Event Listings 2008
16th - 22nd June 2008
Admission to events is free unless otherwise indicated. Please contact participants for details of disabled access.
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Supporting Refugee Organisations
Monday 16 June 2008
- Voluntary Sector Refugee Network - East England offers a free half-day training in Supporting Refugee Organisations:
- organisation structure and management (Lynn Jarvis);
- fundraising (Shpetim Alimeta);
- immigration advice (Migrant Gateway).
- Lunch!
- Norwich: Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, NR2 1EW, 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
- Free, reserve your place: call Alain Muyangabe 01473 406432
- Further info Voluntary Sector Refugee Network, office@vsrn-ee.org.uk
- voluntary sector
- training
- Voluntary Sector Refugee Network - East England offers a free half-day training in Supporting Refugee Organisations:
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Gervelie's Journey (a child refugee's diary) - Book Launch
Monday 16 June 2008
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- Gervelie's Journey
- By Annemarie Young & Anthony Robinson.
- Norwich: Red Cross, Coronation Road, NR6 5HD, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
- Free, call Andy Hewett 07793 512 207
- book launch
- meet the author(s)
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Turning Up the Temperature
Tuesday 17 June 2008
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- Samia Malik
- NAC, 17 June 2008
- Norwich: Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedict's Street, NR2 4PG, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
- Tickets £7 (£5 concessions), 01603 660 352
- Further info New Writing Partnership
- spoken word
- poetry
- performance
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Reverse ESOL
Wednesday 18 June 2008
- Come and learn a bit more about languages near the Learning Shop! Imagine being a refugee by taking on such strange new tongues as Polish, Czech, German, Swahili, French or Russian.
- Norwich: Forum, Millennium Library, Millennium Plain, NR2 1TF, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Free
- Further info: John Thompson, jsthompson2001@hotmail.com
- ESOL
- refugee experience
- languages
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Connecting Worlds
Wednesday 18 June 2008
- An evening of exploration, discovery and global perspectives against a backdrop of stunning exhibits and objects. New Writing Partnership presents Connecting Worlds at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, screening filmed poems developed as part of Norwich City of Refuge Project. Featuring readings and talks from Gretel Ehrlich, Geoff Dyer, José Eduardo Agualusa and Mia Couto, reading from their work as part of the New Writing Worlds 08 Programme. In the breaks you can watch a set of short films made by young people as part of a City of Refuge project.
- Norwich: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- Free, call Shenaz Kedar 01603 877177
- Further info New Writing Partnership, shenaz@newwritingpartnership.org.uk
- film
- poetry
- readings
- Norwich City of Refuge
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Norwich International Youth Project
Thursday 19 June 2008
- Norwich International Youth Project invites you to interact with young people from across the world. We hope to display some of our recently-produced work. Enjoy a 'smashing' game of table tennis, or relax in the garden with some Eastern Chai.
- Norwich: Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, NR2 1EW, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
- Free, call Fairlie Winship 07825 630 941
- Further info norwichyouth@yahoo.co.uk
- Norwich International Youth Project
- exhibition
- social
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Student Showcase
Thursday 19 June 2008
- An evening celebrating the work of Year 7 pupils during Refugee Week at Notre Dame High School. Entertainment will include professional Indian dancers, Irish dancers, and pupils performing short plays and reading creative writing produced during the week.
- Norwich: St John's Hall, Notre Dame High School, Surrey St, NR1 3PB, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- Admission £3 with light refreshments, call 01603 611431
- Further info Notre Dame High School, mfitzgerald@notredamehigh.norfolk.sch.uk
- dance
- performance
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Victims of Torture - World Refugee Day talk
Friday 20 June 2008
- An important lunchtime talk on Friday 20th June, World Refugee Day, given by Jackie Watson from the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. Here is a quote from UNCHR - the UN Refugee Agency:
Today, people do not just flee persecution and war but also injustice, exclusion, environmental pressures, competition for scarce resources and all the miserable human consequences of dysfunctional states. The task facing the international community in this new environment is to find ways to unlock the potential of refugees who have so much to offer if they are given the opportunity to regain control over their lives.
- Norwich: Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, NR2 1EW, 1:00 - 1:45 PM (you're welcome to bring a packed lunch at any time from 12:15)
- Admission £2, hot drinks & biscuits included in price. Call the UNA Norwich, 01603 435790
- talk
- World Refugee Day
- UNA-UK Lunch box
- An important lunchtime talk on Friday 20th June, World Refugee Day, given by Jackie Watson from the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. Here is a quote from UNCHR - the UN Refugee Agency:
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Family Fun Event @ Bridewell Museum
Saturday 21 June 2008
- Family Fun Event @ Bridewell Museum!
- Mini Exhibition: how the city has hosted refugees over the years.
- 10 AM - 5 PM: family trails and craft activities throughout the day.
- 11 AM: join Melissa Hawker for a short talk about the contributions that refugees have made to our city, including the Strangers, who rejuvenated our precious weaving industry and the shoe-making pioneers, whose businesses helped to develop an industry that went on to produce seven million shoes every year.
- 2:30 - 4 PM: the journeys of British evacuee and German refugee children, and their various experiences of fleeing the horrors of war.
- Norwich: Bridewell Museum, Bridewell Alley, NR2 1AQ, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Free, call 01603 629127
- Further info Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service
- family event
- local history
- craft activities
- Family Fun Event @ Bridewell Museum!
Events spanning the week
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Photographic Exhibition
Monday 16 - Saturday 21 June 2008
- Photographic display by Lydia Martin, who is also recording conversations with refugees living in Norwich (and those working with them). The conversations will be broadcast on the Community Chest on Future Radio 96.9 FM (Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 1 PM).
- Norwich: Norwich Anglican Cathedral, 12 The Close, NR1 4DH, open 8:00 AM till 7:00 PM
- Free, call Lydia: 07818 267 150
- Further info Lydia Martin, contact@lydiamartin.net
- photography exhibition
- conversations
- radio
- Future Radio 96.9 FM
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Refugee Week Book Displays
Monday 16 - Saturday 21 June 2008
- Norfolk Library & Information Service Book displays in libraries across Norfolk.
- Norfolk
- Free
- Further info Norfolk Library & Information Service
- books
- libraries
- county-wide
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Norwich: City of Refugees
Tuesday 17 - Friday 20 June 2008
- Mini exhibition @ Bridewell Museum. Norwich has hosted thousands of refugees over the years. Personal stories behind the headlines. Craft activities and family trails.
- Norwich: Bridewell Museum, Bridewell Alley, NR2 1AQ, open 10:00 AM till 4:30 PM
- Normal museum admission fee, call 01603 629127
- Further info Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service
- exhibition
- local history
- craft activities
Asylum in the UK
The history of refugees in Norfolk has shaped distinctive elements of our local identity.
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