Every Wednesday morning at Easton Christian Family Centre, asylum seekers and refugees gather at Baraka Community Café for breakfast, conversation and English. The Friends & Family English Speaking Club teaches everyday skills, like making a GP appointment or going shopping, alongside church members around a shared table.
The club is run by volunteers and built on relationships. It’s helping people whose lives have been uprooted find confidence, community and a place in their new city.
“People that root themselves deeply here,” says Rachael Bee, “feel like they are welcome, that they belong, that they have an identity of being a Bristolian - wherever they come from.”
Read the full article here at Easton Christian Family Centre: The English Speaking Club Where Breakfast Builds Belonging.