Stories
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Walk With Me - Summer/Autumn 2020
During the lockdown of spring 2020, when one of the only ways of leaving the house was to go out...
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Craft Collective making facemasks for Covid-19
During the Covid-19 pandemic, our Craft Collective have been busy making facemasks! The Craft...
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Celebrating 10 Years of Bridges for Communities!
This summer, we are celebrating 10 years of Bridges for Communities! We recently wrote to everyone who has...
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Middle East B.friend Update - July 2020
Telephone befriending, zoom befriending, doorstep befriending, and park or garden befriending have...
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RefuLingua Update - July 2020
Our Refulingua teachers have been adapting to ‘the new normal’ by very quickly learning to use...
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Refugee Celebration: Virtual Peace Feast - June 2020
We had the privilege of partnering with Bristol Refugee Festival last week to host our second...
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Virtual Peace Feast - May 2020
Last Friday we attempted something entirely new... a virtual Peace Feast. With the hardship and...
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Baraka Café Peace Feast - March 2020
It was such a pleasure to host our first Peace Feast at the Baraka Community Café in Easton Family...
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Redcliffe Peace Feast - Feb 2020
Our series of Peace Feasts continued this month with a special event in the Arc Cafe, Redcliffe. A...
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Brislington Peace Feast - Jan 2020
St Anne's church hall was the venue for our first event in Brislington, and the community...
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Peace Feast at The Station - Nov 2019
A really heartwarming evening at The Station in Bristol as 65 people from different communities...
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Peace Feast at Easton Academy - Sept 2019
Highlights from the Peace Feast at Easton Academy last Friday. With special thanks to the school for...
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St. Werberghs Peace Feast - July 2019
We had a wonderful evening at St Werberghs Community Centre, bringing together 45 people to share...
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Exmouth Beach Trip - July 2019
A total of 284 people enjoyed a wonderful day on Exmouth Beach last weekend, as Bridges undertook...
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Easton Peace Feast - May 2019
40 people who live or work in Easton came together at Easton Family Centre recently to share a...
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Jordan Refugee Learning Tour - March 2019
In March 2019, staff and volunteers from refugee organisations in Bristol and Bath visited Jordan...
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b.friend Update - Winter 2018/19
Our b.friend programme is one of the things we're most proud of here at Bridges. B.friend provides refugees...
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Training & Equipping Season - Autumn 2018
It's been a busy training season for Bridges for Communities this autumn! As well as our regular...