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SUMMARY:Connect and Grow
DESCRIPTION:Come to Connect and Grow for food\, friendships and new skills. There will be food and crafting available between 11am and 2pm as well as the chance to chat to helpful people about employability skills and keeping your home healthy and warm. We’ll also have two practical workshops sessions\, one about boosting your skills and confidence when applying for jobs and one about how to keep your home warm\, dry and safe while spending less on energy bills. The event is open to all – come to as much or as little as you would like at St Werburghs City Farm. Free  – no booking required. \nWhen: Thursday 11 June 2026\, 11am – 2pm \nWhere: St Werburghs City Farm\, Watercress Rd\, BS2 9YJ
URL:https://www.bristolrefugeefestival.org/event/connect-and-grow/
LOCATION:St Werburghs City Farm\, Watercress Rd\, Bristol\, BS2 9YJ
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SUMMARY:The Lion\, the Fox and the Feather: Blaise Castle House Museum
DESCRIPTION:The Lion\, the Fox and the Feather is an art and poetry drop-in event for all the family! \nRespond with art and poetry to an illustrated version of the Aesop fable ‘The Fox and the Lion’ created specifically for the 2026 Bristol Refugee Festival and the theme of Courage. \nA mosaic of all responses will be displayed and shared at Bristol Central Library on Sunday 21 June. \nWhen: Thursday 11 June 2026\, 11am – 3pm \nWhere: Blaise Castle House Museum\, Henbury Road\, Bristol\, BS10 7QS \nFree (booking required)
URL:https://www.bristolrefugeefestival.org/event/the-lion-the-fox-and-the-feather-blaise-castle-house-museum/
LOCATION:Blaise Castle House Museum\, Henbury Road\, Bristol\, BS10 7QS
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SUMMARY:Bristol Refugee Rights Open Day
DESCRIPTION:Join Bristol Refugee Rights for a Community Lunch at our Welcome Centre Open Day to celebrate Refugee Week! It will be a hopeful\, positive\, celebratory event\, bringing the community together for an afternoon of food\, music\, art and activities. \nWhen: Thursday 11 June 2026\, 12pm – 3pm \nWhere: Bristol Refugee Rights \nFor further information\, email fundraising@bristolrefugeerights.org
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Lecture: As British as Fish and Chips – Refugees and the English Channel – A Poetry Indaba
DESCRIPTION:A talk and poetry reading (indaba) with Ambrose Musiyiwa\, a poet and journalist\, and Helen Moore\, a Bristol-based ecopoet and academic. \nMusiyiwa co-edits the Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series\, which has recently published As British as Fish and Chips\, an anthology of writings by and about refugees crossing the English Channel. \nMoore\, whose latest collection\, The Last Lighthouse in Rising Seas (Palewell Press\, 2026)\, bears witness to forced migration and its links with the climate / ecological crisis. \nWhen: Thursday 11 June 2026\, 12.30pm – 13.30pm \nWhere: Bristol Central Library\, Deanery Road\, City Centre\, Bristol BS1 5TL \n  \nAbout the Speakers: \nAmbrose Musiyiwa is a poet and journalist with a background in the intersection between activism\, migration\, and community action. He coordinates Journeys in Translation\, an international\, volunteer-driven initiative that is translating Over Land\, Over Sea: Poems for those seeking refuge (Five Leaves Publications\, 2015) into other languages. He is also on the editorial board of the Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series.\nhttps://forcedmigrationandthearts.blogspot.com/ \nDr Helen Moore is a pioneering British ecopoet\, socially engaged artist\, writer and scholar. She has published three internationally acclaimed ecopoetry collections\, and her fourth\, The Last Lighthouse in Rising Seas\, is forthcoming from Palewell Press in May 2026. Helen curates ECOPOETIKON\, an online showcase of global ecopoetries\, and teaches at two British universities. She is currently working on a climate memoir about wild Atlantic Salmons.\nwww.helenmoorepoet.com\nInstagram: @helenmooreecopoet
URL:https://www.bristolrefugeefestival.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-as-british-as-fish-and-chips-refugees-and-the-english-channel-a-poetry-indaba/
LOCATION:Bristol Central Library\, Deanery Road\, College Green\, Bristol\, BS1 5TL
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