Stories

Stitching Together with Dawn

Dawn shares the beautifully stitched cushions, clothes and crafts from our Stitching Together programme. Stitching Together creates a safe space for women from refugee backgrounds in Bristol to build friendships, […]

St Pauls Peace Feast

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 […]

Hartcliffe Peace Feast

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 […]

Redland Quakers Peace Feast

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 […]

Task Volunteers – Making a Practical Difference

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 […]

Reflections On My Year With Bridges

Clare Nutbrown-Hughes is in her third year of training with the United Reformed Church. She spent a year on placement volunteering with Bridges and offered this reflection as she looked […]

Peace Feast on the SS Great Britain

Thanks to Brunel’s SS Great Britain for a marvellous Peace Feast! In the stunning dining room of the ship we tucked into a delicious three-course, locally-sourced meal, courtesy of Houria Catering, shared stories […]

Befriend Project – Summer 2022

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 […]

School Linking – Summer 2022

To mark the end of the school year, Bristol School Linking, took part in the Linking Network’s first School Linking Celebration Week 1000’s of schools across the country marked the week […]

Peace Feast – Summer 2022

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 […]

From Kabul to Bristol – Afghan Resettlement One Year On

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 […]

Peace Feast – Spring 2022

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 […]

Refulingua – Spring 2022

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 […]