This is awful. These are real people experiencing trauma, this should not be recorded and celebrated. #DoBetter #RefugeesWelcome #RwandaBill

We speak to a Syrian man, at an immigration enforcement reporting centre in Loughborough, who tells Darshna Soni he was detained today and has been told he will be deported to Rwanda.

Another incredible EDI session run by Ngozi Lyn Cole she/her for the staff and advisory panel West End Refugee Service 🧡. EDI is so important to our values and Ngozi is an excellent coach!

On Friday we headed to the Great North Museum: Hancock with Natural History Society of Northumbria to attend an event and tours hosted by Multaka. Thank you so much to all of these organisations for a great afternoon and for making art and history accessible for all!

If you know Emma you will know how hard she works seeking out and organising volunteering opportunities for our community. #newcastlecityofsanctuary #refugeesupport #volunteeringnewcastle

For just £25 you can sponsor a sunflower and be a ray of light to refugees in the North East. Each sunflower will be hand painted by our volunteers, have your name written in the middle and hung in the WERS garden as a display of our gratitude. Just scan the QR code below.

This week let us introduce our amazing activities and connections team! #refugeesupport #newcastlecityofsanctuary

We hope you all have a happy and peaceful day.

We had a fantastic call with our colleagues from Ciac. They are a fellow refugee charity based in Parma, Italy who we are working with as they set up their own advisory panel. We have so much to learn from each other and we are so grateful to have made this connection with them!

What does WERS do?

We wanted to introduce you to our team and let you know what we actually do here at the West End Refugee Service. First up: the support team. #WestEndRefugeeService #RefugeeSupport #newcastlecityofsanctuary

Donation Need! A little bit of a different ask this time as we are looking for football boots for our soon to start football group and craft supplies. If you have anything drop by!

Today we did a nature in art session at Scotswood Natural Community Garden. It was a great turn out and an important opportunity to learn new skills, socialise and relax. Thanks to The National History Society of Northumbria and The National Lottery Community Fund.

We are really looking forward to this event this morning and hope to see a lot of you there!

Newcastle ISoc-Ramadan Appeal for WERS wers.enthuse.com/cf/ramadan-app…

Thank you so much to Moving Parts Arts who joined us this weekend for some puppet making and song writing. We were thrilled to see so many families come together and create some amazing art!

If you missed our International Women's Day and Mothers Day videos last weekend you can watch them on the blog section of our website. 2 incredibly powerful videos from 2 amazing women.

Ramadan Mubarak from everyone at WERS! We wish you a peaceful month full of hope.