This story is written by our intern, Magda, who is with our team for a whole year. She works closely with our women’s group and is highly motivated and enthusiastic at work. It is great to have her as part of our team. Magda facilitated a session on the International Women’s Day and interviewed four […]
written by Lisa and Yasmine (9 years old SLRA member) In August, around 30 people – families and adults – made their way from crowded and busy London to the calm and beautiful countryside of Berkshire. We met in the early morning at our office to travel all together on a coach to Hempen organic farm. Hempen is […]
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written by Amanda, community leader and volunteer and Lisa It is a tradition at SLRA that during our summer break, in which we do not have our weekly sessions, we go with a group of families and adults to a lovely beach in England. Last year, we could not organise such a trip due […]
written by Tamara Astor, community engagement worker On the 23rd of June, our women’s group met online due to the strikes. One of the ‘Simple Acts’ suggestions for Refugee Week 2022 was to send a message to migrants around the world. Tamara, our community engagement worker, has links with Melie – the founder of WingWoman – an […]
On the 16th of June, we joined the ‘Solidarity knows no Borders Network’s call for a nation-wide action week against the Hostile Environment which was declared ten years ago. Subsequent immigration acts cemented ever increasing harsh and racist policies and measures against migrant communities in the UK. We took the day as an opportunity to… (a) […]
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Written by Bethelem – Daughter of an active member of our women’s group and joined many Kids parties on Zoom. The trip was lovely and epic, we got to craft our own Easter baskets and put some Easter eggs, chocloate and candles in it. The trip was so adventurous that we got to see animals […]
Blog entry written by Shatha – volunteer, community leader and active member of our women’s group; and Lisa On March the 12th we hosted in collaboration with The Feminist Library a day to celebrate International women’s day. On this day, we celebrated the collective achievement of the quilt and the Zine. The quilt was displayed […]
Interviewer: Lisa, volunteer at SLRA; Interviewee: Marry Mary is an active member of our women’s group and joined our 4-Week Community Organising Course in February facilitated by CitizensUk. I interviewed Marry on the phone about her motivation to participate in the course, the impact the course had, and her hopes for the future. What is/was […]
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Blog entry written by Florence – a member of our women’s group The SLRA women group trip to Garden Museum was an exciting trip for me and my experience was amazing. The museum environment was very calm and very welcoming ????, the staff smiling at us makes us feel relaxed to go in and enjoy […]
Community Organising Course with Citizens UK During February, around 30 people we work with, joined our community organising course facilitated by Abigal and Elsie from Citizens UK. Every Thursday morning the whole group met online for 2 hours to learn about what community organizing means, what different kinds of power and leadership there are, and […]
