• Social and Other Activities at Asylum Link
• Events in the Liverpool Area
• English Classes and Other Courses
  
• Destitution Roadshow
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Refugee Week

Social and Other Activities at Asylum Link Asylum Link is a general meeting place for all asylum seekers and refugees Every day:Tea, coffee, biscuits and bread or toast are available during opening hours in the kitchen area; table tennis, bar football and other activities in the large room; computers with Internet access in the computer room; English classes every morning and afternoon except Friday afternoon Porridge 4 breakfast is served at 9am on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays Soup 4 lunch is served at 12.30 am on Mondays and Wednesdays Cook4Yourself Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1.00pm. These are cooking classes for 3-6 people using vegitarian recipes. Recipe leaflets A Fruit delivery around 12.30pm on Fridays Knitting circle: takes place from Thursdays at 1pm Sewing class: takes place on Tuesdays at 1pm Drums workshop takes place on Mondays at 1pm. Conversation on Fridays at 1pm Sexual health and HIV testing on Wednesdays at 1pm Allotments and Gardening: on Wednesdays and Fridays. See pictures of the garden and allotment Bicycle repair and bike lottery on Fridays. See pictures of bicycles See the what-we-do for details of English classes and other services offered at Asylum Link

Music workshop A cooking demonstration

A Christmas Meal at ALM

December 2009: Thanks to everyone who helped with the Christmas meal especially to those who cooked. Chickens were roasted were by our volunteers across Merseyside and brought to the centre, with stuffing from Ormskirk, bread sauce from West Kirby and fresh herbs from Childwall. An enormous vote of thanks goes to the Students from STAR and the Guild for helping wrap presents and serve the food and to Talib and Esther who entertained us towards the end of the day. Same again next week? 

AGM - Wednesday 11th February 2009 at 6pm at St Anne's. The guest speaker was Father Peter Morgan Parish Priest of St Anne’s and St Bernard’s. He spoke of the desperate situation of asylum seekers and he described taking Ed Vulliamy, an experienced war correspondent, into our kitchen at ALM. Ed said: “...as great a concentration of pain and suffering in this kitchen as anywhere else in the country.” It is hard to understand the reason why only one in every four asylum seekers have any hope of gaining refugee status. It is easier to understand why so many asylum seekers suffer from mental illness, live in fear of deportation and then disappear, hoping to blend into the population.
The evening included a review of the previous year. Read more in the Spring Newsletter

BARN DANCE - on Saturday 31st January at St Anne's Parish Centre, Prescot Road, Ormskirk, L39 4TG. Dancing to a Live Band. Doors open at 7.30pm with dancing starting at 8pm. Bring your own drinks and nibbles. Tickets £3.50 (£2.50 for children) are available at the door or phone John Gresty (01695 723239) or Tony Edwards (01695 422412). All proceeds for Asylum Link.
From Tony Edwards: "....the age range was 8 months old to 85, the number was around 200, the band was a six piece group of exceptional ability, the enthusiasm of the dancers really encouraged the band, who gave it all. The band played for free, the raffle prizes were donated, and the takings totaled £700. It was hard to get people to leave at the end and many asked when was the next one!'

Events in the Liverpool Area

THE CIRCLE MONTHLY SOCIAL, is held on the first Saturday of the month from 1.15pm - 4pm at the The Black E on Great George Street, next to the Chinese Arch. The Circle is a friendly and welcoming drop-in social that brings people from refugee and asylum seeker communities together and welcomes them to the Liverpool community.

We provide:

• Food / refreshments
• A place to meet and make friends
• Information about other projects & services
• Travel expenses for people who come along
• Children are welcome

Everybody is welcome. Please contact Gemma on thecircle.liverpool@gmail.com if you require any further information or assistance.

English and Other Courses

ENGLISH CLASSES - are run at Asylum Link by Eamonn and volunteers who teach with him. As a consequence of the governments withdrawal of English teaching from Asylum Seekers, this is now one of the only places new arrivals can get access to the language.

BASIC ENGLISH and BASIC COMPUTING WITH ENGLISH - Course starting in February are run by LASAR/MNSN at 4th Floor, 35 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4DN (above the Oxfam Shop). Come along and meet the teachers / find out more / register on the course on Thursday 29th January 2009 from 2pm – 4pm. Call: Seána, Marg or Karen on 0151-707-0566 for more information

OTHER COURSES

JOB TRAINING & SUPPORT - is offered by LASAR/MNSN at 4th Floor, 35 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4DN (above the Oxfam Shop) to Refugees and Asylum Seekers and includes help with CVs, Jobsearch and other advice. Internet access and English teaching is also available. Telephone 0151-707-0566 for more information or email info@merseysidenetworkforchange.org

C.R.A.F.T.I.E. - Creative Refugees and Asylum Seekers Foundation for Training in Entrepreneyrship - offer free flexible courses over a period of 12 weeks starting on the 23rd February. Download Leaflet more more details or contact 0151 707 0566 or e-mail karen@merseysidenetworkforchange.org

DESTITUTION ROADSHOW

A new initiative has begun at ALM - the Destitution Road Show. It is designed so that a member of staff, an asylum seeker and a volunteer together will take the presentation in our newly acquired white van, to business and community organizations as well as schools and churches thereby ensuring that the message of Asylum Link Merseyside becomes better known and supported.
Read more about the destitution and the Destitution Roadshow or download the destitution leaflet

Refugee Week 15 - 21st June 2009
These are some of the things which went on in Refugee Week at ALM
Or you can see the video (Select' run' and click on picture to start)

Monday 15th June: 
Merseyside Refugee Support Network MRSN Fun Day. Venue Merseyside Caribbean Centre from 12:00-15:00

Wednesday 17th June: 
ALM trip to Tam 'O'Shanter Farm, Wirral
Free trip out for service users and community + light lunch, first come, first served bookings.
Meet at 9 am, return at 3.30 pm: Asylum Link

Cost of War. Conference: Hope University, 0151 2913516 for details

Private View - A New Start exhibit at Liverpool Cathedral (early evening): Sola Arts, 0151 726 8440 for details

Thursday 18th June
Health and Wellbeing Event Day :
Community Development Workers Mental Health Awareness event, Venue Asylum Link,  from 13:00 to 16:00
• FREE information • FREE massages • FREE exercise workshops • FREE refreshments . More details

Friday 19th June: 
Barbacue/Social with visit by the National Youth Theatre) 1pm-4pm: Asylum Link, 0151 709 1713 for details

Saturday 20th June
L1 Mythbustin Stall: Refugee Action, 0151 702 6400 for details

http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk/

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