Refugee week 16th - 22th June 2008
Events in Burngreave
As part of region wide celebrations, Burngreave is marking Refugee Week with the following events:
MONDAY JUNE 16TH
Refugee Week Launch and Celebration
11:00am - 12:00noon / Exhibition Room Town Hall with the Lord Mayor
Entertainment by Springfield Primary & Firth Park Community Arts College.
Contact Katie Drake: 0114 273 6612 / Kathryn.Drake@sheffield.gov.uk
TUESDAY JUNE 17TH
Refugee Week Party
6:00pm - 9.30pm / FREE / Burngreave Vestry Hall, Burngreave Rd, S3 9DD
For refugees aged 13-19
Organised by the Children's Society Embrace Project.
Contact Matt: 0114 275 7322 / 07810 796510 / Matt.atkins@childrenssociety.org.uk
Almost Adult (Certificate 18)
6:15pm / £6.20 (£4.20 conc.) / Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row, S1 2BX
Introduced by Burngreave resident Inderjit Bhogal, Chair, Sheffield City of Sanctuary
The story of two teenage girls who come from different countries and speak different languages but become part of each other's family.
Box Office: 0114 275 7727 / info@showroom.org.uk
WEDNESDAY JUNE 18TH
Childrens Event
11:00am - 12:00noon / Winter Gardens
Whiteways Junior School: Rap Poetry and Indian Dance.
Firvale School: Poetry.
Firth Park Community Arts College: Drama/Dance - Refugee Peace; Dance - No Limits.
Promises
7:00pm - 9:00pm / £5 (suggested donation) / Vestry Hall, 2 Burngreave Rd, S3 9DD
A play devised and performed by refugees in Sheffield, about a mother's quest to build a new life in a strange land.
Contact Helen Todd: 0114 241 2783 / www.nrcentre.org.uk/react
FRIDAY JUNE 20TH
Cultural Fashion Show + Training Awards
10:00am - 5:00pm / FREE / Station Foyer, 95 The Wicker, S3 8HT
Foyer training awards in the morning, followed by a cultural fashion show, acts & entertainments for all ages. Organised by Refugee Support.
Contact Barry Brown: 0114 2675250 / Barrington.Brown@mst-online.org.uk
East Meets West
7pm / FREE / Vestry Hall, 2 Burngreave Rd, S3 9DD
A variety show of bollywood, bhangra and western touches such as hip-hop.
Contact: 0114 213 3800 / Isha Nandra: glitzglam2000@yahoo.com
SATURDAY JUNE 21ST
East Meets West
See Friday
World Over 2008 Concert!
Dedicated to the memory of Owen McDowell
7:00pm / £7.50 (£5.00 conc.) Tickets available from Blue Moon Café; New Roots / Victoria Hall, Norfolk St, S1 2JB
Evening of Music, Poetry and Dance in aid of ASSIST
(supporting destitute asylum seekers), celebrating the diversity of talent from across the world in Sheffield.
Contact Katie: 07841016428 / www.assistsheffield.org.uk
- Refugee Week - World Over 2008 Concert!
- 7:00pm to 9:00pm Saturday 21 June 2008
- Refugee Week - East Meets West
- 7:00pm to 9:00pm Saturday 21 June 2008
- Refugee Week - East Meets West
- 7:00pm to 9:00pm Friday 20 June 2008
- Refugee Week - Cultural Fashion Show + Training Awards
- 10:00am to 5:00pm Friday 20 June 2008
- Refugee Week - Promises
- 7:00pm to 9:00pm Wednesday 18 June 2008
- Refugee Week - Childrens Event
- 11:00am to 12:00pm Wednesday 18 June 2008
- Refugee Week - Almost Adult
- 6:15pm to 8:15pm Tuesday 17 June 2008
- Refugee Week - Party
- 6:00pm to 9:30pm Tuesday 17 June 2008
- Refugee Week - Launch and Celebration
- 11:00am to 12:00pm Monday 16 June 2008