Vigil for Annociate Today

outside Sheffield Town Hall, Monday 22nd September 5-6pm

Annociate Nimpagaritse is a volunteer with ASSIST and a member of St Marie's Cathedral Church and choir. She is being held in detention and is due to be forcibly removed to Burundi on Thursday 25th September.

Annociate is from the minority Tutsi ethnic group and was born in Bujumbura, the capital city. She says that various family members were killed by Hutus in 1993. Annociate says that in 2004 a number of armed men, who she believes to have been from the FNL (Forces nationals de liberation), a Hutu rebel group, shot and killed her parents at the family home. Annociate says that she and her siblings managed to escape from the house and fled to a refugee camp but she became separated from them and does not know their whereabouts. Annociate fled to the UK in 2005.

Annociate suffers from post traumatic stress after her experiences in Burundi, but has slowly been recovering with support from her counsellor and friends.

You can also support Annociate by:
Visiting the blog at http://freeannociate.blogspot.com and sign the on-line petition. Or write to Liam Byrne, Minister for Immigration Home Office, 3rd Floor, Peel Building, 2 Marsham Street,London, SW1P 4DF,
Email: byrnel@parliament.uk
Flight date Thursday September 25th, 8pm

African Dance Class

A new dance class run by Rose Bazzie, from Sheffield's Liberian refugee community, on Thursday Evenings 7pm - 8:30pm at Highfield Trinity Church on London Road. £6 (waged)/ £4 (unwaged) call Rose on 07757491233 or John on 07880821033

Introduction to Community Development and Health Course

The Furnival, 199 Verdon Street, Sheffield S3 9QQ
Thurs 9th October till Thurs 5th February.
Taster sessions will be held on Thursday 25th September and Saturday 4th October from 10am to 1pm
Learn how to work with your community, learn about health issues, learn new skills and develop old ones. All course materials provided. Childcare available & transport costs covered. Accreditation with Open College Network
Call 0114 272 7497 for more details or to register.

Faiths in Action Advice Surgery

Wednesday 1st October 2008 at Victoria Methodist Church, Stafford Road, Sheffield S2 2SE
Together for Regeneration [TfR] and OFFER are holding a joint project advice surgery with up to 10 one-hour slots available for any faith based organisations or groups in Sheffield.
They are particularly keen to support any initiatives that bring together people of different faiths at a neighbourhood level. If your Faith Group is thinking about developing work in your community with other Faith Groups you may be eligible for Faiths In Action funding.
Book a place by contacting: Madeleine Gadsby on 01709 309 137 or admin@tfr.org.uk

Free UK Citizenship course

There is a new online citizenship package available for public use in every Sheffield public library. Users simply need to visit their library, register to use the free computers and follow the links on the library service website (www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries).
The package is completely free and allows users to access course material reproduced from Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey into Citizenship - Second Edition (2007). In addition, there are short revision tests, a full glossary of terms, lists of useful contacts and full tests to simulate the real thing.