BYO Community Picnic
Open to the whole community creating a space for connection and celebration of unity, diversity and solidarity
Past Events
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Assemble – Conversations with Refugees:Reclaiming the Narrative
Speakers leading a discussion, free tickets can be booked here
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Refuge Island
A 20 minute dance performance exploring stories of female migration and the human capacity to offer refuge.
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Everyone’s Welcome – Theatre Porto
A special 2 day exhibition of work by young people exploring the experiences of those who have to seek sanctuary. See news post on home page for further information.
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City of Sanctuary at Storyhouse – Community Superpower Project
This year, during Refugee Week, we will be in the foyer of Storyhouse to demonstrate community support for those seeking sanctuary in our area and to challenge false information about those seeking sanctuary. Do come and visit us at our stall and take a selfie with our community superpower poster…
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Special Refugee Week Evensong Service at Chester Cathedral
See Cathedral website for further details.
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Dr Waheed Arian at Chester Literature Festival
Having heard Dr Arian speak last year, I would thoroughly recommend seeing him at the Literature Festival this year where he will talk of his escape from Afghanistan to his life today.
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Wings of the Sky – production by ‘Theatre in the Quarter’
Please see news post on home page for further information on what promises to be an amazing production.
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Mediha – film
A powerful story of a young Yazidi girl who has survived captivity under ISIS and is processing her experiences, searching for missing relatives and initiating investigation into her captors.
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Afloat – live theatre
A thought provoking live theatre event at Theatre Porto looking at the situation of being forced to leave your home. Produced by a collaboration between professional artists and those with lived experience of the asylum system. Further information and tickets (pay as you like) via Theatre Porto
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Mediha film
A powerful story of a young Yazidi girl who has survived captivity under ISIS and is processing her experiences, searching for missing relatives and initiating investigation into her captors.
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Chester Group Meeting
Please contact us for further information
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Town Crier announces the launch of our Art Trail!
The launch of the Art Trail created in collaboration with Bishops' Bluecoat Church of England High School will be announced by the Town Crier at the Cross on Saturday 24th May at 12pm. Listen out!
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A-Z Art Trail
In a collaboration between ourselves and Bishops’ Bluecoat Church of England High School, we invite you to follow the 'Art Trail' around the City. Pupils from Bishops' have produced 26 posters, each illustrating a word on the theme of sanctuary and refugees. Each poster will have a QR code directing…
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Deadline for Chester University’s Sanctuary Award
For more information see News Post
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Poetry for Peace
Poems of peace under the installation 'Doves of Peace' featuring award winning poet Imtiaz Dharker with contributions from local poets who have taken part in recent workshops.