Malvern Water and Well Dressing Festival 2-10 May 2026
Every year, communities in Malvern come together to dress up to 60 wells, springs and spouts from across the hills and town of Malvern. Over 800 people take part in this creative endeavour celebrating Malvern spring water. This year, the theme of the festival is ‘Birds’, and Malvern Welcomes has collaborated with the Welcome Hub to celebrate birds of the world representing the home countries of refugees who have resettled...
UK Government Earned Settlement Open Consultation
The UK Home Office has launched an open consultation on ‘how the current settlement scheme should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.’ There are details here. The Malvern Welcomes Management Team and Trustees have studied the proposals and completed and submitted the questionnaire. We all agreed that the consultation form was full of ambiguous questions making it impossible to select responses which reflected our...
Proposed reforms to resettlement system for refugees
Proposed government reforms to the UK’s resettlement system for refugees ‘ACTION’ Responses and objections needed before 12 February 2026 The Home Office has launched a public consultation on proposed reforms to the UK’s settlement system, following the 2025 Immigration White Paper Restoring Control over the Immigration System. The consultation outlines plans to replace automatic settlement after a fixed period...
Welcome to our 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to our 2025 newsletter. You can read it here: Malvern Welcomes Newsletter December 2025 In this edition, we focus on the theme of wellbeing. We bring together examples of activities that volunteers and resettled family members have found beneficial to their own mental and physical wellbeing and to that of others. We look at the contribution of employment towards wellbeing for those employed and those who continue their...
Christmas market raises funds for Malvern Welcomes
This wonderfully atmospheric event was held on November 22nd, along with the Great Malvern Christmas lights switch-on. To our delight, Malvern Welcomes was one of the four charities nominated in a public poll to receive a share of the funds raised on the day. A sincere thank you to the people of Malvern for voting for us. As a result of our nomination, we were invited to have a stall at the event. Despite the inclement weather, our...
A big thank you to The Letterpress Project
If you were able to visit our stand at the Malvern Christmas Market, you would have seen numerous children’s books for sale. These were kindly donated by The Letterpress Project. This generous donation allowed us to sell the books at affordable prices to some very happy customers and at the same time raise funds for Malvern Welcomes. The Letterpress Project aims to give people of all ages, particularly children, the chance to relish...