Our groups for adults play an important role in building confidence, sharing experiences and advice, developing friendships and support networks and creating a community.

Groups are dynamic, needs-responsive, and guided by those who attend. Community members, staff and volunteers all spend time together as part of the CARAS community.

Being a member of our groups has increased people’s confidence, helped them get support and access the services they need, and has been the beginning of building strong and lasting friendships.

Our activities prioritise those who are most likely to have difficulty accessing services; we work extensively with newly arrived asylum seekers and women with a forced migration background.

CARAS runs drama workshops for female-identifying persons of refugee background in partnership with Attic Theatre Company. Here women can make new friends and gain confidence and skills through drama and roleplay.

Thursday afternoons, face-to-face

Our women’s group meets for creative writing sessions, where women practice their written English and grammar while writing poetry, stories and scripts. Our writing group is run by Rachael Black and is attended by women who speak and write English at all levels.

Monday afternoons, online

We run termly day trips for women, where our women’s group explore London visiting cultural venues like theatres, stately homes and museums.

One Monday each term, face-to-face