Happy Easter 2025!
"May every gaze upon the Cross stir a holy unrest, for all in life is nothing compared to such Great Love."
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Seminar on ‘Promoting Intra European Mobility and overcoming barriers to free movement in the EU’ in Dublin – 25th – 28th of February 2025
On 25-28 February, representatives of Barka UK participated in a seminar in Dublin on the topic of “The Right to Free Movement in the EU”, which was organised as a part of the Erasmus Plus programme by the European Return and Migration Network.
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Barka UK meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw – 12th of February 2025
On 12th of February, an important meeting of the Barka Foundation took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw with representatives of the Barka network abroad – Ewa Sadowska from the United Kingdom (Barka UK) and Daria Ceplin (Stiching Barka) from The Netherlands.
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Special Christmas meeting of Barka leaders, streetworkers and Barka international network: Poznań, 22nd December 2024
Yesterday, at Barka HQ in Poznan in Poland a special Christmas meeting of Barka leaders, street workers and representatives of BARKA network from abroad took place. Our guest, among others were our colleagues from Barka UK, Stichting Barka NL, Barka IE and Barka DE.
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2025 from Barka UK!
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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Breaking Barriers: Free Polish-Speaking Drug and Alcohol Support in Central London
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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Barka UK participates in the Expert Committee on Combating Homelessness meeting in Warsaw – 15th of November 2024
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 and Turning Point cooperation in London- November 2024
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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