Welcome to the Holylands’ Big Lunch Are you coming to the Big Lunch this Sunday? Belfast Friendship Club, Wildflower Alley, City Church and Northern Ireland Muslim Family Association are ready to welcome you. There will be dragon dances, music, food …

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When: 18 June, from 12pm Where: Holyland Area, starting at City Church, moving on to Wildflower Alley and Muslim Family Association You are invited to our Big Lunch in the Holyland and University area of South Belfast. Join us in celebrating …

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Some of our Belfast Friendship Club members are running the relay race in the Belfast Marathon to raise much needed funds for the group. If you would like to sponsor them, you can donate on this webpage: https://localgiving.org/charity/belfastfriendshipclub/ There are two …

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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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Urban Community Chef receives Friend of Belfast Friendship Club award This year’s ‘Friend of Belfast Friendship Club’ award was presented to Urban Community Chef Mark Humphries by Norma, a long-term member of the club, at our 8th birthday celebration in …

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BFC 8th birthday party SAVE THE DATE! Friday 24th March, 6-9pm for members, families, friends and supporters. At City Church, above Common Grounds. All welcome! Music, dancing, food and more starting off with a fun percussion / drumming workshop at 6pm With …

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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

Transgender Champion 2016 Our coordinator, Stephanie Mitchell, was delighted to accept a ‘Transgender Champion’ award from Focus: The Identity Trust, on behalf of Belfast Friendship Club. Junior Minister Megan Fearon MLA presented the awards on 28 November at Stormont. This …

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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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