Tag archives for The Refugee Buddy Project
Safe Havens: Strengthening Our Community
JESSICA BRAYE, FRANCES CROWLEY, KRISSIE NICOLSON, and REBECCA SINKER talk about the birth of The Refugee Buddy Project’s Safe Havens initiative, how it works and why it’s important Kate ButtsSafe…
Refugee Week – Community as a Superpower
ANDREW SWAN Refugee Week takes place nationwide from 16-22 June, and this year’s theme is Community as a Superpower. Across the country, people are encouraged to explore how collective support…
Safe Havens is Coming to Hastings
The Refugee Buddy Project has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for a new community safety project for initiative was sparked by last summer’s far-right riots, when women at…
No Place for Racial Divisionin Hastings
ROD WEBB The Hastings Is No Place for Hate event hosted by the Observer Building earlier this month was the second in a series of meetings to tackle issues connected…
Refugee Week 2024
The Refugee Buddy project announces that it has been awarded a Small Project Grant from Arts Council England to support Refugee Week 2024 and what this ; Courtesy of Hastings…
International Women’s Day Festival Promises to be a Roaring Success
ERICA SMITH Each year, Hastings Women’s Voice hosts an International Women’s Day event. Last year’s festival in Stade Hall was such a success that it has outgrown the venue. This…
HYP – Hastings Youth Press!
Hastings Independent Press and The Magnum Photos Foundation partnered to deliver a free multimedia journalism training programme for 12 local young people, from backgrounds under-represented in the media, during the…
Is Our Attitude to Refugees Colourblind?
Alex Kempton, Operations and Campaigns Manager at The Refugee Buddy Project, discusses the dominant media narratives and the creation of public attitudes towards migrants and people seeking refuge. It doesn’t…
Hastings Refugee Week
This year, Refugee Week (20-26 June) will see a unique series of creative actions and events taking place in multiple locations across Hastings & St Leonards and beyond which highlight…
Old Town, New Hope
By Nick Pelling Hastings Old Town is about to become home to an exciting new community centre. ‘The Nest’ is to open the doors of the Old Town Hall building…
Council Pledges On Refugees
At a full council meeting on 22nd July Hastings Borough Council passed a motion unanimously pledging support for refugees. The motion, introduced by Cllr Andy Batsford, cabinet leader on housing,…