date: 20 June 2009
Time: 12:00 - 16:00
Location: Trafalgar Square
Town/City: London, United Kingdom
Phone: 07984729321
Email: Ulrike.schmidt@candi.ac.uk
Meet at 12.00 at Cleopatras' needle, Embankment, SW1, for march, followed by a rally at Trafalgar Square from 2pm to 4pm. Speakers at the rally include Kate Allen of Amnesty International, Jermy Corbyn MP, Bonzo from Zimbabwe and Makola Mayimbika Poetic Justice
British Red Cross Photogallery You can stand along side refugees this Refugee Week by changing your online status. Find out more at www.lookbeyondthelabel.org
Source: www.lookbeyondthelabel.org
Refugee Week celebrates the important contribution of refugees to UK society. This year we're asking you to look look beyond labels to the true identity of the refugee in modern Britain. Only by looking ...
Prizes to be won!
Wednesday 17 June, Hurley House Resource Centre In keeping with one of the Simple Acts, the new Hurley House Resource Centre will play host to a Refugee Week quiz night to ra...
Host:Refugee Council
Time:5:30PM Wednesday, June 17th
Location:Hurley House Resource Centre
An exhibition of photographs taken by refugees living in Ipswich, giving a snap shot of their daily lives.
Host:Refugee Council
Time:10:00AM Monday, June 15th
Location:St Lawrence Centre
Launch of Refugee Week Ipswich
The Refugee Council, along with all its clients, invite you to join us for a cup of tea and some delicious sweet things from around the world. Many people from areas where th...
Host:Refugee Council
Time:4:00PM Monday, June 15th
Location:St Lawrence Centre
The exceptional FREE Festival celebrating the work of Refugee Artists, launching Refugee Week in London
This totally unique annual event which celebrates the art of refugee communities in the UK reaches double digits with an outrageous profusion of new talent across its three st...
Host:Refugee Council
Time:2:00PM Sunday, June 14th
Location:Bernie Spain Gardens
Smk Campaigners
Are you, or is someone you know, campaigning to make a positive change in society? Apply now and you could win a Sheila McKechnie Foundation Award, which will equip you with the right skills to become a more effective campaigner.
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Closing date is Tuesday 30th June 2009.
If you would like to nominate someone for an award or would like to talk to us about the awards programme, please contact Ruby 020 7700 8231 or ruby.coote@smk.org.uk
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The Sheila McKechnie Foundation nurtures and supports the next generation of campaigners. Committed to social justice, we provide practical support to campaigners, helping them to deliver campaigns that really make a difference.
Refugee Council will be cheering on our Refugee Council runners in this weekend's London Marathon!
Source: www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
Three Refugee Council supporters, Sam, Elaine and Mary, will run this year’s Flora London Marathon on 26th April. Not only have they braved the elements for months to prepare for the race, but also have organised fantastic fundraising events to raise refugee awareness in their local communities.
By Hannah, Campaigns and Public Affairs team Once again, refugees' rights are being battled through the courts. This time, it is about the entitlement of asylum seekers whose claims have been turned down to access free hospital care...
Cheer on the Refugee Council runners in the London Marathon! Refugee Council supporters Sam, Elaine and Mary will run the London Marathon on April 26th. For them, helping refugees to rebuild their lives has turned into an exciting personal challenge...
Yet another immigration Bill, the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill, is making its way through Parliament at the moment bringing us up to a whopping total of 8 immigration bills since 1997! The Government has been working on a simplification project over the past couple of years, trying...
By Jonathan, Policy and Development team Just imagine, if you can, that you are someone who has fled torture and persecution in your own country and have sought asylum in this country. Imagine also that you are a single parent and your children are with you...
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