Programme themes and topics  
 
Theme: Different Pasts, Shared Future
The main themes and messages of Refugee Week are:

• The contribution of refugees:  refugees make a huge contribution to the UK - socially, culturally and economically
• Mutual benefit:  British people and refugees learn and benefit from each other
• Friendship: with the friendship of British people, refugees are able to better and more quickly rebuild their lives, and to offer so much more.

Topics
Within these overall themes, we are recording items on a range of topics, including:

• Arts, literature and music - interviews with refugee artists, writers and musicians, plus reviews and previews of some of the arts events taking place during Refugee Week
• Community events - send details of your event for our 'what's on' publicity bulletins; plus: take this opportunity to tell us about the day-to-day work of your organisation.
• Education - refugee children and their needs/experiences; refugee teachers and their experiences of working or looking for work in the UK
• Environment and climate change - the link between over-consumption by rich countries and population displacement in poorer countries is becoming all too clear. Join this important debate - tell your story if you, or members of your family, have been personally affected by environmental degradation or climate change.
• Immigration - reports and debate on the issues and related campaigns including those focusng on detention, anti-deportation, the regularisation of undocumented migrants etc
• Refugee and migrant support - the work of the many organisations around the country who help refugees, asylum seekers and migrants on practical matters such as health, education, language, housing etc.

Please get in touch:
~ if you are a refugee and would like to record an interview about yourself, your interests, your talents, skills, work, aspirations etc.
~ if you have ideas for guests or for short items which contribute towards these themes and topics.
Please let us know as soon as possible (don't wait till you've got your Refugee Week event organised).

Programmes and items will be broadcast online during Refugee Week as part of the live programmes, or as 'on demand' (click to listen) items or podcasts from this website and/or from the RWRadio Network website.