{"id":28753,"date":"2015-11-17T11:32:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T11:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=28753"},"modified":"2015-11-17T11:32:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T11:32:34","slug":"benefit-concert-raise-money-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/11\/17\/benefit-concert-raise-money-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefit concert to aid refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A benefit concert will be held in Newport later this month in aid of Welsh refugees and asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<p>The event is due to take place at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stowparkchurchcentre.co.uk\/\">Stow Park Church Centre<\/a> in Newport on 20 November, and aims to raise money for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.welshrefugeecouncil.org\/\">Welsh Refugee Council<\/a> (WRC) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedomfromtorture.org\/\">Freedom from Torture<\/a> (FFT).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28944\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 468px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/ref-hands-e1447756519397.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28944 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/ref-hands-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"benefit concert\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28944 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/ref-hands-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"benefit concert\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Welsh Refugee Council and Freedom from Torture have been helping refugees and asylum seekers for many years<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The concert will feature a plethora of musical acts, including Frankie Armstrong and Newport based choir <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalvoice.net\/choir_profile\/306\/Cascapella%20(Newport%20Community%20Choir)\">Cascapella<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year will mark the third time the event has taken place since its inception in 2013. According to the WRC, previous years have been successful in raising money for the both charities.<\/p>\n<p>FFT\u2019s Maureen Gower said, \u201cPast events have gone well in terms of attracting a large audience. We hope this year will be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frankie Armstrong will be amongst performers supporting the event <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":28780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[4992,4993,131,4994,4995,4996,4997,4485],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-28753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-benefit-concert","tag-cascapella","tag-charity","tag-frankie-armstrong","tag-freedom-from-torture","tag-sarah-harman","tag-stow-park-church-centre","tag-welsh-refugee-council"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Benefit concert to aid refugees - 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