Stories from Sheffield’s Refugee Council on the theme of Our Home

This display was created by women who attended the craft club at Sheffield Refugee Council and launched to coincide with Refugee Heritage Week 2024.

The theme for Refugee Week 2024 was ‘Our Home’, which inspired this display. It explored themes of identity, belonging and resilience. It drew together stories about those who have been left behind, and those who are making new homes in Sheffield.

There were 11 hand embroidered pieces on display, all on the theme of home some written in Dari, Pashto and Arabic. There was also a group art-work which was a head scarf made up of flags that have been sewn together to represent representing countries where group members are from, the journeys they’ve made and their new home in Sheffield.

The Refugee Council

The Refugee Council is a leading charity working with refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK. Founded in 1951 following the creation of the UN Refugee Convention, we exist to support and empower people who have fled conflict, violence and persecution in order to rebuild their lives here in the UK. 

Refugee Heritage Week

The theme for Refugee Week 2024 is “Our Home”.

Home can be more than one place and finding it can be a journey, as it is for so many of us who have to leave our countries and rebuild our lives. Sometimes we can find home in a single person. Other times it’s in a whole community. And often, it’s in a single gesture of care and welcome.

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