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NW migration heritage
14 December 2021Global Link leading new project on NW migration heritage We are delighted to have been awarded a grant from the... -
Learning from the Past Exhibition to open at last at Lancaster City Museum!
4 May 2021Learning from the Past Exhibition to open at last at Lancaster City Museum! We are excited to announce that, following... -
Global Link has embarked on a digital design process, as part of the CATALYST National Lottery Funded programme
10 March 2021This month Global Link has embarked on a digital design process, as part of the CATALYST National Lottery Funded programme,... -
Launch of Learning from the Past online exhibition!
8 March 2021Launch of Learning from the Past online exhibition! We were excited to launch our online Learning from the Past exhibition... -
Learning from the Past peace heritage exhibition
25 January 2021Learning from the Past peace heritage exhibition The ongoing Covid crisis means that our final Erasmus+ project exhibition at Lancaster... -
New Learning from the Past films
17 December 2020New Learning from the Past films LFTP partner, Mi-Gen, has created two short films about Global Link’s Erasmus+ peace heritage... -
Escape to Safety soundtrack
11 December 2020Escape to Safety soundtrack We have completed our latest Escape to Safety soundtrack which you can listen to here, without the experience of... -
Lancaster’s First Online Refugee Week Celebration
7 July 2020Lancaster’s First Online Refugee Week Celebration This year, because of the lockdown, Global Link hosted a celebration of Refugee Week... -
Refugee Week Celebration Event
12 June 2020Refugee Week Celebration Event Refugee Week is celebrated each year in the UK in the third week of June. It... -
Coronavirus (COVID-19): get support if you’re a migrant living in the UK
29 April 2020Coronavirus (COVID-19): get support if you’re a migrant living in the UK For information, the government has just posted a... -
Global Link update
22 March 2020Global Link update Because of Coronavirus most support services, including education, English, advice and information, and Lunch Drop-ins and meetings... -
Sharing Learning from the Past with Youth in Europe
30 January 2020Sharing Learning from the Past with Youth in Europe The Learning from the Past (LFTP) team is delighted to announce... -
launch the new website RefugeeHome created BY refugees, ABOUT refugees and FOR refugees
25 December 2019launch the new website RefugeeHome created BY refugees, ABOUT refugees, and FOR refugees. We are delighted to launch the new... -
UK launch of the European ‘Learning from the Past’ map
25 October 2019UK launch of the European ‘Learning from the Past’ map Global Link has officially launched our new online community map...
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With this year being the 6th wettest year on record we are appealing for waterproof coats and trousers for our cyclists, walkers and growers. Please
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Another gorgeous Sunday with a lot of activity in Claver Hill. We weeded our four garlic beds, put down some wood chip, planted beans and
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A lot of fun being had at basketball today, go women!
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A wonderful day at Easedale Tarn today, undiminished by the rainy weather, thanks to copious borrowed waterproofs! Everyone learnt the word 'intrepid' today 😊
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Really windy Sunday yesterday but we still got a lot done. We finished the drainage ditch and planted some flowers on the bank (kindly donated
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A delicious Iranian lunch, followed by creative patchwork quilt making with the Sewing Circle and painting workshops with Somayeh and Eleanor
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The first walk of 2024, challenging for some of us, but thoroughly enjoyed by all.
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Ramadan means Global Link is quieter than usual, but still great chefs at our Tuesday lunch. Thank you!
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A lovely Nowrus party yesterday with beautiful Nowrus-themed bunting made by the Sewing Circle, Somayeh's Persian table of food and other items symbolising good wishes
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One of our volunteer English teachers is trekking in Morocco to raise money for the Abaseen Foundation which helps educate girls in a very poor
Help Gill Granger fundraise for the poorest in North West Pakistan — Abaseen Foundation
Sponsor Gill Granger to climb Mount Toubkal, Morocco Gill Granger is joining Abaseen Foundation’s 2024 Trek to Mount Toubkal in Morocco. “My reasons for participating in this Trek are twofold. Firstly, it’s a challenge; it will push me outside my comfort zone physically, but also I will be tr...
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Happily, the team is growing again....
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Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world! Some of us will remember a time not so long ago when no
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A lovely day today, with our first Vietnamese lunch with chopsticks and a presentation about the history of women's rights' struggles (for International Women's Day),
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Good morning everyone! We need waterproof trousers and tables (preferably folding ones) for our Gardening and Wellbeing project at Claver Hill. Does anyone have any
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Thank you to those that braved the weather today and helped in the farm <3 We got a lot done, planting onion sets and other
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Slowly rebuilding the football after we lost many of our players with the hotel closures
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Over 900 Carlisle College students had their eyes opened to the experience of asylum seeking by going through Escape to Safety and meeting border guards
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March 8 is International Women’s Day so it’s been great to attend Eleanor Levin’s fascinating walking tour this week on Historical Women of Lancaster. Eleanor
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Super tasty chapattis, sauce and yoghurt dip today thanks to our chefs and the kind mystery man who donated the flour, chickpeas and spices a
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Lovely day with stunning weather yesterday at the farm. Got the last beds topped up with compost, fixed the compost pile and got our windows
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Thanks to Lancaster University History Department for inviting us to join them on their LGBT+ History Month Walk for staff and students yesterday. The walk
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Lancaster sends Valentine’s message to local refugees in call for a fair new plan
Local charities, organisations, community members and MP Cat Smith joined forces to call for a fair new plan for refugees this Valentine’s Day - in the week the scheme to send refugees to Rwanda is being debated in the House of Lords.
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Carlisle College students are undergoing a full simulation experience of asylum seeking, not only with the Escape to Safety exhibition but with people role playing
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Thanks to Tetiana for lunch today which was followed by a presentation about housing and employment (following a useful meeting with the Job Centre), then