This week marked four years since the invasion of Ukraine. Anna's story was featured on BBC Spotlight last year. We are proud to have supported Anna in rebuilding her life - and that of her daughter - here in Devon, re-entering her medical profession in the UK. 🩺 🔗 www.instagram.com/reel/DVQeT58...

Earlier this month, our Education for Integration Coordinator, Rebecca, attended the South West ESOL Conference. It was a fantastic day of sharing knowledge and connecting with colleagues from across the region to strengthen support for ESOL learners. 💥 Thank you to the South West Councils team. 💚

Recent anti-immigration rhetoric in the UK and Devon directly impacts the people we support. We spoke to people seeking asylum living in contingency hotel accommodation - this is one response. Solidarity is a verb. We’ll continue advocating for refugees and people seeking asylum in Devon. 💚

The conversation about housing is all wrong. For decades, governments haven’t built enough social homes. People are struggling. Yet refugees get blamed. Our new video flips the narrative and focuses on the real issue. Watch it. Share it. Let’s change the conversation.

Ramadan Mubarak 🌙 Wishing a peaceful and blessed Ramadan to all members of our community who are observing this month. May this Ramadan bring you and your loved ones peace, good health, reflection and joy. From all of us at Refugee Support Devon, Ramadan Mubarak. ✨

Gong Xi Fa Cai 🎊 Wishing a very Happy Lunar New Year to our clients, supporters and community members who are celebrating. From all of us at Refugee Support Devon - may the year ahead bring you joy, good health and success. 💚✨

Our incredible @easyfundraising.bsky.social community has raised £123.93 for Refugee Support Devon this Donation Day - thank you so much! 💚 🛍 Sign up for free, and we'll receive free donations when you shop online, at no extra cost to you: join.easyfundraising.org.uk/refugee-supp...

We are ordinary people standing side by side with our neighbours - as we always will be, and as we have been for over twenty years. 🧡 Click that follow button to support grassroots, community action in Devon. Pictured: Some of our volunteers at last week’s volunteer community dinner.

📅 Tuesday 3rd March | ⏰ 7pm Exeter’s Papermaking History – Talk & Exhibition Discover the fascinating story of Exeter’s historic paper mills at this special talk and exhibition✨ More info: www.globalcentredevon.org.uk/events/exete... #ExeterHistory #ExeterEvents #LocalHistory

Meet our Community Garden Volunteers 🌿 Last week the team planned the year ahead: a new polytunnel (thanks to a grant from the Swan Mountain Trust!), a Refugee Week BBQ, and day trips for asylum seekers living in contingency hotel accommodation. Lots to look forward to - follow along for updates!

Help needed 📣 Asylum seekers in Devon urgently need laptops to continue their studies and access vital support services. 💻 Do you have a laptop that’s no longer in use but still in good working condition? Donations can be dropped off at Exeter Community Centre, 17 St Davids Hill, Exeter, EX4 3RG.

'Our Side of the Story' Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.

Dance Against Racism - Let’s Move for Unity! 📍 Where: Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter 🗓 When: Sat 28 Feb Groove to worldwide sounds while raising funds for @refugeesupportdev.bsky.social ✨ exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/dance... #ExeterPhoenix #DevonEvents #ExeterEvents #DAR #Exeter

Help us win £1000 💸 to support asylum seekers and refugees in Devon. Nominate us below - it takes just two minutes. 🌟 Thank you! 🙏 movementforgood.com/draws/1000?c...

What are you doing on Saturday? 🤔 Joining us to oppose hate and division in Devon? Right answer 🙌 Share the event below with friends and family and lets show up for a community rooted in compassion and kindness, and in solidarity with people seeking safety in Devon. 💚

Brilliant news: We smashed our winter appeal target 🎉 Our community showed up, proving that Devon is a place of compassion and welcome. Thank you for your support - it all made a difference. 🙏 🗞️ Stay connected with us in 2026: refugeesupportdevon.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

🌟 Help us get 2026 off to a great start for Refugee Support Devon by signing up to support us on #easyfundraising. Your online shopping turns into free cashback for us. Plus, once you've reached your first £5, #easyfundrasing will double it! 🔗 join.easyfundraising.org.uk/refugee-supp...

