Barka UK is working with Turning Point in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham providing a range of support around drugs, alcohol and chemsex. Currently, there is a weekly Polish drop-in group at 32a Wardour Street in Soho in Westminster.
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Two of Barka UK representatives, Ewa Sadowska and Andrew Keogh, attended Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2024 in Hamburg between 5th -7th of September.
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On 29th and 30th July our colleague from Barka UK team, Anna Maria McKeever assisted German radio Deutchlandfunk as a translator in meetings & interviews arranged in Poland. Our guests, Ernie and Anja, invited by Barka Foundation, came to prepare a special broadcast on situation of the homeless, those at risk of social exclusion, Ukrainian refugees, pensioners, unemployed, vulnerable people of Polish villages, small towns and big cities.
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It was a great pleasure for a part of the Barka UK team to welcome German guests from the 'Social Research Workshops' project to a study visit to Barka Foundation For Mutual Help last week.
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On Thursday, 20th June, Barka UK participated in the Peace Walk organised by Humanitarians Together Group, as a part of the World Refugee Week, called ‘Piece of cake’
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Barka UK took part in the events celebrating 35th anniversary of Barka in Poland with nearly 600 of delegates from Poland and around the world. Both local and national authorities, entrepreneurs, international organisations cooperating with Barka, social economy entities and participants of Barka programmes were present, including Barka leaders and representatives of Barka network in Western Europe.
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Ewa Sadowska and Andrew Keogh from Barka UK, presented the BARKA model at the European Social Work Conference held in Bruges, Belgium, on April 25-26, 2024. The conference was hosted by the Government of Flanders and the Flemish Platform Strong Social Work.
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On 1st of May Barka UK is starting a Blue Light focused pilot project with Alcohol Change UK and City of Westminster to support Central & Eastern Europeans with no recourse to public funds, to reconnect & offer support in their home countries. Barka’s leader Andrzej Ratajczak is back in London to be a part of Barka outreach team.
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