(Some of) What we did this week…

• Continued writing and preparing our annual report 👩‍💻
• Designed content for Refugee Week - keep an eye on our social media next week 👀
• Ran our first Reflective Practice Session 🧠

📢 We’re setting up a lived experience advocate group (LEAG)

Our LEAG will represent members of Local Welcome groups who are refugees and people seeking sanctuary across the UK.

Our first goal is to work with our LEAG to help identify and learn about barriers that exist in gaining lived experience representation. In the longer-term, our ambition is to utilise this learning and work with our LEAG to improve lived experience representation throughout Local Welcome.

You can read more about the ‘what’ and the ‘why’ on our website here.

We’re still in the initial stages of setting out this work, so don’t have a particular ‘ask’ when it comes to your support as leaders yet. In the meantime, if you have any questions or ideas we’d love to hear them!

(Some of) What we’re doing next week…

• Receiving feedback from our Board of Trustees on our annual report, and commencing work on the visual design 🧑‍💻
• Finishing and sharing our Refugee Week content 🧡
• Working on next steps towards launching our LEAG 📢

Photo of the week

Our wonderful Belfast group demonstrating that community and love wins as they tucked into lunch together at their meal this month.

It’s been a frightening week in Northern Ireland, with racist riots breaking out in Ballymena and other areas. Belfast, we’re keeping you in our thoughts, and sending our love and solidarity 💜

Thank you for reading 💜

The Local Welcome Team - Celia, Hannah, Andrew and Rhiannon