Refugee Week 2015 – 15th-21st June

This year, Refugee Week runs from Monday 15th until Sunday 21st June.

Refugee Week 2014

Different pasts, shared future
In 2014 Refugee Week runs from Monday 16th – Sunday 22nd June, with events taking place across the country throughout June and even in July.

For details, visit the Refugee Week website.

This year Refugee Week is dedicated to refugee children and the positive contributions they bring (and will go on to bring) to the UK as our future generations. They are the superheroes of our future!

Refugee Week Radio will be listing radio stations and websites which are taking part in Refugee Week. Check these out for audio to share – and let us know your details to be included in the list.

Check out the Platforma website, too, for arts and refugee-related events and news throughout the year.

Stories from around the world

Tell a child a story from another country…
That’s one of the Simple Acts which you can carry out to help change the way refugees are perceived in the UK.

We are making some of the stories available in audio format from this website. Feel free to use them on your not-for-profit radio programmes or website. Please credit the reader and give out the link to the Simple Acts website – www.simpleacts.org.uk
Tip: by using the story, you can also sign up on the website to say that you have completed a Simple Act!

Click on the links below to listen to the stories. For the text of each story, and others, please visit the Simple Acts website and click on the link.

Readings (all in MP3 format)
~ Hunger and Beard (D. R. Congo) – read by Carla Fernandes (2′ 01″)
~ Why Crocodile Has a Rough Back (Angola) – read by Carla Fernandes (3′ 22″)
~ Baba Yaga (Russia) – read by Philippa Sawyer (MP3 – 6′ 38″)
~ Chapungu (Zimbabwe) – read by Philippa Sawyer (2′ 07″)
~ Great Hunter (Iran) – read by Harriet Bird, from Camden Community Radio (2′ 34″)
~ The Old Alchemist (Burma) – read by Philippa Sawyer (MP3 – 4′ 12″)
~ The Wicked Girl (Turkey) – read by Philippa Sawyer (6′ 50″)

Dramatised stories (all in MP3 format)
~ Great Hunter (Iran) – dramatised
~ Anansi and Turtle (Nigeria) – dramatised

Click here to read all the stories on the Simple Acts website. If you have recorded one of the stories and would like to add it here for sharing, please let us know. We especially welcome readings and dramatisations by children and young people.

Simple Acts – Share a Song

The Simple Acts website has a great selection of actions which people can do to raise awareness of refugees and the contributions which they make to the UK.

Sharing a song about refugees is one action which works well in audio format or on radio. Click here for songs on the Simple Acts website.

For more details and background to the Simple Acts campaign, contact the Simple Acts team at Refugee Week.

Resources and information for Refugee Week

Radio stations planning to celebrate Refugee Week can find plenty of resources and background information on the Refugee Week website.

Have a look at the Refugee Week Toolkit.

You can also read facts about refugees and see a list of famous refugees.

You can also find details of events going on around the country and in your area.