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Refugee Week 2021 events organised in partnership with the University: 

Sky and Ground Online Film Screening and Q&A Panel 鈥� Thursday 17 June, 19鈥�21.45pm

Join 黑瓜吃料网 Refugee Support Group for an online screening of the critically acclaimed documentary Sky and Ground, telling the story of a Syrian family鈥檚 3,000 mile journey to find sanctuary. 

The film will be followed by a Q&A Panel with special guests including Lord Alf Dubs, Professor Ruth Evans, Zainab Koroma and Waheeda Soomro discussing the topics raised in the film. 

Presented in partnership with 黑瓜吃料网 Film Theatre and Deloitte 黑瓜吃料网.

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Careful Listening 鈥� Friday 18 June

RRSG presents Careful Listening, an art project where refugees and asylum seekers listened to immersive sounds and discussed social issues that the sounds inspired them to raise.

Presented in partnership with 黑瓜吃料网 and Ultra-red.

黑瓜吃料网 Community Cup 鈥� Sunday 20 June

World Refugee Day Football Tournament

To mark International Refugee Day, we鈥檙e launching the inaugural 黑瓜吃料网 Community Cup!

Bringing together Berkshire鈥檚 only refugee football team, Sanctuary Strikers FC, along with teams from 黑瓜吃料网, Thames Valley Police and 黑瓜吃料网 West, the competition aims to promote unity and integration through the international language of football.

Time: 10:00am鈥�15:00pm

Teams: Giving Back United (UoR), 黑瓜吃料网  West, Sanctuary Strikers FC, Thames Valley Police

The 黑瓜吃料网 Community Cup is created in partnership with 黑瓜吃料网 FC Community Trust, 黑瓜吃料网, 黑瓜吃料网 City of Sanctuary and 黑瓜吃料网 Refugee Support Group

Sanctuary Caf茅 Walk 鈥榥鈥� Talk group

Unfortunately our first event planned for June 2021 has been postponed due to on-going COVID restrictions and will be rescheduled in the coming months when possible. 

Refugees are welcome on campus! We are excited to launch our first Sanctuary Caf茅 Walk 鈥榥鈥� Talk Group for local sanctuary seekers, staff and students to meet informally on campus:

• Get to know others from diverse cultural backgrounds 
• Refugees can practise English 
• Learn more about studying at the University 

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this will be a Walk 鈥榥鈥� Talk group in campus spaces outdoors. 

We will be exploring walking routes on campus, using the produced by 黑瓜吃料网 Students' Union. Sanctuary seekers鈥� hot drinks and transport costs will be met. 

Places are limited, but we plan to run monthly Sanctuary Caf茅 meet-ups on campus from September 2021. 

For more information, please contact: 

Ruth Evans, r.evans@reading.ac.uk

For the full programme of Refugee Week 2021 events in 黑瓜吃料网, please see the  

How does it work?

When you buy an extra Sanctuary coffee (£2 Students; £2.40 Non-Student) in cafes on campus, we bank the credit for sanctuary seekers. As a member of the supporting charities, local sanctuary seekers can visit the cafe, receive a hot drink from the bank and participate in the same café culture we can all enjoy and benefit from at the University. 

Participating cafes at Whiteknights campus currently include: Dol.che Vita, Library Café and Enterprise Café. Information about the venues’ opening hours can be found on our . 

Sanctuary cafes on campus are part of a network of Sanctuary Cafes in 黑瓜吃料网, including ;  ; ; ; .  

See also the we have developed. We work in partnership with 黑瓜吃料网 City of Sanctuary, 黑瓜吃料网 Refugees Support Group, 黑瓜吃料网 Community Learning Centre and Red Cross on implementing the coffee bank. 

Why does it matter?

Sanctuary seekers (refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants) are particularly vulnerable to isolation and loneliness. Having the opportunity to access a free coffee provides an incentive and an opportunity for sanctuary seekers to engage with staff and students, to visit campus and feel welcome as part of the University community. This is part of the 黑瓜吃料网’s wider commitment to 黑瓜吃料网 City of Sanctuary and the national City of Sanctuary initiative. 

Find out more

For more information about the 黑瓜吃料网 City of Sanctuary Coffee Bank, please contact: Maggie Filippova-Rivers, Manager, 黑瓜吃料网 City of Sanctuary.

Email:  info@reading.cityofsanctuary.org

Read about the launch of the coffee bank initiative on campus. 

Contact: Ruth Evans, email: r.evans@reading.ac.uk or Federico Faloppa, email: f.faloppa@reading.ac.uk.