
A Fulham-based supplementary school is going from strength to strength as a new term gets underway.
More young people have signed up for the Community Education Forum’s supplementary school held at Bishop Creighton House in Lillie Road. The school offers children from low income backgrounds, some of whom are refugees, the chance to catch up with lessons in English, maths and science.
A government plan to tackle extremism in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham may only have the effect of labelling the local Muslim community as ‘suspects.’
Members of local voluntary groups got to grips with their ‘inner Alan Sugar’ in a leadership training workshop.
Held at Bishop Creighton House, Lillie Road, Fulham, the half-day course aimed to help the participants in the difficult task of Leading your organisation in challenging times.
Representatives from refugee community organisations and voluntary groups all facing funding difficulties took part in the interactive workshop run by trainer and high-performance coach Jacqueline Davis.
Hammersmith & Fulham Refugee Forum is a local umbrella body for refugee community organisations – we provide capacity building support, facilitate partnerships and act as a forum for refugee voice in decision making.
Hammersmith’s Irish Centre was full to capacity when more than 150 people from local ethnic minority groups gathered with more than 27 organisations to celebrate Refugee Week on Wednesday 22ndJune.
Organised by Hammersmith and Fulham Refugee Forum, the multicultural celebration featured information stalls from a dozen local groups and a children’s art exhibition while, on stage, musicians performed traditional songs from Iran. There was children’s folk dance in traditional costume from Bosnia and an African dance group.