Sheffield Conversation Club
For refugees and asylum seekers the club offers English practice and some basic English teaching together with quite a lot of orientation and cultural input plus fun, welcome and friendship.
The club meets two afternoons a week in the City Centre.
It is free, and anyone is welcome.
Conversation Club organises cultural outings, for example to museums, films, other cities, archaeology sites, exhibitions, the seaside.
Women’s Conversation Club Sheffield
Women’s Conversation Clubs allow refugee and asylum seeker women to come together with English-speaking volunteers in a safe, relaxed, women-only environment. They offer the opportunity for women to meet local volunteers and other refugee and asylum seeking women from the area, practice their English, build confidence, and develop new skills.
Women’s Conversation Clubs are free and do not need to be pre-booked, you can just turn up on the day. Children are welcome at all clubs, and free childcare is provided at some sessions.
There are currently women-only conversation clubs in the following areas:
www.nrcentre.org.ukNorthern Refugee Centre
NRC provides a range of services that aim to improve the conditions of and opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers across Yorkshire and Humberside, and particularly in South Yorkshire.
NRC has a history of successful projects focusing on befriending and mentoring, as well as work to support refugee women. They offer advice to refugees and asylum seekers on a wide range of issues.
Sheffield City Libraries
Sheffield Central Library on Surrey Street is a warm, safe, mostly quiet place to spend time. There are books, magazines and newspapers on offer in a variety of languages, also quick reads aimed at adults learning English.
ARC cards can be used as ID to join the library, and membership allows you to borrow books (and CDs & DVDs, though there is a charge for this), and to access a range of websites that the library subscribes to, including the Life in Great Britain Citizenship online course
There are also 27 community libraries scattered around Sheffield. All the libraries have free internet access, and many of them have regular events such as storytime for children, reading groups, and coffee mornings.
Information about all the library services can be found at www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries.html
Libraries are also a good place to find out about other organisations, groups, events and classes that might be of interest. The Help Yourself database has loads of information, and can be accessed from any internet computer – you don’t even need to be in a library!
Central Library
Surrey Street
Sheffield S1 1XZ
www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries.html
FURD – Football Unites, Racism Divides
Are you new to Sheffield? A refugee? Asylum seeker?
FURD would like you to get involved in a project about belonging.
We are organising regular activity sessions.
When?
Wednesday 11am-1pm
Where?
The U-Mix Centre
Asline Road
Sheffield S2 4UJ
Contact Tracy: tracey [dot] litterick [at] furd [dot] org
07583 295610
0114 258 7787 (phone/fax)