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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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Delighted to host our neighbours from Spinner's Court today, who heard about Ahmad's experiences working for the British Army in Afghanistan, then watched digital stories
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And thanks to Winsa for a scrumptious meal today, followed by a presentation on the Equalities Act and Hate Crime, then a very busy family
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We have a final furniture appeal for our Syrian family arriving next month, which is for a clothes dryer, and a baby's high chair..... Please
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A really happy day, overcast but warm enough for swimming, the swimmers relieved to know there were no crocodiles or hippos and that our most
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Our colleagues recently took part in the first Morecambe Bay Curriculum (MBC) Conference - a day for teachers and other educational professionals to come together
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What a busy afternoon with games, games and 25 people attending the first Driving Theory class
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Today the Blue Influencers at Ryelands Primary School held their first ever Blue Festival celebrating Lancaster District's wonderful rivers and coast, whilst also highlighting some
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Thanks so much to super barber Ali who does an average of 8 haircuts whenever he comes by!
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Inspired by England playing tonight? More basketball and football players than we have had for a long time!
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It's been an inspiring week for Alison at the Historical Research Institute summer school in London thinking about the traces of history we can find
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Thanks to Shawon for a super tasty lunch and Ali for cutting 8-10 people's hair. Followed by a presentation about key laws in the UK
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England haven’t been convincing so far, but without players born outside the UK or with at least 1 parent or grandparent born abroad, we wouldn’t
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We were one of the 300 organisations who signed this letter
Human rights groups give Starmer blueprint for asylum overhaul
Exclusive: Letter sent to No 10 calls for laws to be repealed, safe routes to UK and end to ‘perma-backlog’ of applicants
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Lovely day at CH yesterday with some beautiful weather. We cleared out a large area of vegetation, tended to our tomatoes, peas, beans and squashes
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The sensational Eritrean food brought lots of Eritreans to lunch yesterday. Thank you cooks!
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June 26th was the UN Day in Support of Victims of Torture. This Lancaster protest on Wednesday was organised by amazing Syrian film maker, journalist
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We had a brilliant day at Moorside school this week at our final showcase event. The Year 6 children talked about their experience of interviewing
Stories – MigrationStoriesNW
These migration stories, gathered by our volunteers, provide a glimpse into the lives of some of the people who have moved in and out of our region throughout history. Select a tile below to read an individual story or filter the stories by a topic or theme that interests you. Some people may find i...
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Thank you to local Muslim charity Ansaar for donating enough meat for Eid to feed refugees for the next month! A tasty lunch yesterday followed
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Beautiful day in the farm with a fantastic group and loads of sunshine <3 watered the polytunnel, weeded and took care of your tomatoes. In
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A great day for football....and gardening...and being outside 😊
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The RAIL (refugees and asylum seekers in Lancaster) group echoes these recommendations that we urgently need the new Government to implement
Launch of the Commission's final report - From Arrival to Integration: Building communities for refugees and for Britain
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Please complete this form if you wish to sign the letter below to the incoming Prime Minister after the General Election. The letter outlines what
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In anticipation of the upcoming General Election, Asylum Matters has drafted a joint public letter to the incoming Prime Minister outlining what steps the new
Letter to incoming Government regarding the broken asylum system
Please complete this form if you wish to sign the letter below to the incoming Prime Minister after the General Election. The letter outlines what needs to happen to begin to repair the broken UK asylum system. The deadline for signatures is 5pm on 1st July 2024. We hope this letter will be signed b...
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Tomorrow, Saturday June 22nd, Gisela will be speaking at 1 pm in Market Square on behalf of the RAIL (Refugees, asylum seekers in Lancaster) group,
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The Migration Art project for women course, with a focus on wellbeing, opened it's exhibition at The Herbarium on the one way system yesterday, on
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Haircuts with Ali, Games with Shaz and Mel, but this was the highlight today: a Vietnamese man teaching a Kuwaiti how to use chopsticks 😊
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This #WorldRefugeeDay we're calling for a fair new plan for refugees - and you can too. With a General Election around the corner, now is
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Pictured here are the wonderful digital storytellers and film makers who shared their powerful, moving and beautiful films today at the Dukes Theatre, digital stories
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Today, at the start of Refugee Week, we are relaunching our support for the national Fair Begins Here campaign for a whole new approach on
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Refugee Week party today, with food, football, face painting and friends. Thanks to colleagues and cooks Winsa, Saon, Omar, Natalia, Anika and Aida who couldn't