A week-long festival to welcome, celebrate and stand alongside people who are refugees or seeking asylum in Nottingham.
13th-22nd June 2025
Nottingham Refugee Week is an annual cultural festival celebrating the culture of sanctuary we have built here in Nottingham. Delivered through a fabulous programme of events organised in partnership with refugee and asylum-seeking communities across Nottingham, it is an act of welcome, a gesture of solidarity and a shared celebration with people who have sought refuge here.
2025 Events
Refugee Roots Art Club Exhibition

CANCELLED: Cecilia's Story - Ghosts of Yarl's Wood

Launch Event: The Big One

Yoga Session Focusing on Breathing

Museum Takeover Day

Refugee Week Family Session

Father's Day Tour

H.O.P.E Open Mic

Cooking and Eating Together with Refugee Roots

Refugee Week Communal Meal

Refugee Week: Bollywood Dance Workshop

Conversation Café

Creative Café

Stand Up to Racism Public Meeting with Guest Speakers

Maison Foo Meet Your Neighbours Installation

Games, Music and Food

Community as a Superpower with Refugee Roots

What Does it Mean to be a Refugee?

Paddington at the Broadway

Community Walk

Launch of the Luckiest Girl Alive

Community Sharing Table

Yoga Session Focusing on Breathing

Mediha (15) + Recorded Q&A

Refugee Week Family Fun Day

Family Craft Club at Broadway: Make Your Own Encanto Candle

Encanto (U)

Refugee 11-a-side Football Tournament

A Show of Hands Storytelling

Closing Party

Refugee Week Resource Pack
Get Involved
If you would like to volunteer during Nottingham Refugee Week, please complete the online application form: https://tinyurl.com/RW2018vaf
Partners, Supporters and Funders


Five Leaves Bookshop











Nottingham Amnesty Group

Nottingham Central Library



Portland Centre



Women of Faith, All Saints’ Church
World Jam






Contact Us
Email us at [email protected]
Like, follow or message us on Facebook @NottinghamRefugeeWeek
Tweet or follow us @NottsRW
Share your photos or DM us on Instagram at nottsrefugeeweek
Mailbox only: Nottingham Refugee Week Committee, Care Of Nottingham Refugee Forum, 33A Hungerhill Road, Nottingham NG3 4NB
About Us
Community as a Superpower
This year’s national theme for Refugee Week celebrates community as the incredible everyday, to be found in simple acts of shared generosity and in kindness multiplied to become an unstoppable force!
“We can begin the process of making community wherever we are. We can begin by sharing a smile, a warm greeting, a bit of conversation; by doing a kind deed or by acknowledging kindness offered to us.”- bell hooks Communities can bring people together, bridging divides and offering support. They become spaces of resilience and places for healing.
This Refugee Week everyone is invited to spend time with friends and build new connections in and beyond our neighbourhoods. From communal meals and open-air film screenings, to football matches and music making, let’s share the feelings of welcome and belonging by listening, learning and laughing together.
It’s amazing what we can do when we move together towards a shared goal. So let’s redefine and rediscover our collective power to shape hopeful futures and begin by practicing, celebrating and rehearsing it every day. Come along, spread the word and stand in solidarity with all those who have found refuge in our city. Get in touch by Instagram – Facebook – or email #nottinghamrefugeeweek #RefugeeWeek #communityasasuperpower #SimpleActs

