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Schools of Sanctuary
Shout out for David Baldwin who works voluntarily with North Tynesid schools, supporting them to become accredited Schools of Sanctuary...
mitchison
Sep 41 min read
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Our Annual General Meeting
Advance notice to Tyneside Welcomes' friends and followers: our 2025 AGM will be held at Quorum Business Park, Benton Lan, NE12 8BU from...
mitchison
Aug 131 min read
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Refugee Week 2025
There's a good range of activities on offer in Newcastle for World Refugee Week. Try your hand at story-telling in a workshop organised...
mitchison
Jun 171 min read
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Our hope for 2025:
Photo: S.Mitchison
mitchison
Jan 11 min read
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Come dancing!
Tyneside Welcomes is holding a fundraising ceilidh along with Walking With, a local charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers. ...
mitchison
Oct 10, 20241 min read
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Our fifth A.G.M.
Our AGM took place on September 10th at the Quorum Business Park in Benton - thank you, Quorum! We were delighted that the fourth family...
mitchison
Sep 11, 20241 min read
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Jo Cox event at St Charles' Church
Thank you to St Charles Church, Gosforth, for inviting us to set up this stall on June 30th! Photo: Fiona Miller
mitchison
Jul 4, 20241 min read
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One year in - and counting!
It's a year since the family we're currently supporting arrived. We held a picnic to celebrate! Thankfully, it didn't rain and the sun...
mitchison
Jul 4, 20241 min read
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Tomorrow is World Refugee Day!
Refugee Day is June 20th and at 6 p.m. today, June 19th, the Tyneside cinema is showing Ben Sharrock's film 'Limbo'. This is a...
mitchison
Jun 19, 20241 min read
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This is World Refugee Week!
This year the theme for the week, June 17th-23rd, is 'Our Home'. There are things going on all week on Tyneside. Join in! Get...
mitchison
Jun 16, 20241 min read
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Our stall at All Saints' Farmers' Market
Our stall at the market on May 18th raised £178. Shout out Diana Lavin who organises the market and her team of volunteers who make it...
mitchison
May 21, 20241 min read
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May 18th Farmers' Market
On Saturday May 18th we'll have a stall at the Farmers' Market hosted by All Saints, West Avenue, Gosforth, NE3 4ES. Come and support us...
mitchison
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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Eid Mubarak!
This year Ramadan ends at sundown today. Its end is celebrated by the Eid al-Fitr holiday. This image is of a painting done by a member...
mitchison
Apr 9, 20241 min read
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Fundraising success!
The All Saints Christmas Fair was a success! And in addition to supporting All Saints, our stall raised over £400 for Tyneside Welcomes
mitchison
Jan 31, 20241 min read
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Christmas Fair!
Gosforth Welcomes will have a table at the All Saints Christmas Fair this Saturday, December 2nd, from 11 am to 1 pm. All Saints Church...
mitchison
Nov 29, 20231 min read
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Laughter Yoga
The Best Medicine? Well, sometimes! All of you volunteers out there know the feeling. After coping with an insane amount of pressure -...
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Nov 22, 20233 min read
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Our Fourth Annual General Meeting
Come and meet the Trustees of Tyneside Welcomes and our volunteers at our AGM today, September 11th. We will keep the meting brief: 6.30...
mitchison
Sep 10, 20231 min read
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Another family!
We are thrilled to welcome a fourth family, sponsored by the Gosforth Welcomes branch of Tyneside Welcomes. They are recovering from...
mitchison
Jun 20, 20231 min read
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Refugee Week
It's international refugee week. There are events and activities on Tyneside to mark the occasion. Tyneside Welcomes is taking part in...
mitchison
Jun 20, 20231 min read
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Gosforth Welcomes prepare to support a new refugee family
Volunteers from the Gosforth branch have been decorating a flat in preparation for the expected arrival of a further refugee family in...
mitchison
May 3, 20231 min read
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