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Liverpool Welcomes; an Arts and Music Fundraiser and community building event in aid of refugees takes place on Saturday 14th November!
The event is raising money for Merseyside Refugee Support Network and MSF Doctors Without Borders.
Liverpool Welcomes are inviting people to donate or volunteer with local charities. The fundraising gig at 24 Kitchen Street features a host of acclaimed local bands including Science of the Lamps, Dominic Dunn, Francisco Carrasco and Mersey Wylie and more.
There will also be a full, action-packed day of outreach and creative events to be announced soon. The follow up event will be family friendly and free. Featuring a variety of workshops, arts and music, activities and community outreach from local refugee support agencies, the workshops event will help us all learn how we can help more.
Liverpool is a generous city with a big heart and we aim to celebrate friendship and support for Asylum Seekers here, as well as abroad. Liverpool Welcomes first aims to fundraise, and also to support local charities who build bridges, a sense of community and support networks within the city.
With music from: Science of the Lamps, Dominic Dunn, Francisco Carrasco, Mersey Wylie, Katumba, The Soul Rays and Lotharios plus acoustic performances.
PLUS: online auction launched to raise funds with new prizes each week! Keep an eye on the facebook group for more info.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW: http://liverpoolwelcomes.brownpapertickets.com/
http://liverpoolwelcomes.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/838072099647248/
7PM – 11PM; 24 KITCHEN STREET, L1. £5
ABOUT THE CHARITIES:
MERSEYSIDE REFUGEE SUPPORT NETWORK: Liverpool Welcomes will put half the proceeds into a “Liverpool Welcomes Helping Hands Fund”. This will be accessible by any of the Liverpool City of Sanctuary charities so that the distribution of funds is refugee-led. More info here: https://liverpool.cityofsanctuary.org/simple-ways-to-get-involved
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (MSF) http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is a private, international association. MSF provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters, and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed, or political convictions.
MSF observes neutrality and impartiality in the name of universal medical ethics and the right to humanitarian assistance and claims full and unhindered freedom in the exercise of its functions.
Members undertake to respect their professional code of ethics and maintain complete independence from all political, economic, or religious powers.