UoG Refugee Support Society

06/12/2022

We’re so excited for our first fundraiser of the year on Friday 9th Dec at FCH 🤩

🍰 We’ll be hosting our annual bake sale to raise money for our friends and for our volunteering stint with in Calais.

👩🏽‍🍳 If you’re a keen baker and would like to bake for a good cause, we’d love for you to donate us a bake! DM to tell us more.

🕊 We’ll have vegan and gluten free options (and a card machine!) Can’t wait to see you all there 💙

02/11/2022

Join us tomorrow for our Creative Workshop 🎨

💸 We’ll be working on producing our posters for our upcoming fundraisers

🗺 We’ll be making plans for our trip to Calais at the end of the academic year

🌟Finally, we’ll be looking at affiliating with - something we’ve been looking forward to for a long time!

All welcome - new members and those who want to know more! We’re a Society focused on building an understanding of challenges facing refugees and people seeking asylum, and always welcome questions.

See you there 💙🕊

19/09/2022

Really excited to meet you all at Welcome Fayre last week, and even more excited to invite you to our Welcome Event 💙

🍿We’ll have snacks and drinks
🎉 We’ll play some games
❓And answer any questions you have about the Society and plans for the year.

ALL WELCOME! Especially new members! See you there! 🕊Any questions before the event, just drop us a message!

29/05/2022

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17/05/2022

Very happy to have been mentioned by the lovely team BA Education at the University of Gloucestershire! We are so chuffed with our 'Gnome-ination!' and to have won the award for Services to Fundraising and Charities at the University of Gloucestershire Students' Union Gnomies last week. 🕊

Congratualtions to Ellie and the Refugee Society on winning a Gnomie at the recent student society awards.

Ellie says:

“We are so, so pleased to have won our Gnomie for Services to Fundraising and Charities!

It’s a huge credit to all of the hard work the Society have done this year to increase awareness of challenges faced by people seeking asylum and refugees, and the fundraising we’ve completed to support our friends at Cheltenham Welcomes Refugees and our University Sanctuary Scholarship.

We’re looking forward to more challenges and ways to get involved next year, and are always welcome to more members! If you’re interested, or have any questions, please drop us an email at [email protected] or reach out on social media “

24/04/2022

Only a few weeks until our friends Cheltenham Welcomes Refugees host their exciting FUNDRAISING QUIZ! 🎉🎉🎉 We've got our thinking caps on and can't wait to hear everyone's exciting quiz team names!

Let's get quizzical!

Make a donation and help us reach our fundraising target with Give as you Live Donate.

28/02/2022

We cannot wait for tonight where will be Welcoming the “Displaced Child” statue to our beautiful FCH Campus.

The statue is inspired by the as a representation of displaced children around the world. We cannot wait to welcome our friends from .refugees and other exciting guests for this special event.

In light of the events in it is even more important we show acts of welcome, hope and friendship. Can’t wait to see you there! 🎉🎉🎉

(If you haven’t signed up on Eventbrite, don’t worry, we’d love to see you there!)

25/11/2021

Today’s the day! We will be at FCH Chapel all day with the best bakes on campus! 🧁🍩🍪🥐🍰🥧
We’re raising money for the Michael Perham Sanctuary Scholarship Fund 🕊 — swipe to find out more.

Thanks to all our lovely bakers! Shout out to .witherington .h_2k for their contributions and all our other star bakers 🤩 We are so grateful for your help. 😍

Can’t wait to see as many of you there as possible! We take card, we have vegan and GF options - we’ve got it all! 😍

16/11/2021

We can’t wait for Thursday! We’ll be meeting at The Loft from 5:30 for our Planning Party 🎉!

Here’s our agenda! Lots to do and get involved in 😍

🕊Finalising plans for our Bake Sale!
👚Planning our
🌳Organising our SM2 Fundraiser
🎄Talking about Christmas Plans!
🙏🏽Promoting the Sanctuary
Scholarship
💙Introducing our Committee!

Can’t wait to see as many of you there as possible. Ping us a message if you have any ideas! 🕊

09/11/2021

Are you a keen baker? 👩🏽‍🍳
Do you want to donate your time for a good cause? 💙

If the answer is “YES”, then we need you!

We are asking student to donate any baked good – homemade or shop bought, sweet or savoury, big or small – to our Bake Sale happening on the 25th November! 🍪🍕🥧🥖🥨🧁🎂🥐

All money raised from the sale of your beautiful bakes will go to the Sanctuary Scholarship Fund 🕊 (swipe for more info!)

If you, your friends or your Society can help us out, we’d love to hear from you! Just drop us a little DM and we’ll send you some more information. In particular we’re looking for some vegan and gluten free options – so why not experiment with some new recipes?

Can’t wait to hear from you 🕊