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Revive at Manchester Day Parade
Manchester Day is a fantastic annual event that celebrates everything great about our wonderful city. It is a day for families, residents and visitors to get together and celebrate all things Mancunian - the things that have made
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Voices now available on Amazon!
This week we're incredibly excited to announce that our book, Voices, is available to purchase on Amazon. For the past 18 months an important and inspiring project has been in the making here at Revive. We are now
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Revive’s ESOL group celebrates Black History Month
As we celebrate Black History Month one of our ESOL volunteers writes about the importance of recognition, understanding and cohesion now more than ever. Recognising the contemporary context of Black History Month could never have
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A special day for all in Lancashire’s Ribble Valley
Day trips and walks organised by Revive and other charitable groups mean such a lot to our service users – but they can also have a profound effect on our volunteers. Earlier this month, we headed up to Clitheroe in Lancashire’s
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#VolunteersWeek
During this week of appreciation, Revive would like to thank all of its volunteers for their invaluable contribution. With such a great team , Revive is able to continue delivering support and assistance for their service users. #Thank
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Proud to run the MCR Half Marathon for Revive and for Refugees
“I am glad I did it for Revive. I was happy that my dad practised and ran the half-marathon with me.” A jubilant Hattie Ditton said after a colourful completion of the Great Manchester Run, Sunday 28th May 2017. Hattie ran the
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World English Language Day
Sunday 23rd April is World English Language Day, so it’s fitting that we talk about the work that we do to help asylum seekers and refugees with communication. Each Wednesday a team of ESOL volunteers led by two specialist
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Music Therapy Workshop
One of the workshops that we run and feel passionately about the benefits of is our music therapy workshop. Every Wednesday, between the hours of 9 and 2, the sound of drums, singing and laughter can be heard streaming from the
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Volunteer’s Week Celebration: The joy of volunteering and caring for your community
At Revive, we feel it's incredibly important to share the stories of the people we support—people whose voices often go unheard. While none of us will ever have to go through anything as harrowing as many of the individuals we come into
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Celebrating Volunteering at Refugee Services in Manchester
On Friday 25th November, the Greater Manchester Refugee Support Partnership put on a ‘Volunteer Celebration Event’, to thank and celebrate the volunteers who make their work possible. Staff and volunteers from all the partnership
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Why Run for Refugees?
In this inspiring blog Revive volunteer, Harriet Ditton, explains why she is taking part in this year’s Great Manchester Run for refugees and to raise awareness of their situations, both here in the UK and overseas. An
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A Service of Hope for Refugees: ‘Welcome the Stranger’
Are you becoming all too accustomed to reading and hearing about xenophobia being on the rise, fuelled by the hateful rhetoric that has become commonplace in mainstream politics? Are you being led by the media to believe that
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