• Becoming a University of Sanctuary

    Action for Refugees is pleased to announce an event for the Edge Hill community to find out more about becoming a ‘University of Sanctuary’.

  • Challenging Immigration Detention

    What can be done? Friday 15th November 2019 Taking place at 1pm in CE.225 (second floor, Creative Edge) The session, led by grass roots organisations working with and for people who have experienced immigration detention in the UK, will include presentations from: a) Dr Vicky Canning from the University of Bristol; b) Samuel Farmery and…

  • Sharing Sustainability event 7th November

    Action for Refugees was delighted to attend the Sustainability event supported by the Institute for Social Responsibility on Wednesday in Church House, Ormskirk. We joined with friends from the SDG network to share our work. Over 20 groups were represented including the local food bank and the Liverpool World Centre, as well as academics from…

  • Free event in Ormskirk

  • Student Action for Refugees – visit 22nd May

    Maddy Robinson of STAR (Student Action for Refugees) will be speaking about the work of this national NGO, formed by students, which now makes up a national network. She will be discussing the diverse voluntary work carried out by students across the UK, and their influential campaign work including changing universities’ policies for HE Access.…

  • Women’s Day 2019: Debate, educate and dance

    Women refugees can be especially vulnerable. Marking Women’s Day, fundraising, education and dance events are taking place to support work for displaced women.  Today, UN High Commission for Refugees are fundraising to support more projects like the ‘Women’s Committee of the Future’. Based in Turkey, where over 3 million Syrian refugees were living in 2016, the Urban Refugee…

  • Manchester Event: ‘Offering linguistic hospitality’ an Arabic language workshop

    Organised by the University of Glasgow and the Islamic University of Gaza (Palestine), a workshop in Manchester, 8th March 2019, 2pm – 4pm at the Friends Meeting House. This workshop will discuss the importance of giving a space to the languages of people seeking asylum and/or people who have refugee status. Showing respect and appreciation…

  • Seminar: Prof Adrian Favell (University of Leeds) ‘From political economy to political demography: beyond methodological nationalism’.

    The Migration Working Group – North West is holding its inaugural seminar on 19th of October 2018 at 2pm. Migration Working Group-North West brings together academics, organisations and practitioners working on migration who are either based in the North West of the UK, or researching migration in this region (including Action for Refugees). For the…

  • Event: Dr Julia Hope – Children’s Literature About Refugees 14th May

    ‘Children’s Literature About Refugees: A Catalyst in the Classroom’ DR JULIA HOPE, GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Monday 14th May 2018 at 1.00pm, Room E1 This seminar welcomes Julia Hope, author of, ‘Children’s Literature About Refugees: A Catalyst in the Classroom’.  This book addresses one of our most pressing global issues – often called “the migrant crisis”…

  • Demonstration in support of Eastern Ghouta Liverpool city centre, Sunday 25 February 2018

    The Syrian community in Liverpool organised, at very short notice, a moving demonstration in support of their compatriots and, in some cases, former neighbours caught up in the siege of Eastern Ghouta. This was in response to the escalation of the attacks by Syrian government forces and Russian warplanes on Sunday 19 February. Hundreds of…