Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part Six
In 2018, I arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker. I was 22 years old […]
Our Stories
Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part Five
My life in the UK is completely different than my life in Iran. In Iran, I […]
Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part Four
Before arriving in the UK as an asylum seeker, I liked to swim, spend time with […]
Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part Three
I am from Turkey but spent many years teaching maths in Tajikistan. Tajikistan gained independence in […]
Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part Two
The Comfrey Project has been a part of my life since 2017 when I moved to […]
Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part One
I come from a family of four generations of gardeners, this means that gardening is in […]
Refugee Week 2020 – Music from Our Volunteers
Preparing to wave goodbye to Refugee Week 2020 with the messages on these songs that our […]
Refugee Week 2020 – A Daughter Imagines Reuniting With Her Father
From the refugee camp she is waiting with her mother and siblings, the beautiful daughter of […]
The Comfrey Project @ The Newbridge Project’s “For Solidarity” Exhibition
This video was created by the academic Rob Sharp in collaboration with Comfrey Project volunteers, and […]
Refugees of the North East #5: Nancy
Nancy came to the UK as an asylum seeker in 2005, having fled from Kenya as […]
Refugees of the North East #4: Mohammed
Mohammed and his wife came to the UK to study; with him gaining a specialist Accountancy […]
Refugees of the North East #3: Yvette
Yvette was born in Congo in central Africa where she worked as a business woman. She […]