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30 June 2021We are recruiting! Global Link is seeking a permanent part-time Finance & Office Manager The starting salary for this post... -
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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Another lovely day for a gathering at Claver Hill, with food, live music (thanks to Helen and Francis) and even dancing. We are also delighted
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A big thank you to the Bentham Refugee Support Group for funding the travel and picnic and leading a walk for some of the Lancaster
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URGENT: Act now to protect refugees from Priti Patel's New Plan. The UK government wants to turn away as many refugees as possible. Priti Patel's 'New Plan for Immigration' will:⠀ ❌ Put people at risk of being sent back to torture and persecution⠀⠀ ❌ Make it more difficult for torture surv...
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As part of our Learning from the Past exhibition at Lancaster City Museum, our colleague from Afghanistan who used to work for the UN, learns
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Such a lot of produce grown at Claver Hill by the refugee group: giant caulis, broad beans, onions, spuds, herbs, beetroot, broccoli and kilos of
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We’ve just put the finishing touches to our Learning from the Past exhibition. It looks amazing!! We open tomorrow at Lancaster City Museum and will
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We’re at the final stages of assembling the Learning from the Past exhibition at Lancaster City Museum. Opening day is only three days away! The
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Global Link is seeking a Communications and Campaigns volunteer to support the Together with Refugees coalition to build understanding of refugees and to protect the
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Exciting to be at Lancaster City Museum today, setting up our European peace heritage exhibition - Learning from the Past. Huge thanks to the Museum
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Urgently seeking a 3-4 bedroomed house at housing benefit rates for the families of Afghan interpreters who are being given sanctuary in the UK. Their
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Here, an asylum seeker describes coping with cold and lack of food while she waits for a Home Office decision. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYaUVAWPTfI
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These amazing women raised several hundred pounds for Global Link's building fund through their sponsored half marathon. Thank you both, and thanks to all your
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Here, a father of two describes the upheaval in a family's life caused by fleeing their home for political reasons and finding a new community
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This week we are sharing the digital stories produced last week. Here Bayan tells the story of her family's 18 month arduous journey to leave
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And, finally, celebrating World Refugee Day at Claver Hill on a lovely June day. Good to be together again
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A wonderful Refugee Week Saturday, with powerful Northwest England migration history and testimony from refugees at the Centre for Regional Heritage online event, coupled with
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‘We have more in common than what separates us’: refugee stories, told by refugees
In One Thousand Dreams, award-winning photographer Robin Hammond hands the camera to refugees. Often reduced by the media’s toxic or well-meaning narratives, the portraits and interviews capture a different and more complex tale
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Lancaster and Morecambe mark Refugee Week with arts and heritage events
Events are being held across the district to celebrate Refugee Week.
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Refugee Week is our busiest week, with public and not so public events happening most days. Wednesday was our film night, sharing 6 wonderful new
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This show Viva Declaration! comes highly recommended by Global Link, having worked with these artists in the past. Friday, June 18th at 7.30 pm. Viva
Including a Q + A session. We will be following full Government guidelines for social distancing, hospitality and cleaning procedures before and between performances.
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🌍🎶 Explore rhythm and harmonies from around the world whilst supporting a great local cause… All online this Saturday 🎶🌍 This great mix of workshops
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Refugee Choir releases EP recorded over Zoom and WhatsApp during winter lockdown for Refugee Week 2021!! 💚Refugee week is the 14th - 20th June 💚
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Working hard to create digital stories for the Refugee Week film night on Wednesday, June 16th. Click here to book crm.globallink.org.uk/wp-json/civicrm/v3/url?u=108&qid=6162
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We hope you'll make this as much as a success as the last two events, which have raised over £6000, split between the performers and
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We had the most people yet (16) turning out to turn the soil, plant, weed and chat at Claver Hill yesterday. Thank you, Claver Hill
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🧡🧡We’re proud to be part of #TogetherWithRefugees - a coalition of 100 national, local, refugee-led and grassroots groups, who believe in showing compassion to refugees
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Finally had another free Clothes store for 40 refugees and asylum seekers yesterday. Thank you, Sewing Circle, for beautifully displaying the literally tons of donated