Refugee Tales - Reunion and Walk With Us
Date and time
Location
Lingfield Railway Station
Station Road Lingfield RH7 6EF United KingdomDescription
Please join us for our Refugee Tales 2018 reunion walk on Saturday 15th September - all are welcome, even if you weren't able to join the walk this year!
Please meet at Lingfield railway station at 11am. We have an 8 mile circular walk taking in the East Surrey villages of Dormansland and Kingfield and culminating in a walk around the beautiful Lingfield nature reserves with their small ponds and pools, an orchard, a wildflower garden and a butterfly garden. Please bring a packed lunch to share and carry water.
Start and end at Lingfield station.
We suggest a donation of £5 for the walk, or £20 for the year from January. This helps to cover the costs of travel for our friends who are former detainees.
(We're sorry that we are not able to accommodate dogs on the walk - thank you)
In case of emergencies or delays please ring Avril on 07952 878496.
Organised by
Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group was set up in 1995 when the UK Immigration Service began to detain people at a small holding centre near Gatwick Airport. The following year, Tinsley House Detention Centre was built, and we became a registered charity. We work to improve the welfare and well-being of people held in detention, by offering friendship and support and advocating for fair treatment.
We are non-party political and do not represent any vested interests. We use our own insight into the experiences of people held in detention to try to improve conditions, inform policy and challenge negative images of people affected by the immigration process, both through our own work and by networking with other organisations who provide support, such as the Association for Visitors to Immigration Detainees (AVID). We are also participating members of the Detention Monitoring Group and Detention Forum.