Refugee Week

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Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, resilience, and creativity of refugees. Each year, thousands of independently organised events take place globally. Explore what’s happening near you by browsing through the calendar below.

Refugee Week is an open platform & everyone is invited to get involved. You can support local events, take part in Simple Acts, or even host your own activity!

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Our Home: An Interactive Exhibition

Chapter House, Canterbury Cathedral Cathedral House, 11 The Precincts, Canterbury

During Refugee Week as we focus on the plight of [...]

Home: An Interactive Exhibition

Canterbury Cathedral 11 The Precincts, Canterbury

Canterbury Cathedral, Chapter House During this week of focus on [...]

Free

Home Through the Lens

Diss Library Church Street, Diss

A photography exhibition at Diss Library showing the work of [...]

Free

Home Through the Lens

Norwich Millennium Library Millennium Plain, Norwich

A photography exhibition at the Norwich Millennium Library showing the [...]

Free

Refugee Week Art Installation

St Mary's Church, Guildford Quarry Street, Guildford

Ali Arkady is a photojournalist, artist and filmmaker from Iraq. [...]

Home (exhibition)

ARK: Cliftonville's Cultural Space Albion Road, Cliftonville, Margate

An exhibition of work curated by the Araqa Collective, an [...]

Free
Ongoing

Digital skills for beginners

SHAK Ground Floor Linnel House, Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate, Boundary Road, London

Learn basic computer and  smartphone skills in a drop in [...]

Refugee Week Malta

Various

Refugee Week Malta (RWM) is the local edition of the [...]

Thrift & Gift popup shop

Islinton Square 129 Upper street, Islington, London

A pay-it-forward store like no other: shop second-hand to give [...]

Intercultured Sticker Campaign

Centenary Square Sunbridge Road, Bradford

This year as part of Bradford Refugee Week, Intercultured has [...]

Refugee Week in South Cardiff MA

St Mary the Virgin Church North Church Street, Cardiff

A whole week of events with South Cardiff Ministry Area, [...]

Refugee Week in Warwickshire 2024

various venues across Warwickshire England

Refugee Week 2024 invites Warwickshire to reflect on the meaning [...]

Free

Project Play Auction

ONLINE EVENT

Between the 17th and 23rd of June, Project Play are [...]

Miles for Refugees

Get active this Refugee week, and start a challenge supporting [...]

In Limbo Exhibition

Jubilee Library, Window Gallery Jubilee Street, Brighton and Hove

A multi-media photography exhibition spotlighting the stories and experiences of [...]

Free

Story time

Jubilee Library Jubilee Street, Brighton

Simple Acts discover a story. Storytime for preschool children and [...]

Choose Love Folkestone

Fourth Wall Folkestone 48 The Old High St, Folkestone

Something super exciting is happening in Folkestone next week for [...]

Free

No Man’s Land

Birmingham billboard

GRAIN Projects commissioned artist Ngadi Smart to lead workshops with [...]

ALM Refugee Week Trip

Asylum Link Merseyside St Anne's Centre, 7 Overbury Street, Liverpool

Our Annual Trip out from Liverpool to Wirral, visiting the [...]

North Tyneside Refugee Week celebration

Working Well hub North Shields Beacon Shopping Centre, Bedford Street, North Shields

A community celebration with arts and crafts, fashion, short film [...]

Celebrating Refugees Event

Green towers community centre Plevna Road, London

Come and enjoy a day filled with valuable resources, services, [...]

Free

Poetry reading

Swansea Central Library Oystermouth Rd, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

Poetry reading with Aruni McShane and SCVS.

Sanctuary Just a Cuppa

Dereham Library High Street, Dereham

Drop in for a friendly cuppa and cake and a [...]

Arkwright Meadows Tuesday Lunch Club

Arkwright Meadows Community Gardens Kirkby Gardens, the Meadows, Nottingham

Arkwright Meadows Community garden is a green oasis in the [...]

Refugee film workshop screening

Dukes cinema, Lancaster Moor Lane, Lancaster

Staff in the Film and Fine Art departments at Lancaster [...]

Free

Vale of Sanctuary Planning Event

Evesham Town Hall 24, Vine Street, Evesham

Evesham Vale Welcomes Refugees is hosting an event in Evesham [...]

Free

The Drop

The Music Works 27 St Aldate Street, Gloucester

IncDrop is our inclusive after-schools club for young people with [...]

Ideas into Action Demo Day 2024

Museum of the Home The Studio, The Museum of the Home, 136 Kingsland Road, London

The Ideas into Action Demo Day on Tuesday 18th June celebrates the [...]

Free

Games Night

The Forum Borough Road, Darlington

Join us to play some well known games and even [...]

£1.00

Film Screening

Aidan Heavey Library Athlone

To mark Refugee Week 2024 the Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone [...]

Free

Film Screening

Mullingar Library, Mount Street, Mullingar

To mark Refugee Week 2024 Mullingar Library will be showing [...]

Free

The Canteen – Poetry & Acoustic

The Canteen Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth

Welcome to The Canteen - Poetry & Acoustic Event! Come [...]

Free

Performance Evening / Digital Exhibition

Nottingham Playhouse Wellington Circus, Nottingham, NG1 5AF, Nottingham

Refugee Roots and Nottingham Playhouse are collaborating to present an [...]

Rafiki

Royal Manor Theatre Fortuneswell, Portland

A bittersweet, hopeful, and groundbreaking love story. Rafiki tells the story [...]

£5

Singing in Solidarity

Christ Church, Highbury Highbury Grove, London

Join us for Singing in Solidarity - an uplifting evening of singing, [...]

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About Refugee Week:

Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. The festival is a partnership project coordinated by Counterpoints Arts.

Theme & Dates:

This year the festival takes place from 17-23rd June 2024 and the theme is “Our Home”.

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