Pilgrimage to Wells 2018
Annual 40 Hours of Adoration 2018
Responding to the crisis caused by the war in Ukraine
Donations
We collect donations daily and they can be dropped by the Parish House.
We are looking for the following items: medicines, duvets (new), pillows (new), women's sanitary products, toiletries, baby nappies. wipes. head torches, batteries, hard hats.
Make music not war - London artist unite
All the proceeds from this concert will go to the 'Save the Children' organisation.
CAFOD will be working through partners including our sister organisations Caritas Ukraine and Caritas Poland, on the ground
This Government scheme to allows British people to host a refugee family in their homes for six months or more.
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) have been supporting people to host refugees for many years.
To sign up for the Government scheme, please click here.
For more information, please click here.
The Parish Community
Even though accommodation will necessarily be provided by an individual household the involvement of the parish community is still required. Skills such as befriending, catering, introduction to local amenities and schools will be needed.
Ukrainians already present in the UK
Ukrainians will be anxious to bring their family members over and the Government has set up a scheme to allow this, but it will not apply to everyone – see the information on the CSAN resource.
For more information, please click here.
Risk of human trafficking
An open letter was sent from a group of organisations working in the field of Human Trafficking. It was signed by Karen Anstiss, manager of Caritas Bakhita House. The letter highlighted the risk that those who have fled Ukraine, to Poland and Romania, may be at risk of being trafficked for the purposes of exploitation and slavery.
As always please be vigilant of the signs of human trafficking and modern slavery, which can be found on our website here.
Volunteering to help refugees in the UK
Not everyone can host a refugee, but we need people to help support a refugee or asylum seeker.
We are able to help find volunteering roles and anyone interested should fill in this form here.
The Nationality and Borders Bill
The House of Lords has voted against key clauses of the Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill. The Bill will soon return to the House of Commons, where the Government is likely to reject many or all of the Lords’ proposed amendments. JRS UK has produced a briefing asking MPs to support the Lords’ amendment to prevent the creation of differential treatment of refugees depending on how they arrived in the UK. We urge people to write to their MPs on this matter. The JRS briefing can be found here.