Sheffield Positive Action Training Consortium (SPAT-C) has a number of summer activities planned for Asylum Seekers and also under its Refugee Integration Programme.

These include:

• Children’s and young peoples’ activities (10 – 16 group and 16 – 24 years group): visit by young people to museums, children’s theatre, art and crafts classes, use of computers for artwork, educational, recreational purposes – e.g. design work and computer graphics. Also sports & recreation activities e.g. learning Karate, Volleyball, Football and Swimming etc.

• Language Classes for those with little or no knowledge of English, combined with computer training.

• Activities for Women, through the SPATC organised Women’s Development Forum: bi-weekly meetings on Saturdays where women share their ideas and traditional crafts, problems and solutions e.g. family life, bringing up children, women’s health issues, activities for women such as swimming, walking, jogging. Also a women’s health course, psychological support for stress etc through a qualified expert; women’s art classes etc

• Exhibition of multi-cultural arts and crafts, oil paintings, patina art, calligraphy and sculpting. Primarily reflecting the historical, cultural and current artistic achievements of the Persian/Arabic Diaspora (under the direction of Vahid Sabbaghian our gifted resident artist). Also art forms from different ethnic traditions e.g. African, Latin American, and Indian etc.

• Public multi-cultural musical performances: Mahfil Shaadi – 2003 our annual celebration of music from Iran and the Middle East in September 2003. Also, Festival of Somali dance, poetry and folkloric music – October 2003.

• Training in oil painting, textile design (e.g. Batik) and mural art as an 8 week SPAT-C course – open to children, teenagers and a women’s’ group.

• Training in citizenship/civic education for refugees and asylum seekers as a preparation to integrate in local society.

• Training in recording studio skills for amateur groups or interested individuals from the Asylum Seeker/ Refugee community (people interested in forming musical bands).

For registration, please get in touch with Ann Wells (tel 275 6815) or Amineh Salehi (tel 281 2320). Speak to Amineh for more information.

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