We’re reporting back every six weeks on the Gardens of Refuge Project. That’s our local project running throughout 2017 with refugees and asylum-seekers living in and nearby Tooting, alongside our project partners CARAS and The Grange.Our previous summary at the end of May can be read here.In June and July we’ve worked with the CARAS […]
Read More →Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourages a better understanding between communities. Refugee Week 2017 starts in under a fortnight, and there are plenty of London activities to choose from. Plus here are two local events to share: 1. […]
Read More →We’re continuing our 2017 Gardens of Refuge project with local refugees and asylum-seekers with workshops during May and into June.Alongside that long-term project, we want to share three diverse and fascinating events in Tooting which celebrate refugees and migration: To celebrate Refugee Week in June: 1. Queens of Syria – free film Sunday 18th June […]
Read More →We’re continuing to facilitate workshops as part of the Gardens of Refuge project with refugees and asylum-seekers who use the local services of CARAS in Tooting. This is the project for which our partnership won funding from Aviva – via the public voting so many people joined last autumn. The emphasis of Gardens of Refuge […]
Read More →After the long haul of communicating near and far for voting in the Aviva Community Fund last year, winning funding in January, and getting on with the planning for 2017…we’ve begun the project! Our first session with the CARAS refugee and asylum-seekers has been a Family Activity Day on Valentine’s Day..It was a familiar mother-and-children […]
Read More →We are thrilled that Gardens of Refuge, the 2017 project working with Tooting refugees and asylum-seekers, has been awarded funding by Aviva. The project application was made by the local charity CARAS (Community Action for Refugees and Asylum-Seekers) and TTT are the partners along with The Grange respite centre in Norfolk. Thank you for all […]
Read More →Brilliant success at the voting stage: Aviva Community Fund has just confirmed that we’re through to the finals for the Gardens of Refuge project! We now do some further application steps by December 7th, and then there’s judging and then the results are announced January 10th ’17. Great news & thanks for all the […]
Read More →We’re proud to share where we reached when voting closed yesterday on the Gardens of Refuge campaign with CARAS. Over 600 people supported the project online.We believe we came THIRD, with over 6200 votes. WHICH IS WONDERFUL!Our formal ranking will be confirmed on 22nd Nov by Aviva & we’ll communicate wider after then. If we’re in […]
Read More →This week is the home straight for voting online for funding support for Gardens of Refuge at the Aviva Community Fund. It will come down to our tally of votes at the end of 18th November, and of course the other ‘Aviva projects’ are also doing a push this week. Please vote by Friday 12:00 for […]
Read More →This autumn TTT is delighted to be able to contribute to events to share our learning from Rooting in Tooting (our joint project with the refugee and asylum seeker community served by CARAS)It’s brilliant to be meeting new people and groups, and sharing in different ways: thank you for the invitations! We certainly don’t ‘have […]
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