AVID Handbooks still available
We still have a large number of AVID volunteer handbooks available for Befrienders to collect. If you are unable to make it to the upcoming support meetings, please do drop in into the office or let us...
View ArticleWelcome to our new Befrienders
We have been pleased to welcome several new Befrienders over the last few months. Please say hello to them if you see them visiting at Yarl’s Wood. We now have well over forty Befrienders who visit on...
View ArticleYWB Christmas Party
Next Tuesday’s support meeting (Tues 6th December) will be our Befriender Christmas Party. Instead of the usual support meeting venue, we will be holding it in our office at 27b Tavistock Street and it...
View ArticleUpdated Directions to Yarl’s Wood now on website
Please see the Visiting page for a Google Map and directions to Yarl’s Wood.
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Thanks to our new fundraisers
With thanks to those now fundraising on our behalf, you can make your contribution on one of the following Virgin Money Giving pages: Joe Gibson – a befriender from 2010-2012 – and his fiancée Felicity...
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YWB Christmas Party 2016
Just to give you all the “head’s up”… We are in the planning stages for this year’s Christmas party at Yarl’s Wood. It was so well received last year, and the attendees enjoyed themselves so much,...
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In Memory of Sue Sarsfield
Today we attended the funeral at St Philip and St James Church in Severn Way, Bedford, to celebrate the life of Sue Sarsfield, who was one of our Befrienders. Sue had been volunteering with us since...
View ArticleWe need people with language skills
As you can appreciate, the women detained in Yarl’s Wood experience isolation significantly worse when everyone around them is speaking a language they barely, if at all, understand. Therefore, we are...
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Gardening Scheme
I think you will all agree that it would be fantastic to have a gardening scheme at YW to: Provide a healthy distraction from daily worries Teach new skills and interests Improve the outdoor...
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The Scar Test – 21st June
During Refugee Week, there will be showing of The Scar Test. A time you will know but a place you cannot. With unique access through the Yarl’s Wood Befrienders, Untold Theatre brings you stories from...
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Asylum Monologues – 15th June
A date for your diary. The showing will be at The Quarry Theatre at St Luke’s, 26 St Peters St, Bedford. MK40 2NN Full details to follow.
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2017 Annual Meeting – 5th July
We have now finalised details for this year’s Annual Meeting: 7pm, Wednesday, 5th July The Place Theatre, Bradgate Road, Bedford. MK40 3DE This will be followed immediately (8pm) by a performance of...
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YW Drop-In Sessions starting
We are pleased to tell you that from 30th March Caroline and Jess will be hosting a weekly Drop-In Session in YWIRC. These sessions will run every Thursday 10am–12pm in the office opposite Welfare for...
View ArticleMarie-France’s Interview
Marie-France, one of our Befrienders, was recently interviewed during a service at St. Mary the Virgin, Welwyn. Hear what she has to say about Yarl’s Wood…...
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Tickets also available for The Scar Test – 21st June
Buy your tickets for The Scar Test. The ticket price is £10 (£8.50 concessions). The Place Theatre, Bradgate Road, Bedford. MK40 3DE
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Tickets now available for The Asylum Monologues – 15th June
You can now buy your tickets for The Asylum Monologues.The ticket price is £5 (£4 concessions). The performance will be at 7:30pm on Thursday, 15th June 2017 at The Quarry Theatre at St Luke’s, 26 St...
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Update from Thyme2Grow
Following a tense few weeks, the Gardening at Yarl’s Wood Crowd funding campaign reached it’s all-or-nothing target amidst great excitement just before Easter. In total it raised start-up funding of...
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Fundraising Choir Event – 17th June
For a fun, song-filled evening, please support this event in Rushden. Thank you. All details are on the lovely poster.
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Christmas Party 2016 photos
Just to remind you what a fun time we had, here are some photos of last year’s Christmas party, with apologies that it took us so long…
View ArticleJune Sessions
Just a reminder of the forthcoming sessions at 43 Bromham Road, Bedford. MK40 2AA: Information Session on Wednesday 14th June 2017, from 7pm until 8.30pm. Training and Selection Day on Saturday 24th...
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