We set up on Milsom Street for the Bath Christmas Market on 28 November and had a brilliant day of raising funds, awareness and meeting people who were interested in the work we do As well as our legendary pompoms, we were selling1. Beautiful and tasty hand decorated biscuits from a Ukrainian friend2. Hand knitted […]
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Jingle bells! Jingle bells!
We’ve managed to organise a last minute Christmas Fayre on Sunday 8 December 10am–11.30am, thanks to our friends at The Locksbrook Inn on Locksbrook Road (Bath, BA1 3EN). There’ll be lots of stalls to browse, admire and shop – including a homemade cake stall, Christmas crafts, a children’s book stall and delicious refreshments. We’d love for you to […]
Beyond Bath event sees lively discussions
Bath Welcomes Refugees hosted the second Beyond Bath event: Understanding the Venezuelan Refugee and Migrant Crisis. Bath Welcomes Refugees (BWR) recently hosted its second Beyond Bath event at the Good Living Centre of St John’s Foundation on 31 October. The focus was on understanding the Venezuelan refugee and migrant crisis, caused not by war, but […]
Girls’ walk challenge raises hundreds
Three local girls raised almost £400 (and counting!) for Bath Welcomes Refugees after learning about refugees at school. And not only did Rosie, Ivy, Faye and Sophia achieve the magnificent feat of walking to the top of Kelston Round Hill on Sunday 3 November, but they did so with the added challenge of having their […]
Raffle winner announced
Bath Welcomes Refugees is delighted to announce the winner of the recent fundraising raffle with enormous thanks to artist Alce Harfield for the donation of her absolutely beautiful depiction of Elton John singing Rocketman at Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage in 2023, marking his final ever UK show as part of his epic Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. Scooping the prize was […]
BWR jumble sale coming on 7 Dec
A date for your diary! The Bath Welcomes Refugees jumble sale is happening Saturday 7 December. The location is St Andrew’s Community Centre, Combe Down, and the time 11.30am–12.30pm. For more info or to donate items, please email [email protected] call Amanda on 07805 459670.
Art workshop collab soon on show
Over the summer we held three art workshops in collaboration with Severnside Community Rail Partnership, GWR and Cross Country Trains. Children and adults from the refugee and asylum seeker community were invited along to create artwork on the theme of ‘Our Home’. Look out for the lovely artwork soon to be on display at Bath […]
The next Beyond Bath talk is coming in October
The next Beyond Bath event takes place on Wednesday, 30 October — join us for an evening of dialogue and community building. Come, listen, and be inspired — let’s work together to reshape the narrative of migration! The talk, entitled ‘Understanding the Venezuelan Refugee and Migrant Crisis’, is set to be a powerful and free […]
Prize draw closes next week
The prize draw closes on 8 October to win a painting donated by Alce Harfied, the organiser of Bath Art Fair. Raising money for Bath Welcomes Refugees, the crowdfunder prize draw offers a chance to win this Glastonbury festival painting featuring Elton John’s last set (more details here). Entries cost just £5 and all funds raised […]
Aya at Bath College and excited about future options
We were delighted when we received a video starring Aya, from one of our client families, talking about her excitement at joining Bath College to start the T-Levels foundation year in health & science. In the video she says, “I am Kurdish Syrian and had a lot of hard times. I survived the war when […]