BIRCH Network is a volunteer led charity working to harness the enthusiasm of local people to offer friendship and hospitality to people seeking sanctuary
Joined June 2011
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16 Jan 2025
We are looking for volunteers for our Youth Hub on a Thursday 2-5pm in Sparkhill.
We need volunteers to help us run our sessions, offer activities and provide welcome and compassion.
Find out more here: birchnetwork.org/get-involve…
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Birchnetwork retweeted
2 Dec 2024
🚨 As asylum backlogs remain high, our client, a 52-year-old man from Cote D’Ivoire seeking protection in the UK, will receive an apology & compensation from the Home Office for waiting 4 years and 2 months for a decision on his asylum claim.
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Birchnetwork retweeted
8 Jan 2025
PLEASE RT: Want to make a difference in the life of a refugee? Join our next training course to find out more. restore-uk.org/event/next-tr…
#RefugeesWelcome #volunteering @BirmCTogether @BVSC @ChurchesEngland @WelcomeChurches
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Birchnetwork retweeted
15 Jan 2025
Please RT: Please join us for Praying with Refugees, part of #Pray24Brrum on Saturday 25 January 2025 from 11am to 12noon. ALL welcome
@BirmCTogether @BirminghamCoS @CTBI @ChurchesEngland @WelcomeChurches
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14 Dec 2024
If you need to end 2024 with some feel good music. We could not recommend this inspirational song of solidarity from @Stories_of_Home more!
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13 Dec 2024
GOOD NEWS FRIDAY! Things we are grateful for this week.... - getting FREE tickets to take 57 people to the magical Luminate Winter Light Trail @BhamBotanicalGd - an amazing evening and such a welcoming space
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Birchnetwork retweeted
13 Dec 2024
Home Office guidance issued to caseworkers making decisions on asylum claims from Albania and India, states that women at risk of domestic violence do not form a ‘particular social group’, one of the five ‘Convention reasons’ for being a refugee. It’s called ‘turning a blind eye’
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13 Dec 2024
- linking an age disputed young person who is really struggling with befrienders who immediately linked him with gardening opportunities, teaching materials & football
- getting another child from a hotel into a local school with another starting next week
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13 Dec 2024
What a week. Of course we also face many challenges and often cannot always resolve situations but these moments of welcome help us to continue with the fight and struggle. Please support us to continue this vital work.
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