Carlisle Unity Festival

18/06/2024

14/06/2024

Looking forward to Refugee Week plans for next week, here are posters for three welcoming free events at the main campus of Carlisle College (CA1 IHS) - come to Reception to find the events.
Please invite your friends and share this post - see you soon!

> Signs of Welcome on Tuesday 18th June is a hands-on creative workshop and anyone in the community is invited to come and join in - all ages will enjoy this and you can create a sign as an individual, with friends or with the family. The hours are 2-4:30, so there's also time to pop along the Carlisle College after school if you can.

> The Community Conversation event from 12:00-2:00 on Wednesday 19th offers visitors a free hot lunch, on-the-spot poetry writing for all and the chance to enjoy an exhibition of images from the Secret Garden project with local asylum-seekers hosted at Tullie in 2023

> The Community Film Night is on Thursday 20th from 6:00-7:30. 3 diverse short films will be shown, chosen from the 2024 films curated by the UK Refugee Week team. Come and join in!

The theme for this year's Refugee Week is 'Our Home' - here's the beautiful and inspiring image created by Manjit Thapp.
The full programme of free activities in Carlisle and Penrith is shown in our earlier post, or click here: tinyurl.com/nvy74s34


Carlisle City of Sanctuary Carlisle Refugee Action Group page Penrith and Eden Refugee Network Carlisle Library and Archives Penrith Library Carlisle One World Centre
Awaz Cic Multicultural Cumbria Refugee Week Anti Racist Cumbria
City of Sanctuary Cumbria Development Education Centre
Discover Carlisle

11/06/2024

📢 People of Carlisle - have your say 📢

People who live and work in Carlisle and the surrounding areas are being offered the chance to contribute to a major report about the city which will be published later this year.

Cumbria Community Foundation has commissioned the report – Carlisle: Opportunities and Challenges – which will analyse the city’s social needs and issues, and identify opportunities to help communities thrive.

Members of the public are invited to attend an online meeting on Tuesday 9 July at 6pm to hear more about the project.
Find out more 👇
https://tinyurl.com/4jfh532t

11/06/2024

It's Refugee Week starting Monday 17th June!
There's lots happening in Carlisle and Penrith - all are welcome to join any of these local welcoming events hosted by many community organisations and groups.
Please see the week's activities in the photo - many thanks to Annie Pennington at Carlisle College for co-ordinating us and creating this poster.
Download a pdf copy here: https://tinyurl.com/nvy74s34

The 2024 Refugee Week theme is 'Our Home': we look forward to seeing you!

Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.
Established in 1998 in the UK, the annual festival aligns with World Refugee Day, celebrated globally on June 20th.


Carlisle City of Sanctuary Carlisle College Tullie Carlisle Refugee Action Group page Penrith and Eden Refugee Network Carlisle Library and Archives Penrith Library Carlisle One World Centre
Awaz Cic Multicultural Cumbria Refugee Week Anti Racist Cumbria
City of Sanctuary Cumbria Development Education Centre

24/03/2024

You've probably seen that there are Carlisle-based colleagues in several categories in these Diverse Cumbria Award shortlists.
Congratulations!
The Award event is on 30 March here in Carlisle and tickets are on sale until 12:00 Monday 25th - details on Diverse Cumbria Awards

Carlisle Youth Zone Carlisle United Community Sports Trust Tullie
Multicultural Cumbria Carlisle City of Sanctuary Carlisle Refugee Action Group page

11/02/2024

Happy Chinese New Year to all celebrating! Wishing prosperity & longevity as we welcome the Year of the Wood Dragon. The Dragon is considered the most auspicious of the 12 signs in the Chinese Zodiac. Kung hei fat choi!

21/01/2024

Lindsey Atkinson and I are so pleased that Care4Calais has shared the story of our blend of projects carried out over the past 18 months with men and women seeking sanctuary in Carlisle - all with the support of Tullie and many other partners. Of course Including the sister-project on this page, the Carlisle Unity Festival - where the top photos come from. Maybe you created one of those Signs of Welcome! Thanks to all!

Multicultural Cumbria Carlisle Refugee Action Group (CRAG) City of Sanctuary Carlisle City of Sanctuary Growing Well Global Link Lancaster & Morecambe City of Sanctuary AWAZCumbria