Community

RR provides community assistance and support to improve lives and promote aspirations of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants, in particular but not exclusively Syrians and other Arabic speakers in the UK. RR has established an advice service that provides support with benefits, job searches, and immigration matters, thus working to improve the economic and social well-being of British Syrian residents and immigrants from other countries, helping them to become self-reliant in their new country. RR also brings the Syrian community together during these difficult times experienced in their mother country through organising social gatherings and monthly seminars that promote constructive discussions. Our activities are open to the public and are highly successful in bringing the Syrian community together with the wider community.
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Community Iftars in Ramadan 2023

Friday, 14/04/2023

During the blessed month of Ramadan, we hosted two community iftars for the Syrian community in Manchester. The iftars witnessed a great turnout. Delicious food, sweets and refreshments were provided. We also performed taraweeh prayers together.

The iftars were a good opportunity to connect and socilaise with our friends and community members.

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Changing the Frame: Older Syrian Refugee Women Using Art to Explore and Enhance their Resilience

Tuesday, 11/04/2023

On Sunday 10 April 2023, we launched a series on online conversations entitled 'down to earth’ where researchers present findings from their research work and discuss the relevance of these findings to the life and wellbeing of refugees.
In the first episode, Bayan Hakki addressed the following theme:

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8 Community Dinners at RR

Friday, 31/03/2023

During this winter, we hosted 8 community dinners (hot food and drinks) for the whole family at our centre. 4 dinners were for the Syrian community and the rest were for the larger local communities attracting people from different ethnicity and age categories. The last two dinners happened during the holy month of Ramadan.

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Dealing with PTSD

Thursday, 16/03/2023

On Wednesday 15 March 2023 we hosted a lecture in Arabic about dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It was presented by Dr Rawaa al Nuaimi who talked about causes and symptoms of PTSD, when to get medical advice and how to treat it.

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