What is Refugee Awareness Week and how to get involved…
Imagine your home country, the place that you call home, where you were born and raised, where you went to school, where you started your family…
Now imagine a serious conflict or persecution breaking out and you are now forced to flee from your country for your own safety and the safety of your family.
How would you feel?
You probably wouldn’t even know how to feel, the whole scenario just seems like a nightmare or something you would see in a movie.
Well, this is the reality for over 230,000 people in the UK. As of November 2022, there were 231,597 with the various conflicts happening around the world this number is sure to increase in the following years.
Refugee Awareness Week is an initiative that takes place every single year around the world in the week around Refugee Awareness Day on June 20th. It’s an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the strength and courage of those forced to flee their home country and rebuild their lives.
The Theme of this Year’s Refugee Awareness Week is:
This image was sourced from the Refugee Week Website
The goal for this year’s Refugee Awareness Week is to encourage people to become more connected with each other through compassion. When we increase our compassion for each other, we increase our understanding as well!
How can you get involved?
There are various ways that you can get involved with Refugee Awareness Week these include:
- Sharing your support on social media with these hashtags #RefugeeWeek #SimpleActs and #CompassionIntoAction
- Get involved in helping refugees in your local community, or even volunteer with the British Red Cross
- Take part in Refugee Week’s New initiative: Simple Acts
- Download the Refugee Awareness Artwork, on the Refugee Week’s Website for this year and share it in your classes as a tutor or in your workspace.
- Donate to charities like Refugee Action
Maybe you’ve never even considered celebrating Refugee Awareness Week, and maybe you didn’t even know such a week existed but if you’re reading this right now then you are now informed and you even have time to prepare as the week will start from Monday 19th June 2023 until Sunday 25th June 2023. Learn more, get involved and show your support!
Please see below for information on LLC’s Safeguarding Officers.
