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The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 28 February 2023
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Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 March 2022 to 28 February 2023
The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 March 2022 to 1 January 2023
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
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Bristol Refugee Festival (BRF) promotes better understanding as to why people seek sanctuary and exemplifies the value there is in the diversity and talent that refugees and asylum seekers bring to Bristol. It works for the benefit of refugees, asylum seekers (RAS) and organisations within Bristol and the surrounding area.BRF realises its aims through:- A programme of arts, cultural and educational events bringing together communities across Bristol and the surrounding area to celebrate and value the contribution of refugees to the city.- Collaborating with organisations and communities in Bristol to develop a diverse programme of events to promote better understanding as to why people seek sanctuary, help overcome misconceptions that can create hostility and support successful integration.- Promoting events that value the diversity and talent that RAS bring to Bristol.This year approximately 2,092 people, 496 of whom were Refugees and Asylum Seekers, have been engaged through the events and opportunities that have taken place this as listed below. This is a huge increase of over 160% from last year, when 802 people engaged, 332 of whom were Refugees and Asylum Seekers. We worked with 23 partner organisations and community hubs to produce a varied programme of events across the year. BRF have effectively evolved strategies informed by last year’s learning, such as producing more flyers and localising events, plus there was an end to Covid-19 restrictions, which have all contributed to this increase.The activities benefited the community by:- Bringing together local residents and Refugee and Asylum Seekers (RAS), building strong relationships in and across communities.- Working towards ensuring that RAS know that they are welcome in their local community hubs and spaces that matter to communities.- Enabling host communities to have the confidence and knowledge to engage with RAS in their area, enabling them to create places of welcome and inclusion.- Enabling RAS to be more effectively engaged and support them to become more active members of their community.- Reducing loneliness and isolation.The Bristol Refugee Festival team has evolved a programme informed through learning from Covid 19 restrictions by continuing to creatively design and produce a hybrid range of events and activities, that range from small and intimate, to large public events in parks and community hubs. The team continues to develop new ideas and new partnerships, through opening up spaces for cocreation, new partnerships and collaborations.Through strategic planning the BRF team has significantly increased the audiences and raised the profile of the festival in 2022. The success of this year’s work has again led to a need for greater capacity or working hours and more variety in skills and knowledge, within the team and the board.For further information about our work please refer to our website www.bristolrefugeefestival.org
Our main stakeholders are refugee and asylum seekers and the support agencies that work with them.Programme content was informed via feedback and evaluation from last year’s Festival and regular consultation throughout the planning process with refugee and asylum seekers and via open planning meetings to encourage and support communities, organisations and projects to be involved.We also had a series of ‘welcome chats’ at different community hubs across the city, inviting local residents (including refugees and asylum seekers) to discuss how to make hubs more welcoming and inclusive to new community members. We also held a ‘creating spaces of welcome’ workshop to enable communities hubs to feel more confident in welcoming and engaging refugees and asylum seekers.The Ambassador programme has been key to beginning the process of more meaningful involvement of Refugees and Asylum Seekers within the organisation. Ambassadors have been involved in, for example, speaking at public events, talking with other Refugees and Asylum Seekers to ensure they understand the festival programme, volunteering at events, facilitating crafts sessions. Ambassadors also inform the festival and the wider programme through monthly meetings. Ambassadors also have a significant role in informing and reflecting on the events of the festival and informing future developments, through debriefs and sense making opportunities.“The refugee festival shows a lot of support for refugees and makes them feel like they belong and are welcomed. I would like to learn about the cultures and customs of other countries, as knowing them makes stronger relationships, makes us closer to each other and increases the mutual respect.” (2022 Festival Ambassador)
Director's remuneration was as follows: £27,319
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
27 September 2023
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: J. Olsen
Status: Director