refugees Archives - Brockley SE4

Come Dine in Blue

Oct

2

2022

'Come Dine in Blue' at hARTslane Gallery in New Cross (next to Sainsburys) is a participatory art project created and produced by Tisna Westerhof & Cristiana Bottigella. As part of the Lewisham Borough of Culture, more than 100 participants of all ages, from 8 different Lewisham based community groups took part in 'a year-long art programme ...

Telegraph Hill Welcomes Refugees

Jul

17

2022

Telegraph Hill Welcomes Refugees is making plans to support a refugee family locally - can you help?

Celebrating Sanctuary at the Horniman Museum

Jul

15

2022

The Horniman Museum has won the 2022 Art Fund 'Museum of the Year' award and it is certainly one of the great treasures of South London (and indeed all of London).Last month (25 June 2022) it hosted the 'Celebrating Sanctuary' Lewisham Refugee Week Festival. The festival marked 'Lewisham's status as the UK's first borough of ...

Celebrating Sanctuary at the Horniman Museum

Jul

15

2022

The Horniman Museum has won the 2022 Art Fund 'Museum of the Year' award and it is certainly one of the great treasures of South London (and indeed all of London).Last month (25 June 2022) it hosted the 'Celebrating Sanctuary' Lewisham Refugee Week Festival. The festival marked 'Lewisham's status as the UK's first borough of ...

Anti-Refugee Bill opposed at Brockley Cross

Apr

14

2022

Billboard poster at Brockley Cross denounces the Government's plain evil plans to deport refugees to offshore detention camps. Press reports today suggest refugees arriving in the UK could be flown to Rwanda.

Mourning the Channel Dead on the Thames by Deptford Creek

Dec

6

2021

Cycling by the Thames yesterday we came across this impromptu memorial by Deptford Creek to the 27 people who died attempting to cross the Channel from France to England on 24 November 2021.'It is a disgrace that we cared so little that we let you drown. Let's hope our children have more humanity'Imagine if it ...

Little Amal comes to Deptford

Oct

28

2021

At least a couple of thousand people turned out last Friday (22/10/2021) to greet 'Little Amal' to Deptford: a 3.5 metre-tall puppet of a young refugee girl that has been travelling 8000 km across Europe from the Turkish-Syrian border. Created by the Handspring Puppet Company (famous for The War Horse among other projects), the puppet ...

‘your discovery was my land, my discovery is your borders’

Dec

21

2019

This work by Glasgow-based Iranian artist Iman Tajik was recently displayed in the window of the new building on corner of Borough High Street and Marshalsea Road SE1. Referencing the 1951 UN convention on refugees it proclaimed 'your discovery was my land, my discovery is your borders'. Wonder whether the artist was aware that this building ...

Lewisham Refugee & Migrant Network Fundraiser

Nov

14

2016

A fundraiser for Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network takes place this Saturday 19 November at The Ivy House, Stuart Road SE15. The family friendly event from 1 to 5 pm includes music from the LRMN women's choir, South London Songsters and others as well as a cake sale and raffle prizes. Further details on facebook.

Refugees Welcome Here meeting in New Cross

Mar

1

2016

Tonight (Tuesday 1st March, 7 pm), Stand up to Racism South East London is holding a 'Refugees Welcome Here' public meeting in Room 137a, main building (RHB), Goldsmiths University, New Cross, SE14 6NWSpeakers include:Imam Shakeel Begg - Lewisham Islamic CentreVicky Foxcroft, MP - Labour, Lewisham DeptfordShakira Martin - NUS Further Education Vice PresidentDenis Fernando - Stand up ...

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