For 2026 we are issuing a challenge to local schools and youth groups to produce art or literature on the theme ‘ Celebrating Refugees’ .
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October 2025 – WE now also have some cards for sale that are made from selected Children’s art with all necessary permissions. Cards can be ordered from Rowland on [email protected]. Thanks to Lisa for her help in producing these cards
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To celebrate previous Refugee Weeks HBTSR held a competition for local schools in 2023 about.Seeking Sanctuary’ in 2024 ‘Welcome/Croeso’ and In 2025 ‘Safe Passage’. Details and some of the entries are below
2025
see posters either on link or below. The awards evening was at Brecon Cathedral on Friday 20th June 2025 see report here. The winning entries were on display in Brecon Cathedral from June 9th to 23rd and then in Hay Castle until July 4th and then Ysgol Y Mynydd Du until 13th July then Llangattock church until the end of July .
And the exhibition moved to Ysgol Y Mynydd Du and then to St Cattwg’s Church in LLangattock.
Competition Poster 2025 E Competition Poster 2025 W-2
Winning entries in 2025
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Previous years
In all years the work has been of high standard and this makes the judges work very hard.
An awards evening was held at 6.30pm on 14th June 2024 at St Mary’s church in Brecon and an exhibition of work was at Theatr Brycheiniog for several weeks from June 10th and from 5th July at Hay Castle until end of July.
Quote from Audience member about 2023 awards evening
‘The entries were extraordinary individually, and profoundly affecting collectively; I was astonished over and again by their maturity and depth, as well as by the sheer creative talent of their creators. I very much look forward to the next event.’
Exhibition is in Brecon Cathedral entrance halls from 2nd September 2024 for a few weeks
2024 Entries can be viewed here. [please ignore spelling errors in my presentation!]
2024 refugee week letters competition Welcome /Croeso
2024 visual competition refugee week 2024
2024 poem competition refugee week 2024
This is the task the school pupils were set in 2024
Competition Awards Poster 2024
This is the task the school pupils were set in 2024
HBTSR are grateful to PAVO and Powys County Council for their support in provision of Prize money in 2023 and 2024.
Photos of exhibition in Hay Castle July 2024 and Brecon Cathedral September 2024.
Poster below is for 2023.
