Stoke Sings at the Victoria Hall 25 January 2020

Prompted by Penny and gathered together by Jackie, twelve Asha users attended joyful performances from a superb selection of Choirs from in and around Stoke-on-Trent. “We should be on the stage next year” commented one user! Who would disagree? Singing is good for the soul and a welcome respite from the constrained everyday life of an asylum seeker.

Asha North Staffordshire

4 weeks ago

Our team of staff and volunteers are working hard today and are delivering Children's packs to all our families! Huge thanks to National Literacy Trust Stoke Reads for a massive donation of books! Additional thanks for even more books from Stoke-on-Trent Libraries and B-Arts. Last but not least, thank you to Sporting Communities for securing funding on behalf of Asha - we've been able to buy colouring pens and drawing pads to add to our packs! Partnership working at its finest 🙂👍📔📒📕📚📖 ... See MoreSee Less

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Asha North Staffordshire

2 months ago

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Asha North Staffordshire

3 months ago

Imagine, a Refugee Week production by families who attend Asha’s weekly Saturday clubs (World Refugee Day 20 June 2020)

Determined not to leave Mums and children in limbo during lockdown, Asha swiftly decided to maintain contact by phone, text, and WhatsApp. Besides regular weekly calls, children are sent a story read by a member of staff and an uplifting song. One song was Imagine, the theme of this year’s Refugee Week. Adults and children were invited to create a drawing, painting or poem imagining a world beyond Covid-19. The result was a power-point presentation which was then produced as a film with music and sent to all Asha families on World Refugee Day.

To alleviate loneliness and isolation, apprehension and fear, Asha’s staff remain available to all asylum seekers in the City, for practical help and emotional support and as a conduit to the British Red Cross or Refugee Action. In addition, on Mondays’ families can request a home delivery service of food and on Thursdays’ callers can collect food laid out under a gazebo on the car park!

This week all our families will receive a carefully curated tablet, with a variety of programmes to engage the interest of children, facilitate online learning and, we hope, help their parents to feel less like the odd-ones out, deprived of access to the technology which is fast becoming a necessity.

Asha could not do this alone. What is being achieved would be impossible without the ongoing support of our donors and volunteers to whom we owe a Big thank you. ... See MoreSee Less

Imagine _ Refugee Week June 2020

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