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ESOL Classes at Welsh Refugee Council
25th January 2024 |

ESOL Classes at Welsh Refugee Council

Welsh Refugee Council offer free ESOL classes. Please complete the WRC ESOL Classes Registration Form if you want to attend WRC ESOL classes. Every Monday with Marie 1:30 to 2:30 pm [Online] Every Tuesday with Marie 09:30 to 10:30am [Online] Every Friday with Marie 09:30 to 10:30 am [Online] Every Friday with Mike 10:00 to 12:00 [Cardiff Office] Click …

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Our Holiday Hours this Festive Season
13th December 2023 |

Our Holiday Hours this Festive Season

Our staff will be enjoying a well-deserved break throughout the Christmas Period and ALL our offices will have a reduced timetable during this period. We wish everyone a safe festive season and a peaceful 2024 and will be back at work as usual from Tuesday 2nd January 2024  Our Offices will be closed on the …

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Upholding Humanity: A Call for Reform in the UK Asylum System
16th November 2023 |

Upholding Humanity: A Call for Reform in the UK Asylum System

We all agree that the UK needs an efficient, functioning asylum system that does not waste taxpayers’ money. The current system, and the proposed Rwanda plan, are ineffective, dysfunctional, and expensive, forcing people to put their lives on hold for far too long. We are immensely relieved by the Supreme Court’s reasonable decision, announced this …

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Welsh Refugee Council awarded Welsh Charity Award
12th October 2023 |

Welsh Refugee Council awarded Welsh Charity Award

We are over the moon to have been named Organisation of the Year at the 2023 WCVA Welsh Charity Awards 2023. The Welsh Charity Awards recognise and celebrate the fantastic contribution charities, community groups, not-for-profits and volunteers make to Wales. We are delighted to have been recognised alongside all the other brilliant winners and nominees …

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Spotlight on Cardiff STAR
29th September 2023 |

Spotlight on Cardiff STAR

This blog was written by Maryam, Secretary of Cardiff Student Action for Refugees (STAR), a student society at Cardiff University.  STAR- What is it? Simply put, it stands for Student Action for Refugees and is set up across universities throughout the UK. It is a fantastic society to be a part of once you start …

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ESOL Trip to the National Museum in Cardiff
21st September 2023 |

ESOL Trip to the National Museum in Cardiff

by Souleymane Ouedraogo On Tuesday 12th September Amgueddfa Cymru kindly hosted our ESOL class on an ESOL trip-out to the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. Welsh Refugee Council volunteer Souleymane Ouedraogo submitted the following report on the special outing.   As part of an outing organized by Welsh Refugee Council ESOL tutors Marie and Chris; …

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Fancy a Trip to the National Museum?
11th September 2023 |

Fancy a Trip to the National Museum?

🗓️ Tuesday 12th September: 11:00 – 2:00 📍Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP Home to five hundred years of magnificent artwork and natural history exhibitions; the National Museum of Wales is completely free and belongs to everybody. On Tuesday 12th September, our ESOL class is taking part in a special ESOL Trip-Out welcome to all refugees …

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Play Project Trip to Global Gardens
6th September 2023 |

Play Project Trip to Global Gardens

Can we come here again? Currently based at our temporary home at Parkminster United Reformed Church; our Play Project welcomes families on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Our Play Project is a very special place giving children safe places to play and have fun. Throughout the Summer, families have been going on days out including visits …

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Welcome Ticket Feedback!
14th August 2023 |

Welcome Ticket Feedback!

We are delighted that Welsh Government has extended the Welcome Ticket for refugees until 31 March 2024. This provides a lifeline for Refugees rebuilding their lives in Wales enabling people to attend all-important English Language classes, seek legal advice, and spend time with their communities.  Nonetheless, we are all too well aware that some people …

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Celebrate Wales this Summer
10th August 2023 |

Celebrate Wales this Summer

We love Wales and we love celebrating it’s diverse communities that have made Wales the amazing country it is today. From Colombian tiple to Butetown Carnival to Glitter Pride; here are 6-Events celebrating the wonderful communities of Wales …    1. Love, Cardiff : 50 Years of Your Stories Our friends at Sherman Theatre are …

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