Celebrating Refugee Week!
Derby City is home to a vibrant and diverse population that includes over 40 refugee nationalities. But these communities bring more than great music and food! This week will give you an opportunity to discover more about refugees and asylum seekers and experience the wealth of talent, skills and fresh ideas they contribute!
Thursday 12th June
FUNDRAISING GIG
8pm £3 Entry/ FREE to Asylum Seekers and Refugees
The Flowerpot, 25 Kings Street, Derby
Delusions of Grandeur with special guests Bana Congo.
Proceeds to Derby for Africa Initiative.
Saturday 14th June
CITY-ZEN
6pm - 11:30pm FREE EVENT
West End Community Centre, Mackworth Rd, next to Britannia Mill, off Ashbourne Rd.
Pre-Refugee Week Special. Join the City-Zen Crew for an evening of music, art, food, expression, inspiration and participation!
For more information e-mail City-zen@riseup.net
Sunday 15th June
REFUGEE WEEK CELEBRATION SERVICE
6.30pm FREE
New Life Christian Centre, Normanton Rd, Derby, DE23 6UU.
Find out what life in the UK is really like for refugees and asylum seekers and what people in Derby are doing to help. Commissioning of Emmanuel Neba fuh for his ‘Barefoot Walk’ to London.
Real life stories, music and refreshments. Everyone welcome.
Monday 16th June
BAREFOOT WALK OF SUFFERING launch
11am in front of the Derby City Council House.
Emmanuel Neba Fuh (a political refugee from Cameroon) will be starting his barefoot walk from Derby to London. This is part of a campaign to collect one million petitions from Africans for an African Union Civil Rights Charter.
To find out more visit www.derbyforafrica.org
PERFORMANCES IN WESTFIELD CENTRE
12.30 – 4.30pm FREE EVENT
Come and find out what Refugee Week is all about and enjoy music and performances from around the world with Long Journey Home.
Free balloons and information from Refugee Action.
Tuesday 17th June
MAYOR'S RECEPTION
7.30 – 9pm FREE
The Reception Room at the Council House, Corporation Street Derby, DE1 2FS
The Mayor of Derby will host a Civic Reception for representatives of Derby's Refugee and Asylum Seeking communities. It will be a celebration of the contribution made to the city by these groups.
Limited spaces, to request an invitation Tel. Phil O’Brien Tel 01332 255483
Wednesday 18th June
CITIZENSHIP EVENT
1.30pm – 5pm FREE
Central Library, The Wardwick, Derby DE1 1HS
Find out more about the Citizenship test
NORMANTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LEARNING PROJECT CELEBRATION
4pm Food provided
The Spot Conference Centre, Sacheveral St, Normanton
'Open' event for everyone living, working or volunteering in Normanton.
For information contact Peter Walker, University of Derby, Tel 01332 594081
FILM SCREENING - THE KITE RUNNER ( PG - 13)
7.30pm Tickets £4 / £3 concessions. Available on the door
The Council House theatre, The Council House, Corporation Street Derby, DE1 2FS
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble. Based on the bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini.
BOLLYWOOD KEEP FIT CLASS
7:30pm-8:30pm Cost £2, free to refugees and asylum seekers
Normanton Park Community Centre, Normanton Park, Warwick Av, Derby, DE23 8DA
Drawing on exercises from Classical, Bhangra, Street Dance, and even Yoga, Bollywood colour, energy and music is used to inspire this get-fit-and-feel-great class!
For information contact Surtal Asian Arts. Tel 01332 720730
Thursday 19th June
INTERNET AND E-MAIL TASTER SESSIONS
10am – 1pm FREE
Pear Tree Library, Pear Tree Road, Derby DE23 8NQ
POETRY NIGHT
7pm – 8.30 FREE EVENT
Pear Tree Library, Pear Tree Road, Derby DE23 8NQ
Runaway Writer (Burton on Trent)
Friday 20th June
INTERNET AND E-MAIL TASTER SESSIONS
10am – 1pm
Central Library, The Wardwick, Derby DE1 1HS
PERFORMANCE OF ASYLUM DIALOGUES
6.30 for 7pm. Tickets £4 / £3 concessions
Derby Dance, Chapel Street, Derby, DE1 3GU
An iceandfire production, scripted by Sonja Linden
'I honestly used to say – send 'em all home. They shouldn't be here. It's an English country. They take all our money. Then this woman turned up to clean my office and turned the world upside down.'
What happens when you meet someone who has fled their country to seek refuge in the UK? What happens when that person becomes your friend and needs your help? Drawn from real life conversations, Asylum Dialogues explores the everyday encounters between asylum seekers and British people, encouraging us to challenge our own preconceptions.
Launched in conjunction with the national charity Refugee Action, Asylum Dialogues will be performed for one night only in four cities during Refugee Week. www.iceandfire.co.uk/afhr
To book call Derby Dance on 01332 370911
Saturday 21st June
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
2-5pm FREE ENTRY Female only, boys under 7 permitted.
Normanton Park Community Centre, Normanton Park,
Warwick Av, Derby, DE23 8DA
An afternoon of arts workshops, performances and children’s activities exploring our diversity and friendship as women.
FILM SCREENING - GROW YOUR OWN (PG)
7.15pm Tickets £4 / £3 concessions.
Mickleover Community Centre, Uttoxeter Road, Mickleover, Derby DE3 0DA. www.mickleovecommunitycentre.co.uk
A touching and hilarious British comedy based on a true story. Local allotment gardeners are shaken up when a group of refugees are given plots of land to cultivate. The allotment owners respond with a set of hard-line rules which no one likes. Then a mobile phone company wants to install a mast…
Tickets from Mickleover Community Centre between 10 and 2 on weekdays, or call 01332 510726.
Refreshments sponsored by Sound Bites wholefood shop: www.soundbitesderby.org.uk
Sunday 22nd June
ONE WORLD FAMILY PARTY
2-6pm FREE EVENT
The Spot Banqueting Suite, 73 Sacheveral St Derby, DE1 2JR
Celebrating the end of Refugee week this event will bring together dance music, food, arts and fashion from around the world. Workshops, activities and games for children. A great fun afternoon for everyone!
