Hello!

It's Lara, Dalia & Camara here at Refugee Week HQ. We're just over a month away from Refugee Week and there are so many wonderful updates and resources to help you get ready to take part.

In this newsletter, you'll find this year's fantastic Compassion artwork, the Social Media toolkit and an invitation to attend an online information session on 16 May to help answer any questions you may have. Plus, the Refugee Week shop is now open!

Finally, if your event or activity is ready to share- you can add it to the Refugee Week calendar. More info below.

Love and Solidarity,

Lara, Dalia & Camara
Refugee Week UK team

We are so excited to reveal this year's Compassion artwork by the incredibly talented @_murugiah. This colourful, vibrant and fresh illustration was created in collaboration with young asylum seekers and refugees from Compass Collective. You can learn more about the story here.

Everyone is invited to use the Compassion design to raise awareness of Refugee Week and promote your own activity. How?

1. Order free posters and postcards to promote Refugee Week in your local area, here
2. Use free digital files of the Compassion poster to share on social media. This year's social media toolkit includes the Compassion design, Simple Acts illustrations, suggested text, templates, and logos.
3. Buy Compassion merchandise from the Refugee Week Shop (posters, t-shirts, sweatshirts and more for all ages!
   
   We can't wait to see these beautiful images of Compassion all over social media!

A reminder of ways to get involved in this year's Refugee Week

Artists & creatives

• Healing Justice London is looking for three Community Artists for a series of commissions to be shown as part of Rehearsing Freedoms Festival in London in Autumn 2023. Deadline 15th May. Apply here
• Journalist and Photographer Alexander Durie is looking for a space to host an exhibition on his series Calais Jungle. Contact Alex here if you might be able to help.
• The Road to Nowhere is open for submissions for issue three. The Road to Nowhere is an annual print magazine platforming second-generation immigrants, ‘third-culture kids’, and diaspora in the arts and creative industries. Pitch your ideas to info@theroadtonowhere.online.
• The Woven Voices Prize for Playwriting is now open for submissions. The Woven Voices Prize for Playwriting platforms the voices of migrant playwrights in the UK, staging their work in the heart of the West End. The Woven Voices Prize celebrates migrant writers, an underrepresented demographic on British stages. It is a proclamation of a global, multicultural Britain. Submission window closes on 1 June 12pm

Funding

• Lloyds Bank is offering a three year unrestricted grant of £75,000 to small local charities and community interest companies (CICs) with an income between £25,000 - £500,000 working with people who have faced inequity because of their race or ethnicity. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Wednesday 31 May 2023. Apply here.

Jobs and Opportunities

• African Rainbow Family is hiring for a Refugee Advocacy Lead and Campaigns and Communications Officer. Deadline is 27th May. Apply here.
• Reunite Families UK is looking for a Project Manager to join the team for a short-term contract starting on 30th May for approx. 4 months. Find out more here.
• Migration Yorkshire is looking for a Community Researcher to support the research work of Migration Yorkshire. You need to have experience of migrating to the UK and speak Ukrainian. Apply here.
  
• The Refugee Festival Scotland Media Awards has opened its call for entries. The Refugee Festival Scotland Media Awards celebrate exceptional reporting on refugee and asylum issues. The awards honour the vital work of journalists in building greater public understanding of the experiences of people affected by forced migration. Apply here.
• St Augustine's Center are looking for a Communications Manager to join their friendly, diverse team at St Augustine’s Centre in Halifax, and help make a real difference for people fleeing war and persecution. Apply here.
  
• FLEX (Focus on Labour Exploitation) are recruiting research participants for a discussion group to inform a research project called Evidencing and preventing risks in post-Brexit labour migration routes. The first meeting will take place online on 17th May 2023, 6 - 8pm. If you are interested, please either fill in this short survey or email: research@labourexploitation.org or send a WhatsApp/text message to +44 7752 661063.