Barka UK study visit to The Netherlands – 22nd – 24th April 2024
Barka UK has recently taken part in a short study visit to the Netherlands.
Continue readingBarka UK has recently taken part in a short study visit to the Netherlands.
Continue readingAnother, already 35th Easter celebrated together is behind us!
Continue readingDear Friends, Every year on Christmas Day, Barka's children stage a Nativity Play, which depicts events from over 2 thousand years ago.
Continue readingOn 13 December, Barka UK took part in the Social Enterprise Fair at Westminster Chapel in London.
Continue readingOn Thursday, 9th of November 2023, Barka UK participated in the “Support for people leaving prisons and people in debt” conference, organised by the Regional Centre for Social Policy in Poznań, in Poland.
Continue readingOn the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of Barka NL (Stichting Barka), a study visit involving the international Barka network, co-funded by the EU Erasmus Plus programme, took place with the following participants: Barka NL, Barka UK, Barka Ireland, the Barka For Mutual Aid Foundation in Poland and Barka Germany.
Continue readingBarka UK participated in the grand opening of the Tomasz Sadowski pitch and the football tournament in Poznan, Poland. It was a remarkable event - with long months of preparations.
Continue readingBarka UK attended the launch of the "Protecting Refugees- Manifesto" in the House of Lords at Westminster Palace, the home of British Parliamentary Democracy.
Continue readingEwa and Andrew from the Barka UK team attended the ‘Humanitarians Together’ meeting chaired by Lord Roberts of Llandudno, a long-time friend and a Patron of Barka UK.
Continue readingA 9-day study visit started on 13th April, during which Ewa Sadowska-Keogh and Anna Maria McKeever, representatives of the Barka UK team, collected guests to take them to the first introductory meeting at Barka HQ in Poznań. There, they were met by Barbara Sadowska, the chairwoman of the Board of the Barka Foundation for Mutual Help, and several of the Barka Poznan leaders.
Continue readingTwo representatives of Barka UK, Ewa Sadowska and Andrew Keogh, attended the 10th anniversary of Barka Canada, which took place on the outskirts of Vancouver, in the province of British Columbia.
Continue readingBarka UK took part in the study visit of the King of the Pokomo Tribe of Kenya Makorani Mjidho VII to Greater Poland, who met with representatives of social economic entities and local authorities at Fundacja Pomocy Wzajemnej Barka.
Continue readingThe members of the Barka International Network from Belgium, The Netherlands, Poland and UK celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Barka Ireland Voluntary Reconnections project, which provides assisted return for Central and Eastern European (CEE) migrants to their country of origin by organising a special study visit to Ireland this year.
Continue readingBarka UK took part in the third Polish Diaspora Organisations Conference organised by the Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London and Social Seed Media C.I.C. (The Publisher of the ‘Bo Warto’ portal).
Continue readingBetween 10th and 14th October 2022, a delegation from one of the largest non-UK national prisons visited Barka Network in Poland. This is the report.
Continue readingLast Friday, Barka UK took part in a meeting with a 15-persons delegation of the FEANTSA Network (The European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless).
Continue readingLast week, Barka in Poland hosted a delegation of representatives of British prisons. The purpose of the visit, organised in partnership with BARKA UK, was to establish cooperation between the prison system and civic organizations in Poland and Great Britain.
Continue readingLast weekend, the representatives of Barka UK team visited the projects of Emmaus Community in Cambridge. Emmaus movement was started by Abbe Pierre - a French Catholic priest, member of the Franciscan Capuchin Order.
Continue readingOn 22nd of July, Barka's representative, Włodzimierz Płacewicz, took part in a meeting with Deputy Minister of Justice, Michał Woś in Warsaw. The meeting concerned the cooperation between Barka Foundation and British prison services in Great Britain.
Continue readingOn 21st of July, 2022, the Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London, represented by Consul Tomasz Balcerowski and Consul Jolanta Srebrakowska, handed over to the Barka UK delegation vouchers to the British bakery chain Greggs for a total amount of £ 1,500.
Continue readingMembers of the Barka UK team took part in the study visit to the Barka Network in Poland in June. The visit stretched over 4 days and started with a visit to Barka Headquarters in Poznań, where the study group was welcomed by Maria Sadowska, Vice President of the Board of the Barka Foundation for Mutual Help and the Barka Network.
Continue readingOur Network of Community Centres across Poland has been asked to provide accommodation for 400 Ukrainian Citizens, mainly women and children. We hope that 500GBP per person will be enough to maintain their living support needs over the next 6 months.
Continue readingDuring 'Lampedusa, Island of Peace" three-day Conference last week, our CEO, Ewa Sadowska presented the Barka system for social inclusion and solidarity economy in Poland. Barka's experiences seem particularly important for countries accepting refugees from different parts of the world, for which their challenge is their social and professional integration in local communities.
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