Falmouth and Penryn Welcome Refugee Families

16/10/2026

Plenty of bargains to be had at The Cornish Bank!

08/10/2026

Please, message Shelley directly if you are able to help! This is a big deal!!! And so important for our friends Mobile Refugee Support 🧡

26/09/2026

Visit The Red Dress exhibition at Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, Truro, January 2026. Take part in community art projects and events.

25/09/2026

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Reverend Rod Green, Bishop of Stepney, said the Haven Supper Club in Islington is a 'blueprint' for churches across London.

03/09/2026

🇺🇦🎬 UKRAINIAN CINEMA IS COMING TO CORNWALL!
This September, Cornwall becomes part of “Empowered UA” — an international film marathon celebrating 35 years of Ukrainian independence.

Join us for a Ukrainian film screening with English subtitles:
🎬 10 September | Truro | 7:00 pm
EMPOWERED (СПРОМОЖНІ) — a documentary about seven remarkable Ukrainians and the people shaping Ukraine’s future through culture, human rights, art and creativity.
🎬 20 September | Wadebridge | 7:30 pm
DOVBUSH — a spectacular historical adventure about freedom, identity, love and the legendary Ukrainian hero Oleksa Dovbush.

💙💛 Donations at the door are welcome.
Bring a friend. Bring your family. And come discover Ukraine through the stories of its people.
Through contemporary documentaries, feature films and Ukrainian cinema classics, Empowered UA offers a chance to discover Ukraine’s history, culture and people — and learn more about its resilience and fight for freedom.

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The international film marathon "Empowered UA" is initiated by the Watch Ukrainian! Association, with the support of the MHP-Hromadi Charitable Foundation and the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA of Ukraine).
UK Organiser: KRYLA Culture CIC
Event Co-organisers:
Sunflowers and Choughs
Inspiring Women Network Cornwall
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
Regal Cinema Wadebridge

10/08/2026

He joined us 3 or 4 years ago as an unaccompanied asylum seeking child. He was cheeky, reluctant to focus on anything and always looking to blag something....

Now look at him! He has refugee status and a job and in his spare time he volunteers at DRS as a bike mechanic and/or translator and with the New Arrivals Alliance Lived Experience group.

And best of all? He helps newly arrived unaccompanied asylum seeking children, like a big brother 🥰😢😍❤️

27/07/2026

Humongous THANKS to these two Super Stars, Lilyan and Tanya, for leading Team Jumble (Falmouth&Penryn Welcome Refugee Families ) to a roaring success with the overflowing stall of jumble joy at the The Cornish Bank Summer Camp Trefusis Estate !!!

Thanks to the community festival revellers, musicians and creatives who supported us so generously!

Thanks Cornish Bank Crew for always inviting us to the best festival ever!!!
(Where is the Toucan emoji?!)
🧡🩷💙💛💜💚🩵❤️

21/07/2026

All welcome!

🛎️TOMORROW 🛎️

Truro Community Refugee Support are hosting Hate Crime Reporting training.

🗓️ 22nd of July
🕰️10.30-12.30pm
🏠All Saints Highertown Church, Truro

The training is being delivered by PC Andrew Rowe who is hoping to empower as many community actors as possible to be skilled at reporting hate crime on behalf of other community members.

Please email [email protected] to confirm your place.

09/07/2026

“Sanctuary” is a word that gets used a lot. But what does it actually look like?

It's a library stocking books that more people can read and enjoy. A school making sure every child feels valued and included. A church creating a space where everyone feels welcome. These actions, taken together, can transform our communities.

We work with the organisations and institutions at the heart of our communities to help make this happen.

Our charitable purpose is to support people with experience of the asylum system. But when services are more accessible, welcoming and inclusive, everyone benefits.

Wherever you live or work, there are ways to get involved.

Sanctuary is not an idea. It is something we do. And everyone has a part to play.

☀ Find your local group: https://data.cityofsanctuary.org/groups/list
✨Explore the Sanctuary award: https://cityofsanctuary.org/awards/
⚡Donate to support this movement of welcome: https://www.justgiving.com/charity/cityofsanctuaryuk

20/06/2026

Wow what a day! Incredible weather , food - and of course company - at Falmouth’s Dracaena Centre

Huge thanks to :

ACORN Falmouth & Penryn
Affinity Skateboarding
Falmouth Food Co-op
RJ Working
Women’s Centre Cornwall
Tarq’s Balloons
Rhiannon’s Rhymetime
Eve’s Facepainting

And to our friends Hannah & Sophie for the Ukrainian food , Safaa for Syrian food - plus all the delicious cake donations.

Special thanks to Lilyan and Raf for the Palestinian cooking demo and talk.

And to Falmouth Town Council, UK for the green space plus Penryn Town Council for the tea urn.

And of course to our wonderful volunteers- without whom nothing would be possible - and to the generous public who came to support.

Happy Refugee Week all!