Am I British?

Panorama is the world’s longest running TV current affairs programme. First broadcast in 1953, it still has a prime-time slot and is shown throughout the world. There have been a number of notable programmes over the years exposing corruption in football, contaminated blood in the NHS, abuse in care homes and, most famously of all, […]

Friends Not Foes Activities This Year

Although the circumstances this year have made it difficult for many of Friends Not Foes’ typical activities to take place, the group has fortunately still been able to help out in a variety of ways. For example, the homework club has been taking place weekly at the college and has been enjoyed by volunteers and […]

Fighting modern day slave trade

The term ‘modern day slave trade’ provokes strong and emotional responses and yet we tend to see it as something that only happens in big cities, far away from us. Sadly, that is not the case as our caseworkers know how this is happening today on our doorstep. Modern slavery is comprised of human trafficking […]

Four months of “food from home” Foodbank

We would rather know there wasn’t a need for foodbanks and that all our fellow citizens where able to support themselves and their families without them. However, as this is not the case, we are proud to offer this service to support our clients with the international food they need to cook their culture’s dishes […]

Hate crime and online abuse in our town

Did you know hate crime is ‘any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards someone based on a personal characteristic’? Did you know that evidence of the hate element is not a requirement? It would be enough if another person, a witness […]