Dear Friends, On the occasion of the birth of the little Child, who unravelled our tangled affairs and placed things in this world according to the order of Love, we wish you wings that will carry us beyond excessive attachment to things, beyond rushing, impatience or easy judgment.
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Leading health and social care provider, Turning Point, has teamed-up with homelessness charity Barka UK to support members of the Polish community in central London struggling with substance use.
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On 15th of November, the Expert Committee on Combating Homelessness met at the Commissioner For Human Rights Offices in Warsaw. The subject of the meeting was the situation of Polish citizens in the homelessness crisis abroad, especially in the context of access to medical services financed from public funds and communication with the appropriate Polish services in cases of sudden life-threatening situations or inability to make informed decisions, as well as financing rehabilitation and psychiatric treatment.
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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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