Refugee Resource

Professionals with an interest in FGM are invited to attend our workshop next Monday

Refugee Resource in the Oxford Times and Oxford Mail : "It's my way of giving back"
See at:
https://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/…/1724118 8.refugee-resource-…/
... https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/…/17241188 .refugee-resource-o…/
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The Women's Service at Refugee Resource have been making Christmas Decorations and selling them with their Recipe Books ( containing favourite recipes from their home countries) at local events; picture here is at the Light Festival.
If you want to buy a recipe book (£5) or pack of 3 Christmas Decorations (£5) come to the Ethical Festive Shopping Event organised by the Anti Slave Initiative Oxford at St Andrews Church, 9 Linton Road OX2 6UH on 24th Nov at 7.30- 9.30 pm or drop into our offices or email us at communications@refugeeresource.org.
Perfect Christmas purchases!

On 16th October the Women’s Service from Refugee Resource, in collaboration with Oxford University Museums, served a free, freshly cooked lunch at the Museum of Natural History for vulnerable and isolated communities in Oxfordshire. Guests were adults with learning disabilities, older people and others from Oxfordshire Mind, Young Dementia UK and Oxford Association for the Blind.
The lunch was cooked using recipes from the Women’s Service own recipe book - ‘Come to Our Table...’. The women produced this recipe book to include their favourite food and drinks from their home countries last year, and this year they wanted to build on this by cooking and sharing their food with other people in the local community.
The aim of the gathering at the museum was to bring Oxford’s diverse communities together, build bridges and to develop connections with other groups in Oxford, to reduce isolation and exclusion. This is the third of a series of four cafés, which Refugee Resource and Oxford City of Sanctuary will be running over 2018.
One of the Women’s Service members, Lubna Mahmood expressed how rewarding it feels to be able to cook and serve other people in our community. She said: “We cooked the meals from the bottom of our hearts”.
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#wetalkedFGM at Refugee Resource FGM training to compliment local efforts to #endFGM. The year long training will enable women to become anti FGM ambassadors with their communities. Let’s keep talking about FGM to save our girls’

Missed the announcement on the day, but it is definitely worth repeating now - this is really fantastic news!
https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/…/537 2_minister_announces…

Check out this exhibition of painting and sculpture at St. Giles Church for the next 2 weeks. Proceeds are kindly being donated to Asylum Welcome, Sanctuary Hosting & us.

Refugee Resource's women's group provides social, practical and emotional support to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.

Good luck Ed!
Ed is running he Reykjavik marathon on Saturday and raising money for Refugee Resource while he is at it! You can support him here: https://www.everyclick.com/ed_does_the_re ykjavik_marathon

Yes! And you can also request a copy of 'Come to Our Table' recipe book by emailing Fatou: fatouceesay@refugeeresource.org 😉

Having been rather quite over the last month or two, we wanted to share a few photos of what we have been up to.... KAMA Oxford had their fantastic launch event back in July. Some of our women's group members were involved in sharing their skills through cooking & sewing demonstrations. Find out more about upcoming KAMA skill sharing events on their Facebook page: KAMA Oxford

A special huge THANK YOU today #NHS70 to all our hard-working & dedicated partners at local GP surgeries, hospitals, community outreach teams, Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group etc!
Thank you for the vital healthcare you provide for our clients and for supporting us to continue our specialist mental health services for refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants in Oxfordshire.

Come along on Saturday to the launch of KAMA Oxford - a brilliant organisation just starting up in Oxford to promote the sharing of knowledge in our communities through courses and events run by refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.
We will be there on Saturday - looking forward to the cooking & food!😋

Fatou, our Women's Service Coordinator, talking about the women we work with at Refugee Resource: 'ordinary women who have done extraordinary things'.
This was part of a panel discussion about the experiences of women at Somerville College in June 2018, with Shaista Aziz, Peymana Assad & Catherine Briddick from Refugee Studies Centre and our own Fatou & Dilber.