Refugee Week: Threads of Joy and Community @ the V&A South Kensington

Come along to a day of family-friendly workshops and performances to celebrate Refugee Week, inspired by themes of joy and small acts of kindness.

Refugee Week celebrates the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Join us for a day of workshops and performances to celebrate joy, storytelling and small acts of kindness.  

The programme includes:  

Flock Drop in

11am-4pm 
An opportunity to contribute a clay bird towards a communal flock of birds created by refugee groups from Salusbury World charity, using clay to celebrate diversity and community and highlight themes of identity, displacement and migration.  Led by artist Jacqui Ramrayka. 

“you're a man now, boy”  

1pm-1:15pm and 3pm-3:15pm 

you’re a man now, boy is a dance performance weaving hip hop, contemporary, and magical realism into an empathetic experience. Through voice and dynamic movement, it explores the joy, the hardship, and the community found through the healing of mental health difficulties and trauma. 

Play for Progress

2pm-2:30pm and 4pm-4:30pm  

Join young people from Play for Progress for an informal pop-up performance and music workshop. Get ready to join in!  

Play for Progress is a Croydon-based charity that tap into the healing power of music, the arts, play, and creative therapies to build healthy and resilient relationships that support and amplify the voices of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people.