Stories
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Afghan Response: A Volunteer's Perspective
by Holly Taylor Watching the awful events unfold in Afganistan on the news and hearing that many...
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Autumn Peace Feasts - Oct 2021
It's been wonderful to hold two Peace Feasts in different areas of Bristol this last month,...
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Afghan Response Update
Bridges for Communities is delighted to be partnering with Bristol City Council to support the...
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Walk With Me - Summer 2021
It was wonderful to partner with Bristol Refugee Festival and this summer, and to work with...
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Celebrating Sanctuary Peace Feast
It was great to host our first live Peace Feast in over a year at Redcatch Community Garden in...
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RefuLingua Update - Aug 2021
Refulingua have just completed the summer term of spoken Arabic classes in Levantine dialect. We...
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Bristol School Linking update - Jan 2021
Our new Bristol School Linking project was launched in the autumn term, and is continuing to move...
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Christmas With a Difference - Dec 2020
Instead of our usual Christmas party where families come and meet Santa, this year we took Santa...
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The Path Leads to Bristol - Photography Project
In November we really enjoyed contributing towards a photography exhibition at Arnolfini. The...
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Virtual Peace Feast - Rebuilding Together
As we look to the future and plan how we can rebuild our city after Covid, I had the honour of...
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Virtual Peace Feast - Christmas
In December, I had the privilege of meeting Fr Dr Nadim Nassar, Director of the Awareness...
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Walk With Me - Summer/Autumn 2020
During the lockdown of spring 2020, when one of the only ways of leaving the house was to go out...
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Virtual Peace Feast - Overcoming Isolation
In October 2020 I had the honour of interviewing Kim Leadbeater, ambassador to the Jo Cox...
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Craft Collective making facemasks for Covid-19
During the Covid-19 pandemic, our Craft Collective have been busy making facemasks! The Craft...
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Celebrating 10 Years of Bridges for Communities!
This summer, we are celebrating 10 years of Bridges for Communities! We recently wrote to everyone who has...
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Middle East B.friend Update - July 2020
Telephone befriending, zoom befriending, doorstep befriending, and park or garden befriending have...
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RefuLingua Update - July 2020
Our Refulingua teachers have been adapting to ‘the new normal’ by very quickly learning to use...
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Refugee Celebration: Virtual Peace Feast - June 2020
We had the privilege of partnering with Bristol Refugee Festival last week to host our second...