This is going up a little late but I think it’s worth it anyway. Caroline Yates organised a fantastic event at the Wigtown Book Festival. Entitled “A taste of Syria” we had a wonderful selection of food provided by Mohammed (one of the resettled refugees) and in addition to some great poetry from a...
Do you belong to any kind of activity group and if so would you be happy to introduce a refugee or asylum seeker to them? Maybe you fish, maybe you draw, maybe you play bingo, do yoga or swim? What we want is to get a list of activities which we can offer to...
This year, a landscape Strange, quaked and scarified The softer, greener, ground we thought we knew Seems stripped away As if by detonation. Were those cliffs always there Standing, stark Knife-edged against the sky? None of us are whole, unscarred None of us fear-free We are wounded but our wounds are strength Together we...