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As part of Coventry Welcomes, Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 is producing a series of in-person and online gigs in partnership with Counterpoints Arts and our No Direction Home comedy project. Guest headliners include Shappi Khorsandi, Nish Kumar, Kai Samra and Rosie Jones. Gigs will be hosted by Stella Graham. Full details here: https://coventry2021.co.uk/what-s-on/no-direction-home/ [...]
Moving Worlds is a programme of films available to watch at home during Refugee Week, a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees (14-20 June 2021) Responding to this year’s Refugee Week theme ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’, the programme is a curated programme of features and shorts exploring personal experiences of forced [...]
A dolls’ house making workshop with Archimake for the 2021 Virtual Giant Dolls’ House installation ‘Together we care.’
Refugee Week 2021 programme produced in collaboration with our colleagues at the V&A.
The new project from reportage artist Olivier Kugler & writer Andrew Humphreys explores the history and present-day reality of Fish & Chip shops.
Find out about getting involved in Refugee Week and becoming a School of Sanctuary A session for Primary and Secondary school teachers to find out about how you can take part in Refugee Week at your school, and what it means to become a School of Sanctuary. Hear from teachers about what they have done [...]
A gathering to share ideas about how faith communities can welcome and stand with refugees, for Refugee Week and beyond Leaders and members of all faith communities are warmly invited to an online networking event to share learning and ideas ahead of Refugee Week 2021. Visit the Eventbrite page to book your place. Refugee Week [...]
Join gamers, comedians and artists over on Twitch as they compete in our livestreamed ‘Game Time Happy Hour’ hosted by Black Girl Gamers. They’ll be competing for the crown of “Tastiest Cake” in the bonkers game of Cake Bash, while chatting about the games they’ve grown up with and are excited by now; together with the [...]
Part of the Mozilla Festival This session builds upon Beyond the Now’s Season 2 theme of Mutual Aid. It will focus on digital platforms as experimental sites for socially engaged art practices. Digital spaces that re-imagine, activate and facilitate cross-border solidarity, creative exchange, inclusion and racial and social justice. We will explore the scope for [...]
Join us for an evening of laughter hosted by the brilliant Mo Omar and featuring new comedians from the No Direction Home Collective: Meron, Krzysia Blainska, Abdul Tahhan and Nour-ani Sisserian. Plus special guest headliners Fatiha El-Ghorri and Britain's Got Talent sensation Nabil Abdulrashid. Produced by as part of our PopChange programme. No Direction Home is [...]
Counterpoints Arts and OKRE are delighted to be organising our first online ‘Pop Culture meets Social Change Retreat.’ Taking place over three days, the retreat will bring together a range of selected individuals from the worlds of comedy, video gaming, broadcast, visual and performing arts, digital and news media, the charity sector together with the [...]
A series of free online workshops exploring arts and culture for change ahead of Refugee Week 2021
لقاء باللغة العربية عن أسبوع اللاجئ وكيف يمكنكم المشاركة هل أنتم مهتمون بالمبادرات الفنية والثقافية للجمع بين الناس ولزيادة الوعي عن تجارب اللاجئين؟ انضموا إلى لقائنا باللغة العربية من خلال تطبيق زووم لمعرفة المزيد عن أسبوع اللاجئ وكيف يمكنكم المشاركة. إن كنت فنان/ة ،ناشط/ة، مؤسس/ة لمشاريع أو فقط تريد أن تعرف المزيد فمرحباً بكم أينما [...]
Your fundraising questions answered at the December Refugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meet Whether you want to know more about where to find funding opportunities, how to write a convincing application or are just wondering how to get started, this Q&A session is a chance to put your question to straight to a fundraiser. Miriam [...]
Join us for the first in a series of Refugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meets
