On Saturday 13 December, our church hall was transformed as we hosted an art exhibition and community café for our friends, Althea and Sasha, who created this event to launch their Amalgam8 project. Nearly 70 people enjoyed the art, a number of craft stalls, home-made food and some live music. We had invested in some flexible display boards for the event and we look forward to using these for further community events. Althea and Sasha are already planning some of these. It was really good also to see how the kitchen we installed last year could operate as a community café.
Our next community event is on Saturday 24 January, when we will be hosting an event to mark the 10th anniversary of our partners, Peaceful Borders, as they reflect on ten years supporting refugees in Calais and across the UK. The display boards will be in use again as we host an exhibition of powerful photographs taken by Juliet Kilpin in what was known as ‘the jungle’ in Calais.
Photo by Alex Abimbola