In August this year, the government announced that it was closing all hotels housing Afghan refugees who had arrived in the UK following the fall of Kabul in 2021. We’ve had […]

We were delighted to join friends new and old in St Pauls for a wonderful evening celebrating International Women’s Day! Our guest musicians Ozcan and Taban provided a powerful harmony […]

We were so excited to join Hartcliffe Methodist Church for our first Peace Feast in BS13, and what a wonderful evening it was! Our guest musician Soufian Saihi set the […]

We were delighted to join Redland Quakers for a wonderful Peace Feast on Saturday night! After a delicious meal of Syrian mansaf cooked by Lara, we were treated to a […]

by Holly Taylor, Task Volunteers Coordinator We are really proud to have launched our new Task Volunteering role at the beginning of this year. Volunteers provide support to families from […]

by Nic Hope, b.friend Project Manager When I took the Project Manager role of b.friend in October 2021, the nation was heading out of the pandemic which had deeply affected […]

It’s been a wonderful summer for Peace Feast, and we’re honoured to have partnered with some great organisations in Bristol for some fabulous feasts. In June we joined Zion Community Cafe for […]

Reflections on our Afghan response, a year after the fall of Kabul by Hattie Mitchell, Events Coordinator ARAP Scheme “Wow! It’s just like Afghanistan!” I’m sure you’ll be as surprised […]

We’ve had the pleasure of hosting two really memorable Peace Feasts this Spring, with some great friends, old and new. In March, we gathered 90 people with Bristol’s Sudanese Community […]

There have been several ‘firsts’ for RefuLingua this past term! For starters, we have run our first class teaching the Somali language. We ran an eight week ‘introductions’ course attended […]