⏳ Just 3 days left! We’re so close to reaching our target for our winter appeal. 🎯 If you’ve been meaning to donate but not yet got round to it - now’s the moment. Every pound and penny counts! Help us start 2026 strong. 👉 Support or share the appeal here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/our-commun...

Meet Leila 👋 a volunteer at Refugee Support Devon, where she helps run our weekly Drop-in Support sessions. She shares a message from one of our clients in Persian. Donate to our Xmas appeal today to help us continue to be a lifeline to refugees in Devon. 💚 🔗 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/our-commun...

1/🧵📣NEW STATEMENT Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety. Share on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DSXLsi3jZI...

It’s #InternationalMigrantsDay - a moment to celebrate the contributions of millions of migrants worldwide. If you’re able, please consider supporting our Christmas appeal to help us continue standing alongside refugees and migrants across Devon. 💛 🔗 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/our-commun...

✨ We’re halfway there! ✨ Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve reached 50% of our goal 💚 Every donation brings us closer. 💫 Donate, share, and help spread the word - help us show that our community truly knows no borders. 🔗 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/our-commun...

Unfortunately we do love...🤭 We're so grateful to everyone who has donated so far to help us raise vital funds to support refugees in Devon this Christmas. Please help us reach our target and donate now. 💚 🔗 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/our-commun...

We have made an animation, to show how the 'No Recourse to Public Funds' immigration condition, has harmed our families: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4x3... Please write to your MP using our pre-filled letter template, to ask them to call for an end to #NRPF: ✍️✉️ win.newmode.net/project17/wi...

Join art practitioner Beatrice Corsetti this Saturday, imagining a future Exeter. 💚 We wanted to share this event from friends of Refugee Support Devon - get involved & have a say in your local community. 💬 FREE TO ATTEND 🔗 More information here: inkyfingersworkshop.wordpress.com/facing-exete...

Being with those you love is a human right. This #HumanRightsDay, we're standing up with ALL families' right to be together. Are you in? Join our #TogetherNotTorn campaign: act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...

Meet Ruth, Refugee Support Devon trustee 👋 At our recent AGM, she shared her reflections with partners & supporters and key insights from a recent report she co-authored with @migration-exchange.bsky.social. 💚 🔗 Help us keep building solidarity this Christmas: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/our-commun...

Please donate to Refugee Support Devon if you can...

Meet Haya 👋, a volunteer at Refugee Support Devon, where she helps run our weekly Drop-in Support sessions. In our Christmas appeal film, she shares a message from one of our clients in Arabic - the first language of both the client & herself. Donate today: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/our-commun... 💚

Right now public money fuels private profit while people live in poor conditions. It hurts all our communities. Our report sets out a council-run alternative. Email your MP and ask them to speak about it in Parliament: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly

We're proud to stand with over 200 community organisations across the UK today in signing an open letter to tell the Home Secretary that we reject her ‘ruthless new plans to erode refugee rights’. 🧡 Join us by writing to your MP today. 👇

Just a few more days until the Welcome Weekend!🎄 This weekend, when you put up your xmas decorations, join thousands of others to proudly display your solidarity with refugees too. Download, print & display your free poster now (and tag us in your pics!) actionnetwork.org/forms/print-...

There's only one thing on our Christmas list this year 👀 Have you heard? This Christmas, we're raising £5000 to make sure Refugee Support Devon remains a safe, welcoming space for everyone seeking safety in Devon. 💚 Can you chip in? 🔗 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/our-commun...

Yesterday, on #GivingTuesday, we launched our Christmas Appeal - and our community showed up. 💛 Thank you for every donation so far. Let’s keep standing in solidarity with refugees this festive season. 🎄 👉 Can you help us by giving this post a share? 🔗 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/our-commun...

