Reproduced with kind permission from The Guardian
As the government cuts benefits to asylum seekers, Rowenna Davis spent a week with Shakira Begum and her daughter, Farzana to see how they survive
Archive for October, 2009
Welcome to our blog – Guardian piece on asylum cuts
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Hi,
Welcome to our new blog which will feature articles from different people around Refugee Action, refugees and asylum seekers and others who are working and campaigning on refugee issues.
Posted by Sara Ayech
The Secret Diary of a Karaoke Addict Aged 31 and 3/4: Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
Monday, October 12th, 2009Working for a charity has a touch of the Oliver Twists about it.
You feel as if you’re perpetually scurrying around with a large begging bowl, whimpering at companies, friends, journalists, celebrities…
‘Please, Sir? Can I have some more?’
Posted by Esme Peach
The Secret Diary of a Karaoke Addict Aged 31 and 3/4: Hopelessly devoted to you
Saturday, October 10th, 2009Four reasons why I love the lads and lasses at Sing Up:
1) They are all about getting small people into singing mode as early as possible in their school lives (thus nurturing a whole new generation of karaokers – They really do believe that children are the charioke future)
Posted by Esme Peach
The Secret Diary of a Karaoke Addict Aged 31 and 3/4: I get by with a little help from my friends
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009There’s a certain danger attached to being too friendly with people that work for charities. A danger that’s not quite of the magnitude of being too friendly with undercover CIA agents or people that rob banks, but a clear and present danger all the same.
Posted by Esme Peach
The Secret Diary of a Karaoke Addict Aged 31 and 3/4: Monday, Monday – a poor choice of day to charioke?
Thursday, October 1st, 2009Lucky Voice sends out an email newsletter to the 30,000 karaoke evangelists on their database. The newsletter goes out at 16.32. By 16.39 I have ten emails saying ‘Charioke?! Who? How? Where? Can I come?’
Posted by Esme Peach