We are wired for stories. Stories are how we step into someone else’s life and understand the world around us. Stories are powerful. They communicate someone’s energy, emotion and experience […]
Author: Dan Morrice
by Dan Morrice for Bridges for Communities Once in a blue moon, Britain goes big on protests. The keep calm and carry-on mentality that we’re supposedly known for goes out […]
by Dan Morrice, for Bridges for Communities What does a marathon runner from Birmingham and an El Salvadorian hairstylist have in common? I didn’t know either, so I tracked down […]
by Dan Morrice, for Bridges for Communities What would it look like to go one step further than celebrating diversity in cultures? How about building friendships across cultures, seeing people from all […]
Our Stitching Together Project recently had the opportunity to inspire viewers across the region, as BBC Points West featured a lovely film on the project in the evening news with […]
It’s been a real delight to get out on some fresh winter walks with people sanctuary in Bristol recently. The long nights can add to the feeling of loneliness for […]
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 […]