We attended Syria Relief's annual dinner on 21 May which provided the community with an update about its work inside Syria and encouraged audience members to continue to support the charity's efforts. The event was well attended and the charity was able to fundraise a record amount.
Community youth volunteers ran a session of 'Artful Children' on 23 April in which they had children trace and design full-size images of themselves. This six-week programme for Syrian children between the ages of 5 and 10 has been funded by V-inspired and is being organised completely by youth volunteers.
We held our indoor family fun day on Sunday 10 April in Levenshulme High School. This is one of the largest annual Syrian events in the country and we were blessed with amazing weather, dedicated and selfless volunteers, and wonderful guests who came from Manchester, London, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, and beyond!
Our movie night on 20 March was 'Paradise Now', a film set in the context of the Palestinian conflict. The film was very insightful and thought-provoking, and the discussion afterwards grappled with some very difficult questions.
Syrian women enjoyed a social evening in the office on 11 March. The office will be open on Thursday evenings from 6-10 pm for women and we are open for all women to join.
