Bradford Friendship Choir

Bradford Friendship Choir A singing sanctuary for everyone, particularly those seeking asylum and their friends. https://linktr.ee/bdfriendschoir

22/07/2026

A new Arabic song in the works, Helwa Ya Baladi by the legendary

Thank you Mohammad Elyas for teaching us the words!

In June Temi came to support the choir while Furaha took some time off for her busy time around Refugee Week. Temi under...
05/07/2026

In June Temi came to support the choir while Furaha took some time off for her busy time around Refugee Week. Temi understood what the choir was about straight away, and brought fresh energy to our songs with his brilliant musicianship. Thanks for everything, Temi - we hope you’ll come back and work with us soon!

- we look forward to having you back for July!

Last night we said farewell to a special choir member. joined us while she was doing her MA in Peace Studies at - whic...
25/03/2026

Last night we said farewell to a special choir member. joined us while she was doing her MA in Peace Studies at - which she had ALMOST completed! Thank you for bringing your wonderful energy and beautiful singing voice to the choir, Ruby. We will miss you!

24/02/2026

Every time we get a chance to perform, we love singing 'Home' a song that was written by for back in 2024 but has now slowly become our anthem. This is a clip of us performing it at the We Will Sing exhibition at back in November 2025. Furaha has recently released this song on all streaming platforms so go check it out (Artist name: Furaha Mussanzi, song: Home)

Lyrics:

This is my home
I belong, I feel safe here
You are my peace
My hiding place and my refuge

Chorus:
Where else can I go
Where I am loved, no longer judged
Where else can I go
Where I am cherished, no longer turned away

You are my home and my hope
The futures bright

30/01/2026

We are throwing it back to our performed at the 'We will singing exhibition in back in November. What a timely song to sing in these troubled times, a reminder that there is hope and light at the end of the tunnel. See the lyrics below and sing along with us.

'We got all the love
All that we need
To change the world
Hallelujah
We got all the love
All that we need
Blessed be, mhh mhh'

15/01/2026

We have been loving learning this beautiful song by the talented titled 'Nguya na ngai' which means 'my power' in Lingala, one of 450 languages in DR Congo 🇨🇩

The words are so powerful, here is the translation:
Bolingo na ngai, eza na s**a te
(My love has no end)
Esengo na nangai, eza na s**a te
(My joy has no end)

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07/01/2026

It was so good to be back at choir yesterday after the Christmas break. Happy New Year everyone!!

Here's a video of us singing 'Come in Peace', led by - see the lyrics below and sing along. We look forward to seeing new faces in 2026 so if you're thinking of visiting us, then we meet every Tuesday evenings from 5:45 -7:15pm at

Come in peace
You are welcome
Come in faith
You are safe
Come in joy
You are precious to us
Come in peace
Come in peace

27/12/2025

A wonderful highlight from our recent Winter Solstice event singing our new favourite song, Maliswe, with all the actions before we went out enjoyed singing by the fire. Thanks for teaching us this song.

Wow, what a fantastic evening celebrating our (early) winter solstice event with some lantern making, Meeting new friend...
16/12/2025

Wow, what a fantastic evening celebrating our (early) winter solstice event with some lantern making, Meeting new friends, lots of singing, dancing by the fire and delicious food. A wonderful way to end 2025 on a high sharing our hopes and wishes for the upcoming year.

Thanks for helping with the lanterns, for and for leading our singing, for allowing us to use their grounds and all the amazing BFC volunteers for making this evening super FUN!!

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12/12/2025

We've so enjoyed having teach us a few new songs at choir over the last couple of weeks. Maliswe is a traditional South African song, which became an apartheid song, meaning Maliswe come back home.

Thanks for all you've contributed to the choir Mon, we so appreciate you.

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Cafe At Fountains Church
Bradford, VIC
BD50BQ

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