REFUGEE WEEK IN LEICESTER
HERE ARE THIS YEAR'S EXCITING EVENTS...
INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Come and support your team! A six-a-side tournament to be enjoyed by the whole family, so bring them along too! Fun and games for the children and access to Abbey Park playground nearby.
Further information contact Santok Odedra or Mo Odifa at Refugee Action on 0116 261 6200 www.refugee-action.org.uk
Saturday 5th June 2010 - 9.00am - 5.00pm
St. Margaret’s Pastures Sports Centre. Cost: Free
LEICESTER CITY OF SANCTUARY "SIMPLE ACTS" CHALLENGE
Various activities including: a film night, ‘my refuge’ competition, ‘we all smile in the same language’ photographs, and ‘cook and eat’ sessions, to encourage participation in one or all of the 20 ‘Simple Acts’. Venue and cost depending on activity.
Throughout June 2010
Further details: Gill Buttery on: 07716 073403 or Leicester@cityofsanctuary.com
QUAKERS STALL
Look for the Quakers stall at Riverside Festival, Bede Island where there will be an activity around children seeking asylum.
For further information visit:http://supportkurds.org
Email: info@supportkurds.org, see also: http://qarn.org.uk 5th and 6th June
Riverside Festival, Bede Island
POETRY FOR REFUGEE WEEK WORKSHOP
Explore the themes of asylum and exile with Leicester Libraries’ Book Doctor Alison Dunne. Come along and share a poem or a piece of writing and help create a poem for Refugee Week in Leicester.
Wednesday 9th June - 12 -2pm
Central Lending Library, Belvoir Street, Leicester, LE1 6QL
BRITISH RED CROSS - DIFFERENT PASTS, SHARED FUTURE - CELEBRATION
A fusion of talented musicians, dancers and performers,drumming up noise for Refugee week.
For further information contact Gemma/Kerri 0845 054 7171
Town Hall Square, Leicester.
Saturday 12th June 2010- 11.00am - 4.00pm
Cost: Free
TALKS AND INFORMATION SESSIONS
CareFree Barnardos and Refugee Action in partnership with Leicester City Schools are giving a series of talks and information sessions on the lives of refugees and young carers taking place at various schools in the area.
For further information contact Josie Bevin-Nicholls at Barnardo’s CareFree on 0116 286 7182 or 07824 820741 or at carefree@barnardos.org.uk and Santok Odedra at Refugee Action: (0116) 261 6200, www.refugee-action.org.uk
14th-18th June 2010
BRAID WOMEN'S GROUP
Braid Women’s Group meets on Wednesdays at Sure Start St Matthews. It is an informal session where newly arrived women, including refugees and asylum seekers, meet to share and learn arts and crafts skills, socialise and receive health advice.
Soft Touch works in partnership with Assist and Sure Start St Matthews to run the group. There is a crèche for children from 6 months to 5 years old.
For further information contact Tove at Soft Touch Arts Ltd: tove@soft-touch.org.uk, 0116 270 2706.
Sure Start St Matthews, Children’s Centre, 34 Vancouver Road, St Matthews, Leicester (0116) 242 6370
Wednesday 16th June 2010 - 11.00am - 1.00pm
LIVE MUSIC AND ART FROM AROUND THE WORLD
You are invited to come along to this event presented by Centre Project and Catch22.
Further enquiries: 0116 255 4013
The Centre Project, 1 Alfred Place, off Granby Street,
Leicester, LE1 1EB Cost: Free
Thursday 17th June 2010- 2pm - 5pm
LEICESTER CITY OF SANCTUARY QUIZ & FILM NIGHT
A quiz to find out what you really know about asylum seekers and refugees, and a film to broaden your understanding! Plus displays and information about local projects, including those in need of additional volunteer involvement.
Full details on our website www.cityofsanctuary.com/leicester
Please email Leicester@cityofsanctuary.comto reserve places or call Gill Buttery on: 07716 073403
Attenborough Film Theatre, Attenborough Building, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH (head for the tallest building on campus) Cost: free, but donation towards our ‘destitution fund’ very welcome
Thursday 17th June 2010 - 6pm - 9pm
LAUNCH OF LEICESTER VOLUNTARY SECTOR FORUM
(LVSF) Destitution Report.
Launch of the annual LVSF destitution report.
Booking information: Contact Amanda Soraghan at Refugee Action (0116) 261 6209. Cost: Free
British Red Cross, 244 London Road, Leicester, LE2 1RN
18th June 2010 - 10:30am - 12:00
ESCAPE TO SAFETY
An interactive exhibition that takes you on a simulated journey, during which you walk through 8 stations inside a 40ft trailer. You are accompanied by the voices of refugees from Rwanda, Afghanistan and Palestine, and live through their experiences as they cope with border guards and immigration officials. You witness their treatment at the hands of the media.
Further enquiries: Brian Booi: (0116) 252 7367 / 07976 347 104 or email brian.booi@leicester.gov.uk
Newarke Houses Museum, The Newarke, Leicester, LE2 7BY
18th-25th June 2010
AN INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY NEWS
Come along and meet John Coster, Editor of Citizens’ Eye Community News Agency, and Simon Parker of Leicester Libraries. Find out more about citizen reporting and see how you can get involved in improving community news and information across Leicester.
Monday 21st June - 10 am - 12pm, Phoenix Square Cafe,
Midland Street, Leicester, LE1 1TG
FOLLOW UP EVENT...
CONFERENCE : BEING HEARD: HUMAN RIGHTS AN ASYLUM
University of Leicester Clinical Psychology Conference
How do different asylum stories support or impact on social justice and the human rights of those involved in seeking asylum?
For more details contact: (0116) 223 1639
Tuesday 21st September, 9 am – 4.30pm
SPECIAL SCREENINGS AT PHOENIX SQUARE...
LAST RESORT + SHORT (15)
When a Russian woman arrives in Britain she expects to be met by her English boyfriend. But he abandons her and she applies for political asylum. She then enters the surreal hell of the UK Immigration Service. Introduction by Amanda Soraghan (Refugee Action) + panel discussion after the film.
15 Jun - Start time: 6.30pm - End time: 21.30pm
MOVING TO MARS + SHORT (12A) This fascinating and unique insight into the effects of migration, dislocation and sheer amazement charts the epic journey of two Burmese families from a vast refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border to their new homes in the UK. Emotional but at times hilarious this is a refugee’s-eye-view of our world.
16 Jun - Start time: 6.15pm - End time: 8.15pm
LILJA 4-EVER + SHORT (18)
A brave and still startling expose of the trade in young women from the so-called ‘New Europe’, 16-year old Lilja is persuaded by her pretty boyfriend to come from Estonia to Sweden where she becomes a trafficked sex slave. Introduction by Ryan Nelson (Leicester Refugee Action)
17 Jun - Start time: 6.15pm - End time: 8.30pm
UTOPIA + SHORT (U)
Laurel and Hardy’s final film together is a strange affair. Made in France, with a physically tired Stan and Ollie caught up in a satire about an island paradise invaded by greedy governments, this is a rare, rare public screening.
19 Jun - Start time: 1pm - End time: 2.30pm
Phoenix Square, Film and Digital Media, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, LE1 1TG
Cost: Adult £6, Concessions £5.10
Box Office: (0116) 242 2800, Book Online: www.phoenix.org.uk
Enquiries: Alan Alderson-Smith: alan.aldersonsmith@phoenix.org.uk
If you are holding an event and you would like it to be highlighted with text and pictures - please contact Melissa Hatcher at melissah@refugee-action.org.uk