Please consider donating to @refugeesupportdev.bsky.social this #GivingTuesday. RSD provides vital support to refugees and people seeking asylum. If you want to show solidarity and compassion, please click here to donate: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/our-commun...

Our community knows no borders. Stand in solidarity with us, this Christmas. 🧡 Today, on #GivingTuesday, we're asking for your help. Together, we hope to raise £5000 to ensure we can continue welcoming anyone who needs us. 🔗 Click here to donate today: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/our-commun...

We are looking forward to joining this event on Sunday with @standuptoracismuk.bsky.social at @exeterlibrary.bsky.social; a free, family friendly afternoon celebrating Exeter's diversity and the cultures, stories, and voices that shape our community. 👋 Pop by our stall and say hello.

Last weekend, we filled the streets of Exeter saying once again that refugees are welcome here and Exeter is for everyone 🧡 Thank you to everyone who continues to show up against division and in solidarity with migrants and refugees. Support our work 🔗 refugeesupportdevon.org.uk

Some of our team and volunteers took over the Refugee Support Devon office yesterday to make something exciting! 👀 Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know when it's finished....👏 🔗 refugeesupportdevon.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

"How we talk about migration matters." 🌍 Our CEO, Susanna took to the mic recently at Exeter is for Everyone when we came together in solidarity with migrants, refugees and people seeking safety in Devon. 💚

Asylum seekers should have the right to work if they are able. This gives dignity, a sense of self worth, and helps people feel part of a community. It can also stimulate good mental health. 💚 #LiftTheBan are asking for people to email the new Immigration Minister, Alex Norris. It takes 2 minutes. 👇

Meet Beanie 🐾 and the 5th volume of the other side of hope. While Beanie loves looking out the window, our magazine looks inward; into the stories and poems of migrants around the world. The new issue is now available worldwide. Explore it: othersideofhope.com/volume-5.html

🚨🚨🚨 Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today. These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof. Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life. More updates throughout the day so watch this space. www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...

Calling all our supporters in Ottery 📢 Ottery Refugee Response, friends of Refugee Support Devon, are hosting a fundraising evening for Medical Aid for Palestinians. 📅 Saturday 6th December, 7pm - 11pm Please share and support. 💚 For more information 📧 [email protected]

Join art practitioner Tuong Nguyen, imagining a future Exeter through images, symbols, patterns, discussions and MORE! We wanted to share this event from friends of Refugee Support Devon - get involved and have a say in your local community. 💬 🔗 inkyfingersworkshop.wordpress.com/facing-exete...

Last weekend, we came together again with Park Life Heavitree to host our Lunch 4 Life event - this time with an African theme! Lunch 4 Life is a community celebration where local asylum seekers cook and share delicious meals with members of the wider community. 🍽 What theme should we do next? 👀

We stand in solidarity with the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group. ❤ 🌟 Want to support asylum seekers in Devon? Find out how here: www.refugeesupportdevon.org.uk/donate/ #SeekingSafety #RefugeesWelcome #Devon #MigrationisnotaCrime #RighttoRemain #ChooseLove #HopenotHate

🌟 It’s #TrusteesWeek - and we’re not passing on the opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU to our incredible, dedicated Board of Trustees who make our work possible. They bring unique expertise and give their time, energy and passion to guide and strengthen our mission every day. 💙

We are hiring! 🚨 Refugee Support Devon is looking for a dedicated Immigration Advice Manager to lead and strengthen our Immigration Advice Clinic in Exeter. 🔗Find out more: www.refugeesupportdevon.org.uk/donate/worki... #Hiring #ImmigrationAdvice #CharityJob #DevonJobs #ExeterJobs #HiringNow

Migration is not a crime. ✊ We've been supporting refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants since 2001. 📰 Our next newsletter is out soon - sign up to our mailing list to receive updates, news, and opportunities to get involved: refugeesupportdevon.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...