• Syrian Mothers’ Day Event in Liverpool 25 March 2018

    Written by Mayya Al Safadi Diab. With the help of Refugee Action, an event was organised by members of the Syrian refugee community for Syrian ladies and children in Liverpool on the 25th of March 2018. Thanks to the active ladies and in co-ordination with Refugee Action, the event was a great success, it involved…

  • Global Unity: Fundraising for Care4Calais

    Global Unity held a cake sale to raise funds for Care4Calais, a charity supporting refugees who are living on the streets following the destruction of ‘the Jungle’.

  • Young asylum seekers ‘face blanket study ban’ The Guardian 8 April 2018

    This article by Maeve McClenaghan highlights an important issue affecting the education of young asylum seekers. Colleagues in the FE sector have expressed great concern for the well-being and prospects for success of asylum seekers who access their adult provision. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/08/young-asylum-seekers-education-ban 

  • Prof John Diamond supports Action for Refugees

    Mike Stoddart writes…. Action for Refugees was formed as a grouping of academics, support staff and students at Edge Hill University who felt a common need to respond to the plight of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and abroad. The initial spark was created by a presentation given by members of staff in…

  • 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…

  • From our inbox (March 28th)

    More events, calls for papers, new research and other information related to work with refugees that we think should be shared. Documentary about seeking asylum in the UK and the detention process. A Qualitative Research Symposium ‘Understanding Migration’ is to be held on the 12th April at UEA, designed to be as accessible and interactive as possible…

  • Put away your British accents: Farsi Taster session @FoE

    Twenty students and staff from the Faculty of Education volunteered for a Farsi taster session this week. Our teachers were two refugee volunteers from Iran, supported by West Lancs CVS. As new learners we were told to ‘Put away your British accents’. Working in small groups, the trainees and staff enjoyed the opportunity to hear about…

  • From our inbox (March 15th)

    There’s a lot of events, calls for papers, new research and other information related to work with refugees that we think needs to be shared as widely as possible. At Edge Hill, a new Migration Working Group has been set up, led  by Dr Zana Vathi. Gramnet (the network for community members and scholars working in…

  • 5-a-side @EHU

    The lads enjoyed a good five-a-side evening at Edge Hill last Monday. Teams are made up of local refugees and EHU staff and students. This is a fortnightly session, 5-6pm organised by Dr Jack Sugden, Lecturer in Sports Business & Management in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Sport & Physical Activity as part of the Action for Refugees…

  • Action for Refugees: News and views

    We’ve started this blog to act as a port of information for what has rapidly become a rather large group of staff and students committed to ‘Action for Refugees’. Check out the ‘about’ page to find out how ‘Action for Refugees’ began, look at the ‘volunteering’ page to see current opportunities to get involved in…