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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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While Ahmad was caseworking and Eleanor was taking a group of learners to University of Cumbria: Education Library, the Blue Influencers young people's group were
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Thanks to local therapist Ruth Quinn for an engaging workshop on getting better sleep today, sleep being in short supply for so many of our
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And the decorating and maintenance never ends....! Thanks to our valiant volunteers for a productive day 🙂
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Thank you so much to Lancashire Youth Challenge for providing such fun, engaging personal and team development activities for our under 25s this summer.
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Hello everyone, a buggy has been donated now,bthank you!
My Babiie Double Stroller - MB12
My Babiie Double Stroller - MB12 is available from Baby and Nursery World online with Free delivery on all orders for £70.00 or more
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A glorious day at Crummock Water with our Blue Influencer youth group, observing and listening to, and drawing, the lake, catching minnows, collecting stones, creating
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Lancaster Afghans fear for the safety of their families following Ministry of Defence data breach
Afghans who have made a new life in Lancaster after being resettled under the government’s relocation scheme are now fearing for the safety of their families after a data breach was revealed.
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Fantastic funny and heartwarming Dukes Theatre play in the park this year...the Wizard of Oz!
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More wonderful news to share...many of you know Mengistu, and some contributed to the costs of family reunion visas for his wife and 3 boys
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Even the rain did not deter the footballers....! Nor the absence of our treasured Syrian colleague who organise the football. He is visiting his home
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Great day at Buttermere, with a delicious meal, a walk and a glorious swim! A long rather scary drive, but worth it. 'Out of words',
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Inspiring workshop this week with Lancaster University historian, Corinna Peniston-Bird, as part of our National Lottery Heritage Fund project at Carnforth Library. Corinna explored with
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A joyous celebration with this mum and daughter who have won their asylum case on appeal after 6 long years. What a long journey to
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A glorious afternoon for our Blue Influencers exploring the Heysham coastline, rockpooling, using a quadrant to measure species numbers, creating sand sculptures, eating a picnic
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A busy week already with our Afghan volunteer at Our Lady's High School yesterday sharing his experiences of the Taliban who killed 1000 other Afghan
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We’ve had a really interesting day at the Morecambe Bay curriculum conference at Lancaster University. It’s been great to speak to teachers about our work
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We had a great morning at Lancashire Archives and Local History Archives with our Carnforth Library project volunteers, learning more about the collections held at
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Great to meet Lizzie Collinge MP today with two of our volunteers - asylum seekers who want to work but are not allowed to. We
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It was a privilege today for Global Link staff to attend the funeral of Bernard Deeks, our former volunteer of many years’ standing. Bernard was
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A good planning session with our Blue Influencer group and our new environmental youth worker, Laura Roper. We also decorated these plastic milk bottles to
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Another day with Escape to Safety at Lancaster & Morecambe College, today celebrating the College's College of Sanctuary Award. Here again tomorrow, then on Saturday
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Colleagues ran myth busting workshops at Cardinal Newman College today, with Ahmad sharing his story of being an Officer in the British Army in Afghanistan
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Thank you to our volunteers for another great (although really wet!) session. We watered the polytunnel, weeded the beds, planted more pumpkins and peas and
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Our busiest Refugee Week ended yesterday with an assembly at Cathedral Primary School and the launch of the exhibition of paintings produced in Somayeh and
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We’ve had a great final day on our Migration Stories Carnforth project, working with children from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School. We met
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A good day for Escape to Safety at Lancaster Town Hall for Refugee Week with about 70 visitors followed by a public event in the
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We’ve had a fantastic first workshop on our Carnforth Library heritage project. What a great group of volunteers, all buzzing with ideas for our research!
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Tomorrow!
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🧡🧡🧡 Celebrated our asylum seeker and refugee volunteers today at a special Refugee Week lunch made with beans, cabbage, onions and herbs grown at Claver
Refugee Week 2025: Community As a Superpower
Join us for Refugee Week, 16–22 June 2025, and together let’s unleash the superpower of community.Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts & culture festival...