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| St Anne's Centre, 7 Overbury Street, Liverpool, L7 3HJ |
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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 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:
Everybody is welcome. Please contact Gemma on thecircle.liverpool@gmail.com if you require any further information or assistance. 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 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 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.
Monday 15th June: Wednesday 17th June: 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 Friday 19th June: Saturday
20th June http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk/ |
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