We are a group of volunteers co-ordinating a local welcoming response to the refugee crisis and one of our aims is to provide short-term respite and sanctuary for refugees in the peaceful countryside in and around the Brecon Beacons National Park.
The community of Llanfihangel Talyllyn has hosted a fantastic 'away day' for refugees and asylum seekers from Swansea.
We organised our first 'away-day' for some of the asylum-seekers/refugees from Swansea on Sunday 13th December at Hay Castle.
Women and children make up the majority of refugees and internally displaced persons in Syria.
We are a group of volunteers co-ordinating a local response to the refugee crisis. We do our best to address the many issues and requests for help that come to us. But as volunteers, each with family and other responsibilities, we cannot always respond as quickly as we would like.…
We are busy sorting and packing items that have been generously donated for the welcome packs, which will be given to newly arrived people in need of refuge in Swansea.
Minor update in December 2020- Currently we are not able to accept clothing or many other goods as we don't have storage or ability to distribute as the groups we usually work with are also not working as they did. Below are details of what we used to do.
People across Wales are being invited to join in a national day of prayer for refugees on Thursday the 10th of December, which is Human Rights Day.
A simple poem written by a blogger from New Delhi, Karuna Ezara Parikh, which offers both compassion and challenge for us all:
There are many ways in which you can help...
Please see our annual reports of activities over the years
HBTSR formed in September 2015, as the global refugee crisis escalated. We joined City of Sanctuary soon afterwards. We are a registered charity, No: 1173570