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Bath Welcomes Refugees
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Volunteers working to bring safety and security to those persecuted and in danger, and help them settle in and around Bath. Join us!
JOIN OUR UKRAINIAN FEAST on SATURDAY 28 JUNE

A night of delicious Ukrainian food cooked by local Ukrainian chefs, plus raffle and bar
At Batheaston New Village Hall

Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm dinner
To buy tickets, email: [email protected]
Price: £25 pp

All proceeds go to BWR
May 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Presented by charitable association The Friends of Oleksandriya for @refugeeweek.bsky.social on Weds 18 June, Displaced: Within and Beyond spotlights the resilience of Ukrainians through the lens of cinema and the spirit of music at Widcombe Social Club, Bath.
👉 bit.ly/4dm2UcC
Displaced: Within and Beyond
Join us in celebrating the strength of Ukrainian culture and artistry.
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May 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We are currently looking to recruit a small volunteer Communications team to help with managing our social media accounts, press work, and telling the BWR story of both the team and the clients

For full job description click on the link, and please share this post far and wide!

✏️ bit.ly/4kohd2J
May 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Our BWR Education Team recently visited St Mary’s School in Bath

The year 3 children are reading Home for Grace by Kathryn White and had lots of great questions about what it means to be a displaced person

Our Education and School Liaison team are here to help tell the other side of the story
May 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We are currently looking for a Head of Charity - please help us get the word and share

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Moon Executive Search hiring Head of Charity - Bath Welcomes Refugees in Bath, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 8:44:16 AM. Bath Welcomes Refugees is seeking a new Head of Charity. Salary: Up to £45k (based on experience…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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May 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
If you have been thinking about volunteering with us now is a good time to get in touch!

Our next induction day for new volunteers will be on Saturday 19 July

Find out more here 👉
www.bathwelcomesrefugees.org.uk/volunteers-needed-2/
May 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Passionate about supporting refugees and asylum seekers?

@bathrefugees.bsky.social is seeking a strategic leader to become their Head of Charity.

This is an exciting opportunity to help people rebuild their lives with dignity and security.

Read more: www.moonexecsearch.com/news/bath-we...
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Don’t forget about our upcoming boutique sale
Thursday 8 May
8.30am-4pm
at 137 Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath BA2 5BS

And there's still time to drop off donations!

Please contact

Amanda on 07805 459760
Or email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
May 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Our thanks for donations for the Calais trip four of our volunteer team went on with Ref You Me linking up with Refugee Community Kitchen & Care4Calais
A particularly moving moment was the vigil for a young person who had died by suicide after finding this enforced limbo unbearable www.refyoume.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Many thanks to both reporter Nicola Kelly and Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath for allowing BWR to have a presence at Nicola's fascinating and insightful recent talk for her critically acclaimed and applauded new book, 'Anywhere But Here (How Britain’s Broken Asylum System Fails Us All)'
April 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The Beyond Bath talk on 10 April at Oasis Hub was a fascinating and informative one chaired by Andrea Los Anjos Pinto of BWR, with Geneviève Caston of International Rescue Committee, Emma Naysmith Ref You Me founder and Khalil Ali, a Syrian refugee who came to the UK nearly ten years ago
April 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Another date for your diary, a BWR jumble sale in June!

🌟 DATE Sat 14 June
🌟 TIME 10.30am – 11.30am
🌟 PLACE St Andrew's Community Centre in Combe Down

For more info or to donate items, please contact Amanda: 07805 459760
or email: [email protected]
April 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Nearly time for our fab fundraising boutique sale!

Thursday 8 May 8.30am til 4pm 
137 Bradford Road
Combe Down
BA2 5BS

But we need still your lovely cast-offs!

For more info about where to drop off donations pls email
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
April 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
More than 100 refugee charities have signed an open letter coordinated by Together With Refugees to the Prime Minister calling for united communities and an end to ‘hostile politics, racist rhetoric and demonising language of the past’.

To read the letter in full check here bit.ly/4ctTdIY
Press release: Refugee charities call for an end to 'hostile politics' in open letter to PM - Together With Refugees
Today more than 100 refugee charities have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for united communities and an end to ‘hostile politics, racist rhetoric and demonising language of the pa...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
1st March saw the return of our ever popular quiz nights Batheaston New Village Hall, with our new quiz master, Phil Wickens
The evening was a great success and we were immediately asked when the next one would be, so already we are now planning a second quiz later in the year – watch this space! 👀
April 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A colourful and fun event was held at Percy Community Centre recently to celebrate Lunar New Year 🐍

Hosted by the Chinese community in Bath and sponsored by BANES, the occasion was another valuable opportunity to welcome Hong Kong British National Overseas visa holders and other refugees.
March 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
3 of the BWR team are off to Calais on 20 March with @RefYouMe @care4calais.org taking as many donations as they can fit in the cars
Items needed inc. clean waterproof coats, sleeping bags, jogging bottoms, hats and gloves, lemons, paprika, chocolate, herbs
For more info contact Amanda 07805 459760
March 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We are looking for pt volunteers for following central Bath-based roles

🌸 To support our new Afghan social group

✏️ To register attendance at our ESOL classes

🧸 To join the rota for our creche

📧 If you are interested in finding out more please email [email protected]
March 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
On 9 April Nicola Kelly will at Toppings Bath with her new book ‘Anywhere But Here’ which is a powerful expose of Britain’s broken asylum system and explores ‘What's it like to arrive on our shores with nothing"

Buy tickets and pre-order your copy here:

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March 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Question: What's coming up this Saturday and will be great fun?
Answer: The BWR quiz night at Batheaston New Village Hall.
Hurry and get the last few tickets remaining!
It's the return of the BWR quiz night on 1 March at Batheaston New Village Hall

£10 pp purchased in advance from [email protected]

We also need raffle prizes please - chocolates, wine, bubbly, or anything luxe and lovely! Please contact [email protected]
February 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A reminder Bath Art Fair is coming to Bath Pavilion this weekend 22 - 23 Feb 🎨 www.bathartfair.co.uk

Along with enjoying the work of 80 or so artists, you can see and enter the raffle for this original painting by Alce Harfield + help raise vital funds for our work
Or click here ➡️ bit.ly/4jGpDmB
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Artist Alce Harfield, well known for creating stunning paintings of Glastonbury Festival & organising Bath Art Fair returning to the Bath Pavilion 22 - 23 February, has turned her talents to helping us raise funds for our vital local work supporting refugees

Enter here to win ➡️ bit.ly/4jGpDmB

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February 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
BWR jumble sale on Saturday 8 March

10.30am–11.30am

at St Andrew's Community Centre in Combe Down

🌟 We really need your help with donations, especially clothes

For more info or to donate items, please contact Amanda

mobile: 07805 459760
email: [email protected]
February 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
At the recent Beyond Bath event our guest speakers, Noya of Noya's Kitchen and Sasha, shared stories of being refugees, and highlighted the power of building connections and creating a sense of belonging.

The next events are 10 April & 19 June

Free to attend but please do sign up ➡️ bit.ly/3Qp09g7
February 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Our friend Daahir is giving a TED talk at The Egg theatre on 6 March about the heritage skills project he's been leading, which he launched last year and trained 3 refugees in lime-plastering while working on restoring the Hop Pole Limpley Stoke
www.theatreroyal.org.uk/events/tedxbath-salon-2025/
TEDxBath Salon 2025
www.theatreroyal.org.uk
February 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Happy Valentine's Day 🧡

From all of us and #TogetherwithRefugees
February 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM