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Donate to GDWG as you shop
At GDWG, we’ve just joined #easyfundraising. It’s a great site where you can raise money for our charity when you shop online. All you have to do is create a free account and choose to support Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group. Then 4,000 shops and sites (including all...
read moreGDWG needs your help!
Next year will mark our 25th birthday and we will be holding an online auction through Jumblebee to raise funds and awareness of our work. Could you help us secure lots for the auction? We want to cover as wide an area as possible in terms of lots, both geographically...
read moreGDWG Christmas cards on sale Nov 1st
Our Christmas cards are going on sale from 1st November. They are £4.50 for a pack of ten, available from the GDWG office in Crawley with payment by cheque or cash. They are a Christmas tree design made up of a collage of Refugee Tales photos with the greeting...
read moreDirector of GDWG becomes fellow of RSA
The prestigious Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) have welcomed Anna Pincus, Director of GDWG, into the enlightenment organisation. This was based on recognition of ‘exceptional...
read moreOur first 25th birthday newsletter is out today
This is the first edition of our 25th Birthday newsletters! Here we reflect on what our birthday means to us. In this edition, we are delighted to describe some of the ways we shall be inviting you to become involved in recognising 25 years of our volunteers...
read moreRefugee Tales Volume III out on July 11th!
Refugee Tales III is out on 11th July - available to pre-order here now! In Refugee Tales III we read the stories of people who have experienced immigration detention, many of whom have yet to see their cases resolved and who live in fear that at any moment they might...
read moreOne month to go until the Refugee Tales walk
This time next month we will be setting off on our Refugee Tales Walk of 2019, starting off in Brighton! The walk will take place from Friday 5 July to Wednesday 10 July and we will be walking from Brighton to Hastings. Each summer we walk in solidarity with Refugees,...
read moreWalking the Border: GDWG AGM
Thank you to everyone who attended our AGM and made the evening such a success. We launched our 25th birthday year and marked 5 years of Refugee Tales. Those of you who did attend had the opportunity to listen to David Herd speaking about Refugee Tales 5 years on....
read moreOur spring newsletter is out now!
In this newsletter we present perspectives from volunteers, staff, fundraisers and people in detention. We have poems, short stories and even a cake recipe! Read...
read moreReport by MPs find Home Office has overseen serious failings in the immigration detention process
This week the Home Affairs Select Committee has published a very critical report on the Home Office's use of immigration detention. The Committee found that the Home Office does not follow its own policy and guidance on who should be detained and when. They found that...
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