New Routes Integration

Come on down to Grapes Hill Community Garden, Norwich, today!

For free food by Namaste India Norwich, music Samia Malik Music, choirs Anna Mudeka, and performances (including the last chance to see a public performance of "I Will Heal", by our new Sanctuary Ambassadors team, with Simon and Charlie of The Common Lot), games, plant stalls, cakes, language tasters, Nordic braiding (no, I'm not sure either, but it's popular right now, apparently)... and... ice-cream!

The forecast is great, the welcome is warm. Please come join us, 11am - 3pm, NR2 4HH

Come along, and get involved in our wellbeing workshops, making recycled pottery mosaics. This morning, 10 - 12, at Anteros Arts Foundation. ALL FREE! For any age, ability, or length of time you can spare.

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Tomorrow, as part of Norwich Refugee Week, we're hosting the second mosaic workshop - using recycled ceramics to create unique, delightful 3D hangings.

Vicki Moffatt will run this mindful, wellbeing-centred activity for all ages and abilities.

ART WORKSHOP: CERAMIC MOSAICS
Free
SATURDAY 22 JULY, 10:00-NOON

TODAY! Come and join us!
Networking at 1pm, film(s) at 3pm followed by a Q&A panel of the writer, director, producer, and actors from Losing Us - short film.
This promises to be a very special event.
All for a specially reduced price of £5.

Here's the trailer for this Saturday afternoon's bonus film, Rediscovering Home, made by the recently launched Sanctuary Ambassadors of Norwich - catch it alongside Losing Us at Cinema City Norwich this Saturday afternoon, for the specially low price of £5 (New Routes PARTICIPANTS: please contact us if this price is prohibitive for you!): https://vimeo.com/947039106/5dcdcfb828

This is one not to miss... screenings of the impactful Losing Us, and our city's Sanctuary Ambassadors (including New Routes own Mirabel!) in Rediscovering Home. Followed by an impressive Q&A Panel including Losing Us writer, Director, Producer and cast members! All for a specially reduced £5... please come and join us for this special event!

What a wonderful day out at Whitlingham City Broad, with some of our participants. Huge Thanks to all involve! More photos coming soon, over at Refugee Week Norwich

Don't miss your chance to take in the displays around the city for Refugee Week Norwich... this is the final week!

Catch "I Will Heal" today at the Bishop's Open Garden!
A powerful performance, with a powerful message, and hopefully a lasting legacy in informing change to healthcare systems to better support Sanctuary Seekers!

Today's the day! The Bishop Of Norwich’s Open Garden, 1 - 4.30pm
Glorious Sun. Cake+tea. Music/ singing. "I Will Heal" performance by sanctuary seekers, with The Common Lot's Simon and Charlie. Circus skills. Space. Connection.

Entrance from St-Martin-at-Palace-Plain, through the stone arched gateway opposite New Routes (NR3 1RW) !
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Please join us - bring friends and family!

Come down and see us today (10am - 4pm), and the "I Will Heal" performances (1 and 3pm), outside the Forum, at the Migration Matters Fair!

It's a BIG weekend coming up, with the Migration Matters Fair at The Forum on Saturday, and Bishop's Open Garden on Sunday... please come and join us, and our participants ! 🌻🌞🤹‍♀️🪇🎼🎤🍰🌷🎉🎭🎨🎉🎉🌍

Really proud of the New Routes families for making a beautiful book together... please try to get hold of a copy, to support the Welcome Wheels project!

Refugee Week has started, and we have a whole host of brilliant free, drop-in activities taking place in Norfolk Libraries! Here is a list of everything we've got going on...

'Home Through the Lens' Photographic Exhibition
Monday 17 - Sunday 23 June
Millennium Library and Diss Library
A photography exhibition at both the Millennium Library and Diss Library showing the work of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers exploring the theme of 'Home'. The photographers participated in a series of workshops around Norfolk libraries, exploring photography and captioning, providing them with a platform to share their stories in their own words.

Food From Home Art Exhibition
Monday 17 - Sunday 23 June
People from many countries around the world have used images to represent favourite recipes from their childhood, making 3D boxes and murals in workshops at the Millennium Library and other libraries with artist Melanie Tilford from Art At Work Norwich and artist Shathy Bano.

NML International Welcome Meeting: Family Special
Tuesday 18 June, 2:30-5pm
Millennium Library
Join us for a family international welcome meeting, with tea, coffee and conversation, plus some children’s crafts and books with Sadhia and the team! We hold this weekly meeting to give information and support for all migrants, refugees and international people with lived experience of moving to Norfolk.

Refugee Week Storytime
Friday 21 June, 10:30-11am
Early Years Library, Millennium Library
Fun stories from around the globe for Refugee Week, suitable for all ages.

Make Music Day in Libraries
Friday 21 June, various times
Millennium Library
Listen to a variety of global music around the county.

