{"id":36354,"date":"2018-12-07T15:43:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=36354"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:29:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:29:17","slug":"butetown-citizens-show-support-syrian-refugee-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/butetown-citizens-show-support-syrian-refugee-family","title":{"rendered":"Butetown\u00a0citizens\u00a0show support for Syrian\u00a0refugee family \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The people of Butetown have contributed thousands of pounds for the settlement of a Syrian refugee family. But are these community initiatives\u00a0at risk?<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36372\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36372\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/refugee-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36372\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/refugee-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> A Syrian refugee family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>People in Butetown have\u00a0raised money for the settlement of a Syrian family.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Local charity Croeso Butetown has raised\u00a0over \u00a38000 to provide for the resettlement of a Syrian refugee family, with\u00a0\u201cNo Strangers to Strangers\u201d serving as their slogan. \u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re a mixed community here. We have many Syrian families already. They\u2019ll be made to feel very welcome,\u201d said the chairman.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The charity has set \u00a39000 as their minimum target, and their resettlement plan\u00a0has already been approved by the local authority.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, the stage we\u2019re at is the application\u2019s\u00a0been put forward to the Home Office for acceptance,\u201d said the organization\u2019s chairman. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to sort out somewhere for them to live. We\u2019ll overcome that.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The South Wales Islamic Centre, one of the partners of Croeso Butetown and venues for donations.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>This campaign builds on\u00a0Butetown\u2019s proud tradition of welcoming people from all corners of the world ever since the nineteenth-century, as\u00a0one of the most culturally diverse areas in Cardiff.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The project is in association with Citizens Cymru, who according to the chairman<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>are the ones who brought it forward.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36378\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36378\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/st-marys--625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36378\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/st-marys--625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> St Mary&#8217;s Church, one of the partners of Croeso Butetown and venues for donations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The UK government pledged in 2015 to resettle 20,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees by 2020; however there is a\u00a0possibility that after this date, far fewer refugee families will be taken in.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, local authorities might lose some of the funds necessary to integrate refugee families.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Croeso Butetown\u2019s three major partners: St Mary\u2019s Church, the\u00a0South Wales Islamic Centre and Tabernacl Chapel are serving as\u00a0venues for donations, with each\u00a0pledging to raise at least \u00a32000\u00a0individually.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Public events have been held in order to raise funds: for example a curry and quiz night at the Butetown Community Centre on September 21 in which over \u00a3780 pounds were raised, and a fundraiser organized and hosted by the South Wales Islamic Centre on 24 August.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a3127.75 were raised through the selling of cupcakes at St Mary\u2019s Church on September 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The people of Butetown have contributed thousands of pounds for the settlement of a Syrian refugee family. 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