On 7 May, Belfast Friendship Club will have two teams in Belfast City Marathon: a relay team of runners: Hung-Wen, Sonam, Paul, Mehrshad and Norma (with Bronagh, Frank, Gerry and Liz as back-ups) and a team doing the 8-mile walk: …

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After a short winter break, Belfast Friendship Club is up and running again. The next meet-up is this Thursday 11 January, 7pm-9pm in our usual haunt at Common Grounds Café, University Avenue, Belfast. Come on in from the cold dark …

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Belfast Friendship Club has inspired similar groups, around Belfast but also in Scotland and further afield. Today, we begin a series of posts on these initiatives, starting with North Belfast Friendship Club: North Belfast Friendship Club “The North Belfast Friendship Club …

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Blythefield Primary School has become Northern Ireland’s first School of Sanctuary. To support this initiative, the school attended a Small Worlds workshop  with Belfast Friendship Club on 21 June. The workshop helped staff and pupils understand what it means to …

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Building inclusive communities Last year, Jonathan Barnes of Migrant Help UK visited Belfast Friendship Club on several occasions to find out more about how the group works. He wrote a report based on the experiences of club members and others to …

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Find out more about our ‘Small Worlds’ Workshops. To book a workshop, contact Stephanie Mitchell: stephanie.mitchell@sbrtr.org.uk 07548 938508

Our Refugee Week WelcomeFest event at St Anne’s Cathedral was on TV! Watch it here: www.irishtv.ie/antrim-matters-84 This was a joint event by: Belfast Friendship Club, British Red Cross Northern Ireland, and Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (NICRAS). We …

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Finance Minister presents Global Kitchen certificates On 4 August, Finance Minister Máirtín O’Muilleoir MLA presented certificates to a group of asylum seekers and refugees who successfully completed the Global Kitchen course. He congratulated them and praised their tenacity and talent: “Refugees and asylum …

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