SANCTUARY, REFUGE, COMPASSION Supporting refugee women Refugee Week  - 19 to 25 June 2023 Refugee Week takes place every year in June. Everyone is invited to take part in this world-wide festival of art and culture celebrating the remarkable contributions of refugees. If you take a look at the wonderful website www.refugeeweek.org.uk you will find information, ideas and suggestions about how you might get involved, ranging from simply reading a poem to joining a major campaign. The theme for this year is Compassion, and how we might extend our own circles of compassion, referencing Einstein, who spoke of ….widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. And they have this specially designed poster available for anyone to download. A terrible irony It’s horrible to see, in the midst of the positive waves of support for refugees and all the preparations for the festival, that appalling tragedies continue. As Refugee Week appro