Awards nomination for Malvern Welcomes
Malvern Welcomes has been nominated for the Improving Lives award at the Pride of Malvern Hills Community Awards 2019. We are delighted to see this recognition of the amazing team effort of so many committed volunteers who give generously of their time. We are proud to know that our work to create a culture of welcome for refugees is valued in our...
AGM and Open Meeting
Malvern Welcomes held its AGM and Open meeting on Thursday October 11th. We have now been a registered charity for just over a year and what a busy year it has been! The meeting was attended by over 60 people, who enjoyed delicious homemade baklava, made by one of the refugee families. Having been in position for the first year all the Trustees were required to resign and put themselves up for re-election. Dick Stockford, Ruth...
Malvern Welcomes Open Evening
Report on Open evening Malvern charity aims to bring refugee families to Malvern. We had a wonderful Open Evening at the Cube on 9th November, with about 40 people celebrating the new charity, Malvern Welcomes. Cllr John Raine gave us an inspiring talk, filmed in Priory Park, welcoming the birth of the Charity and looking forward to refugee families settling in Malvern. He spoke passionately about this being one of his most important...
Ask a Muslim woman…
An interesting and informative public meeting with Julie Siddiqi will be held on Thursday 20th October at 7.30 at the Coach House Theatre, Malvern. Admission £5 (£2 for students). For more information click...
Solidarity with Refugees, London Sept 2016
We are proud that so many people from Malvern came to London to show that people in our town stand in solidarity with refugees. It was very moving to be there with so many thousands of people from all over the UK uniting to call on Theresa May and the UK government to lead the way towards a more human global response to the millions fleeing conflict. We cannot ignore this terrible situation with so many people dying and suffering. We...
Arts charity invites you to its new facility in Malvern
Arts charity ABC invites you to its new arts facility THE SPACE in Malvern. The charity believes in the power of story telling, aiming for personal and social transformation through music, poetry, dance, art and drama. For more information...