Walk With Us - monthly events
Walk With Us are monthly events that keep our walking community connected all year round.
One person with lived experience of detention wrote ‘I am not allowed to work and the days seem very lonely and long. Going on the walks mean the walking days are better.'
11th May 2024 - A Saturday Walk from East Grinstead.
1st June 2024 - A Saturday Walk in East London (location tbc).
21st September 2024 - A Saturday Walk in Chichester (route tbc).
Please contact refugeetales@gdwg.org.uk to join.
There is no cost for those who have experienced detention to join the walks but from those who are able to support our work, we ask for a donation of £5 per walk.
Walk With Us is open to people who have experienced detention, GDWG visitors, Refugee Tales walkers and anyone else who would like to join us! If you are interested in being a regular part of this walking community please email: lauren@gdwg.org.uk
Volunteer with us
We seek volunteers to help with the practical running of our summer walks including baking, driving, support crew and more. We welcome help with publicity and fundraising. Please walk with us and become a Walk Ambassador by raising funds online (email refugeetales@gdwg.org.uk to find out more.) Thank you.
If you would like to be involved in any way, please email: refugeetales@gdwg.org.uk
Inspired By
If you have been inspired by Refugee Tales and would like to organise your own walk or event we have an online resource pack that will provide you with all the information you need. In this pack we have shared practical insights gleaned from our experience of organising Refugee Tales walks and events. We have also included guidelines and recommended text for you to use when advertising or presenting your walk or event.
To request a resource pack please email refugeetales@gdwg.org.uk
Volunteer in your local area
KENT
Kent Refugee Action Network – Independent charity supporting young unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugees and partner in the Refugee Tales. Canterbury.
Samphire – supporting and advocating for ex-detainees across the UK.
Kent Refugee Help – – supporting immigration detainees held in Her Majesty’s Prisons Maidstone, Wormwood Scrubs, Pentonville, Wandsworth and Elmley..
Sevenoaks Welcomes Refugees - a charity formed in 2017 originally to help support refugees from Syria resettling in the Sevenoaks district, as part what is now the UK Government's global UK Resettlement Scheme. They are also helping refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine to resettle in the area.
SUSSEX
Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group. Visitors group for people detained under immigration powers in Brook House and Tinsley House IRCs by Gatwick Airport. Crawley.
Refugees Welcome Crawley (RWC) supports refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants of diverse nationalities in the Crawley area.
Migrant English Project – English lessons, advice and support for asylum seekers. Brighton.
Voices in Exile – Casework and social activities for migrants. Brighton.
SURREY
Refugee Action Kingston – Advice and support for refugees and asylum seekers. Kingston.
Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton – friendship, advice and English classes for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. Sutton.
NORTH EAST
Justice First - Justice First offers specialist legal advice, practical and emotional support, community activities, volunteer befrienders, and deliver refugee awareness training, presentations, and talks. They are a specialist service in the North East that works closely with - and refers people to - other supportive organisations as appropriate.
WALES
Refugee Tales Cymru - Cyd-gerdded a rhannu streaeon tan ddaw carchar an gyfnod di-bendraw i ben yn y Deurnas Gyfunol. A group that walks and organises events in Wales in solidarity with Refugee Tales.
NATIONWIDE
AVID – The Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees is a small, national charity that supports volunteer visitors to immigration detainees, wherever they are held. They have 20 member groups that visit in every detention centre in the UK, and some prisons.
Red Cross Refugee Support – Range of support services for asylum seekers and refugees. Nationwide.
Volunteering Matters – National volunteering organisation who can provide details of further volunteering opportunities in your local area. Nationwide.