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We are building sustainable, caring and cohesive communities in Lancashire

For over 30 years we’ve used creative and participatory learning experiences to increase awareness of the global dimension to our lives and encourage action towards a fairer and more sustainable world. As a dynamic local charity, we deliver global education and community heritage projects in schools and local communities, as well as provide holistic refugee and asylum seeker support.

‘Global Link is my home.’

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Asylum seekers and refugees supported last year

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Pupils worked with Global Education and Sustainability

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Local people volunteering in community heritage

Your support advances refugee integration, community cohesion and global understanding 

Global Link was established in 1993 as a development education centre and as such we use creative and participatory learning experience to increase awareness of the global dimension and encourage action towards a fairer and more sustainable world.

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Wigan and Leigh Archives are currently hosting our Migration Stories North West exhibition and it's exciting to hear this has inspired further research! Staff have

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1 day 12 hours ago

Running myth busting workshops at Cardinal Newman College today, Ahmad described how his work as an officer in the British Army fighting the Taliban led

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We are not talking about refugee rights enough. Maybe we feel overwhelmed. Maybe we fear how people will respond. But if we’re to build a

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3 days 14 hours ago

Asylum Seeker Conversation Kit (For family, friends, and anyone who repeats the headlines) Conversations about asylum seekers with family and friends aren’t always easy. Too

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6 days 8 hours ago

Thanks to these journalists for ensuring asylum seekers' voices were heard on TV today in the debate around illegal working and digital ID. Asylum seekers

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6 days 9 hours ago

The recent hostility towards refugee and asylum-seeking communities stands in direct contrast to our country's long and proud tradition of welcoming those in need of

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1 week 8 hours ago

As the autumn begins, we would welcome donations of men's clothing - coats, shoes, trousers, long sleeved tops (but not shirts). We would also welcome

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1 week 2 days ago

It is with great sadness, but also gratitude and good wishes, that we bid farewell to our amazing colleague Vaso who is moving on to

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2 weeks 15 hours ago

Great to work with Iain from the NHS to get asylum seekers volunteering, and eventually, working in the NHS.

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2 weeks 1 day ago

Fantastic workshop today on our National Lottery Heritage Fund project at Carnforth Library. Our fab volunteers are uncovering many fascinating aspects of the Library’s heritage

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2 weeks 1 day ago

We are recruiting! Global Link is seeking a part-time Refugee Support Gardener & Caseworker to facilitate the gardening project with asylum seekers and refugees at

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3 weeks 9 hours ago

A very happy week this week for family reunions, with one man's wife finally finally finally joining him from Sudan, and one man's wife and

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3 weeks 2 days ago

Busy days again with the start of term, with 59 meals served and more folk coming in for support. Thanks to Shawon for being our

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3 weeks 5 days ago

Another lovely day in the mountains to help body and soul, with half the group resting at Angle Tarn while the young fit ones earned

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4 weeks 21 hours ago

Great to have the Sewing Circle back this week, co-creating a beautiful new 'Refugees Welcome Here' banner. So welcome in these toxic times of social

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1 month 1 week ago

We had a very busy Tuesday today with casework, english, math class and our Tuesday lunch drop in. Travel documents, housing, bank accounts, health advocacy,

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1 month 2 weeks ago

We had a fantastic time last week with our group and Lancashire Youth Challenge at the farm visit. We foraged for berries, made an amazing

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1 month 3 weeks ago

After dodging the morning rain we had a lovely, if rather windy, day at Easedale Tarn with intrepid very cold swimming and high mountain climbing.

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1 month 3 weeks ago

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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1 month 3 weeks ago

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1 month 3 weeks ago

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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2 months 1 day ago

And the decorating and maintenance never ends....! Thanks to our valiant volunteers for a productive day 🙂

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2 months 2 days ago

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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2 months 2 days ago

Hello everyone, a buggy has been donated now,bthank you!

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2 months 3 days ago

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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2 months 6 days ago

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2 months 1 week ago

Fantastic funny and heartwarming Dukes Theatre play in the park this year...the Wizard of Oz!

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2 months 1 week ago

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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2 months 1 week ago

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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2 months 2 weeks ago

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2 months 2 weeks ago

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',