Coronavirus Update: Due to the ongoing lockdown restrictions, CARAS is continuing to run the majority of services online. There are no drop-ins and our premises remain closed. We continue to offer a wide range of activities including ESOL classes, social groups, advice work, and sports and leisure. We are open to new referrals. Thank […]
A Digital Upgrade – Stage 01 Blog 1 Our path to finding the solution for better and easier communication with beneficiaries is winding and long, and not without potholes. Just last week we had to veto the platforms SIDElabs presented to us, and start the search all over again. Whilst looking for solutions […]
A Digital Upgrade Blog 1 When COVID-19 hit it presented new challenges to CARAS and the way that we work. We found that whilst we were able to quickly shift our work online, navigating Zoom breakout rooms with determination to keep our activities and support for refugees and asylum seekers across London meaningful, […]
CARAS Celebrating Volunteers’ Week We want this newsletter to show our gratitude to our incredible volunteers. First though, we express our support for the protests this week calling for justice for George Floyd’s death and the reform of our structurally racist societies, both in the USA and here in the UK. We share the values […]
CARAS Refugee Week Celebrations: For Refugee Week 2020 CARAS launched the above video “Hold On To Your Hope”. It’s a beautiful piece of drama art written and performed by some of our talented youth group members, with the support of our amazing partners Protection Approaches, Phosphoros Theatre, and People’s Palace Projects. It’s a letter […]
Coronavirus Update – 02 Due to ongoing lockdown restrictions, CARAS is running the majority of services online. There are no drop-ins and our premises remain closed. We continue to offer a wide range of activities including ESOL classes, social groups, advice work, and sports and leisure. We are open to new referrals. Thank you […]
In order to fulfil the government’s instruction to stop all non-essential contact, CARAS will not be conducting any face-to-face work with beneficiaries until further notice. We have closed our project space and office and are not running any in-person services during the lockdown. We will review this whenever government guidance changes. In the meantime we […]
We hope you are enjoying this wonderfully warm summer weather! We have had a lot of reasons to celebrate this past quarter, from achieving the Silver Quality Mark from London Youth to seeing our young people co-facilitate 10 Signs of Welcome workshops throughout our local community. Our women’s group continue to enjoy weekly yoga sessions […]
We are proud to share with you the 2018 CARAS Annual Report, which details our impact project by project.
2017 has seen CARAS hold 10 different regular groups and activities for more than 500 refugees and asylum seekers. We spent an incredible 28,000 hours together, at ESOL, Visiting Project, Study Group, Women’s Drop-in, Thursday and Saturday Youth clubs, Youth Council, ‘Problem? No Problem!’ clinic, individual support, Family Activity Days and trips all over London […]