Get Involved

Hello,

I am looking for people to join me taking this further and expanding Fly with me events and Afghan storytelling workshops.

 
You will help me get the workshops into festivals and make contact with agency with interest in using this as a tool of promoting mental wellbeing and diversity. We will make more memories and inspire creativity with arts and entertainment. we will work together to bring joy, craft, laugh, hear and learn to people. As a charity, we aim to introduce people to Afghan culture and storytelling and inspire experiences to discover and take part in the arts. promote diversity and fight bigotry and racism. 

If you think this is something you would like to get involved with then I would love to discuss with you. Please come along for a coffee and chat to see if we are a good match and I can tell you more. You can email me below

Thanks for your support in advance,

Sanjar Qiam

+44 7968 44 44 46

email@nolander.org

www.nolander.org

67 Upper North Street, Brighton, BN1 3FL

Building the group

I was thinking of asking freinds and family as my starting point; I am also going to knock on neighbours’ doors to see if they are interested. I will be using social media to get the word out and recruit volunteers. once I a few people committed I will set up a WhatsApp group so we can liaise, communicate and arrange meetings. I am aiming for a core group of 8-10 members. I am hoping as we develop and move along the way, more volunteers and befrienders will join, growing the number to 35-40 members!

I have spoken with freinds and strangers about community sponsorship and most are unfamiliar with the scheme. thats why I decided to set up this little website to upload regular information. I have also notice that almost everyone I have spoken with have offered help and support. 

In many ways, building the group is the single most important part of the community sponsorship journey. You will endure many challenges (and wins) together so resilience, flexibility and trust are key and group members should demonstrate commitment and skill to take on the responsibility of welcoming and settling a family.

Improving Community sponsorship scheme for refugees

Channel 4 speaks with Zehra Zaidi, who’s a lawyer and co-founder of Action for Afghanistan – an organisation that works to secure safe passage and resettlement for refugees. The solution to the problem seem to be in streamlining community sponsorship scheme and making it easy for local communities to support refugee families. 

https://www.channel4.com/news/home-office-system-is-creaking-says-action-for-afghanistan-co-founder