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1st February 2024 |
IKEA UPPNÅ Employability Programme
Are you a refugee in Wales? Fancy working for IKEA? Applications for the February 2024 IKEA Uppna programme are now open. The much-loved UPPNÅ Employability programme is a partnership between IKEA Cardiff and our Education & Employability Team helping refugees rebuild their lives in Wales. The Programme involves a series of employability workshops at …
26th January 2024 |
Honorary Fellowship for Chair of Welsh Refugee Council
Gwych, Harry! We are delighted that our Chair, Harry Iles, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the University of South Wales (USW) for his work supporting people seeking sanctuary in Wales. Harry has served as our Chair of Trustees for six years and has spent decades making the world a better place. Born in …
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 …
13th December 2023 |
Opening Hours 2024 Festive Season
Our staff will be enjoying a well-deserved break throughout the festive period and ALL our offices will have a reduced timetable during this period. We wish everyone a safe festive season and a peaceful 2025 and will be back at work as usual from Thursday 2 January 2025. Open hours: Tuesday 24th December: 10-1pm Wednesday …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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; …
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 …
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 …