The Shared Table

REFUGEE FESTIVAL CELEBRATION

Kairos Kitchen are delighted to be celebrating the lives of refugees in Renfrewshire for Refugee Festival Scotland 2025 at Kairos Women+ we will gather not only to share stories, engage and learn, but also to savour the rich and diverse flavours from different parts of the world. Today, food is our common language — a wonderful reminder that no matter where we come from, the act of cooking, sharing, and eating together connects us in the most human way.

The festival theme for this year 'Milestones', honours the incredible resilience, creativity, and contributions of refugees in our communities whilst acknowledging ongoing challenges

Through every dish served, you’ll taste a piece of someone’s journey — a recipe passed down through generations, a new take on tradition, or a cherished memory brought to life.

Let’s take this opportunity to celebrate the cultures that make our society vibrant, and to recognise the power of food not just to nourish us, but to unite us.

This event is open to all, please bring friends, family, partners - everyone welcome for this exciting celebration! We are fundraising for the future of the Kairos Kitchen project, so please pay for a ticket if you can afford to.

Booking & ticket prices: Pay what you can, booking only so we know numbers for food.

• FREE: I don't have any pennies to spare.
• £5: I don't have many pennies to spare.
• £10: I have some pennies to spare but I still have to watch them carefully.
• £15: I have pennies to spare and don't often worry about money.
• £20: I am in a comfortable financial position and want to give some of my spare pennies to support Kairos Kitchen.

Children: The event welcomes children for free if they are supervised at all times. Kids packs will be available on arrival. This event has been created for adults so we encourage you to bring along things for the kids to do. Book a Child Ticket alongside your own.

Getting to the event

The Hub is a venue located in Mile End Mill. There will be signs at the entrance telling you where to go for the event.

• Travelling by train: Mile End Mill is a 15-minute walk from Paisley Gilmour or Paisley Canal stations, just round the corner from our space in the Embroidery Mill.
• Travelling by bus: you can get the bus into Paisley town centre then the Mile End Mill is a 10-minute walk from there.
• Travelling by car: You can use the visitors' car park of the Mile End Mill building, but you will have to register your car on arrival so please let a volunteer or staff member know your car registration. Taxis can drop you off in the car park.

Food & drinks: Kairos Kitchen will be cooking up a vegetarian feast based on what we cook in our cross-cultural recipe sharing project.

Accessibility: this venue is wheelchair accessible (but it has heavy entrance doors) with an accessible bathroom on the ground floor and fifth floor. The Hub is on the forth floor of the Mile End Mill building with access via lift and there will be people on hand to get you to the room, and find the entrance. Volunteers will be available for support throughout the evening and they will be wearing badges to help you spot them.

Funded by: Kairos Kitchen is generously funded by National Lottery Awards for All and the Big Give Campaign. The group are fundraising to continue their journey!