Salusbury WORLD

It's not too late to support Salusbury World and treat your or Treaters' by ordering our Halloween gift bags with choice of spooky book, lantern, candle, Haribos, bobbing apple....these have proved very popular again....

These can be picked-up from tomorrow from the Maqam on Wrentham Ave and their baristas will treat you to a coffee or Pumpkin Spiced Latte.

Or you can elect for one of our ghouls to come to your door to deliver on Sunday (if not too spooky for your children!).

Order yours at www.bit.ly/queensparkhalloween

Thank you to The Maqam Centre for putting on today's Spooky Swim and a Halloween Party on Sunday to support our work.

Happy Halloween all!

We are lucky enough to be hosting the most brilliant Zoom event on 19th May with Christy Lefteri author of in conversation with writer and campaigner Melissa Benn. Please join!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christy-lefteri-author-of-the-beekeeper-of-aleppo-talking-to-melissa-benn-tickets-152085430617?ref=eios

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Christy Lefteri author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo talking to Melissa Benn Inaugural Salusbury World Annual Conversation. Best-selling author Christy Lefteri speaks about refugee issues & her books with Melissa Benn

It is with the heaviest of heavy hearts that we have to announce that one of our visionary founders, Doris Bancroft has passed away. We are all completely devastated. Doris was passionate about many things - her life's work was a quest for equality of human rights for all, most especially those disadvantaged by displacement and conflict. With her great friend & colleague Carol Munro, supported by staff, parents and governors of Salusbury Primary School, she founded Salusbury World over 20 years ago. Carol and Doris worked tirelessly to ensure that every refugee family that came to the school received a warm welcome from Salusbury World and support with any difficulties they were experiencing. Doris was a vital part of that warm welcome- volunteering weekly for 17 years in the after school club where her kindness, patience, humour and considerable artistic talent (she always hated glitter!) were what drew so many children in every Tuesday afternoon. She was a fearless campaigner who championed many individual cases as well as lobbying endlessly for a fairer, humane asylum system. Our hearts are full of sadness but we are consoled by many, many happy memories and the knowledge that her great legacy, Salusbury World is still here working for a better future for refugees in London.

Our "Halloween Monster Visits" - book orders are needed by Monday

Queens Park Books have just added some fantastic older age group choices (11+) to the Halloween goody bags our charity team of monsters will be delivering to children next Saturday in Kensal, Queens Park, Brondesbury, Kilburn, Willesden, Dollis, Harlesden, Carlton Vale, Kilburn & Maida Vale.

Book choices need to be ordered on Monday to have time to arrive in your child's surprise bag (signed by local authors!).

Children receive a lantern bag, battery tea light, Halloween book worth c£7 (signed if choosing local authors), ghoul biscuit, haribo bag - all delivered by our team of monsters from next Saturday afternoon.

All donations go to help some of our most vulnerable families across Brent.

Donations over £10 per gift bag get DOUBLED by Winkworth Queens Park & Kensal Rise and Queens Park Design & Build.

Many thanks to the 123 donors so far.

Donate to:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/halloweenSW 🎃🎃

Order via:
www.bit.ly/HALLOWEENORDER

Are your children disappointed to not be able to "Trick or Treat" this year?

Let Salusbury World monsters bring the Treats to you on Saturday 31st Oct!!! 🎃

Book your child a treat "Ghoul Pack" packed with goodies such as:

- a Halloween book by local authors such as Kevin & Katie Tsang or Lou Kuenzler
- a spooky lantern with battery tea light
- monster biscuits
- bag of Haribos
- a bobbing apple!

All following Covid guidelines and social distancing (our monsters are too scary to be less than 2m away!).

All donations will help Salusbury World continue our work through the unfortunately VERY financially challenged next few months.

A huge thank you to Winkworth Kensal Rise & Queens Park and Queens Park Design & Build for offering to DOUBLE any donation amounts above £10 per pack!

Thank you also to the always wonderful Queens Park Books

NB You need to be quick - books have to be ordered by Monday!

Let Halloween 'Treats' Come to You! You are not supposed to "Trick or Treat" this year; so let our Dundonald Rd and Salusbury World monster-team bring the Treats to you!

The has become a chasm recently. We are trying to bridge the gap a little by passing on laptops and smart phones that people no longer need but are still in good working order. If you have an unlocked phone or a windows 10 laptop that you have upgraded, we would be very happy to pass them on to someone who really needs some connectivity. Please message [email protected] Thank you!

Renowned poet Ruth Padel will be talking about her new book "we are all from somewhere else" on Weds, 7pm-8pm on zoom.

It is about migration throughout time as experienced by all forms of life on earth. It is a brilliant and thought-provoking book of poems and prose.

Ruth Padel is one of the leading figures in British poetry and this will be a very special event.

The evening is put on by Salusbury World and there is an option to donate so you can help our work with refugees in our area.

Please book your tickets at link below!

Ruth Padel on migration and survival in poetry and prose. Online event. Award-winning poet Ruth Padel will talk about her new book "we are all from somewhere else", about migration and survival in poetry & prose

Thank you to our contributors and your donations! We're in our final fundraising week! Can you help us reach our fundraising goal? We're almost there #£3k!

Refugees bring many wonderful things, including RECIPES.

We can't travel, so let's go around the world on . Here's a recipe for Boramiyeh, a starter dish from Syria:

https://refugeeweek.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/REVISED-SALMAS-BORAMIYEH-SYRIA.pdf

Do you have a dish that ? Please share your recipe or repost this one and help support . Donate https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/SalusburyWORLD4Refugees

Credit to Refugee Week for this recipe!

Refugees bring many wonderful things, including RECIPES.

We can't travel, so let's go around the world on . Here's a recipe for Qatayef with cream and orange blossom sugar syrup (Palestine):

https://refugeeweek.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/revised-Qatayef-pancakes-1.pdf

Do you have a dish that ? Please share your recipe or repost this one and help support . Donate https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/SalusburyWORLD4Refugees

Credit to Refugee Week for this recipe!

Refugees bring many wonderful things, including RECIPES.

We can't go out, so let's go around the world on . Here's a recipe for Kashk-o Bademjan or Kashk Aubergine from Iran:

https://refugeeweek.org.uk/recipes-for-refugee-week-share-a-dish/

Do you have a dish that ? Please share your recipe or repost this one and help support . Donate https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/SalusburyWORLD4Refugees

Credit to Refugee Week for this recipe!

Big thanks to for taking part in our appeal!

Imagine: What would you take if you had to flee your home like a refugee?

Tag us in your response!

Please donate at https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/SalusburyWORLD4Refugees

Thank you so much .rundell for participating in our appeal!

Imagine: if you had to leave home like a refugee, what cherished item would you take with you? Post your answer and tag us

Please make a donation so that our charity can continue to support refugee families in London.
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/SalusburyWORLD4Refugees