There will also be special Stories of Sanctuary Book collections available at Dereham, Diss, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn and Thetford libraries, as well as the Millennium Library!

SO MANY fantastic events coming up in the next few days... Highlights!?... Everything is a highlight. Please do come along and support

Our lovely housewarming, yesterday, as part of Refugee Week Norwich this year. Full events program out now: www.newroutes.org.uk/refugee-week-norwich

Our City: Our Home Launched on Sunday - please take a look at the events program and see what you can come along to! www.newroutes.org.uk/refugee-week-norwich

It's Volunteer Appreciation Week... and we could not love our volunteers more! This year we particularly focused on supporting our participants (asylum seekers, refugees and isolated migrants) to volunteer in their new community - within New Routes' activities, with partner organisations, at the city's events and festivals... and finally teaming-up with Voluntary Norfolk to make connections between local businesses and our participant pathways much easier (...more on this to come...). Participant volunteering has included everything from building renovations, to volunteering at the NHS (leading to job opportunities as people receive their Leave to Remain status).

It's great, when out and about enjoying the cultural life of the city, you find some of our sanctuary seekers enjoying it alongside you... and then actually giving YOU help and information! Brilliant 🫶🙌✨

Last year's 'Compassionate City' / RWN23 Evaluation Report can now be read on our website's News page, here: newroutes.org.uk/news/rwn24

Lots of gorgeous, sunny events photos, people's quotes and pledges, to inspire us for Our City: Our Home, encompassing Refugee Week this year...

Our City: Our Home Celebration, encompassing Refugee Week (10 – 30th June 2024) | New Routes Did you know that Refugee Week is the world’s largest Arts & Culture festival!!? Refugee Week Norwich has grown again […]

Unpacking some of the events coming up, run by New Routes, English +, Bridge Plus+, and Norwich International Youth Project NIYP (the Norwich Integration Partnership)... Get your tickets quick, on Eventbrite!

For New Routes Housewarming just drop-in :)

PARTICIPANTS: We have 2 notices for you:

1) Safuat says, there is now summer clothing in our FREE Shop!

2) We have a Youth Worker Job Vacancy, for someone with lived experience of seeking sanctuary. Full details on our website:

Work With Us | New Routes % Due to the departure of our current Youth Projects Coordinator, we are now looking to appoint a new member to […]

Bikes we provide through our Welcome Wheels project offer much more than just a way to get around 🚲

Cycling helps people stay connected to friends and their community, reducing feelings of isolation in a new city. We have supplied over 500 refugees and asylum seekers in Norwich with bikes of their own and always love hearing how they have provided independence and confidence.

Stayed tuned for upcoming events in Norwich for Refugee Week and how you can get involved 💙

In the count-down to Our City: Our Home, encompassing Refugee Week Norwich (10 - 30th June 2024), which is coordinated by New Routes, let's take a closer look at some of the upcoming events, starting with the Migration Matters Fair on Sat 22nd June...

Our families are making a book!
Available during Refugee Week Norwich, and launching at our Anteros Arts Foundation Group Art Show (June 11 - 29th).
Massive THANKS to Rose Feather, and Zannie Fraser!

For the full Our City: Our Home celebration's events, please visit: https://newroutes.org.uk/refugee-week-norwich

It's not too early to start getting involved in the build-up to Refugee Week Norwich...

Planning for Refugee Week Norwich 2024 has begun!

We plan for it to be bigger than ever... one week was never enough... so this year celebrations will run from Friday 14th - Sunday 30th June. Three glorious sunny outdoors weekends!

We have secured generous funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to make sure this year's festival is the most accessible ever, reaching new audiences, and including more/ diverse events by and for new community members!

Those with lived experience of migration are very welcome to attend this planning meeting.
Tuesday 19th March, at New Routes Integration (St Martin, NR3 1RW), 1pm (after English Class)

Please contact us if you have any questions around our latest weekly activities, classes, advice sessions, or the Free Shop

OR if you would like to get involved in our work through volunteering, mentoring, or donating your time, skills and resources in other ways...

Note that our main office has a new phone number (the old one now belongs to the Free Shop).
We are always happy to hear from you.

Our latest Weekly Activities can always be found on our website:
https://newroutes.org.uk/our-timetable

NEW (participant-facing) overview of our week -
English Classes,
activities,
advice sessions,
Free Shop opening times.

Pick this up as a flyer around Norwich, at: Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, REST Norwich / Norfolk and Waveney Mind, MAP Youth Charity, St Barnabas Counselling Centre, English + , Bridge Plus+, Norwich International Youth Project NIYP, Red Cross Norwich, Norfolk Community Law Service, and City College Norwich. (Thank You all!)

* Arabic and Kurdish versions to come soon.*

Our latest activities timetable can ALWAYS be found here:
www.newroutes.org.uk/our-timetable