{"id":29555,"date":"2018-11-13T14:18:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=29555"},"modified":"2018-11-13T14:18:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:18:07","slug":"croeso-butetown-project-to-welcome-refugee-family-to-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/11\/13\/croeso-butetown-project-to-welcome-refugee-family-to-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Croeso Butetown project to welcome refugee family to Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH communities and residents in Butetown are aiming to raise \u00a39,000 to re-settle a Syrian refugee family.<br \/>\nThe Croeso Butetown project is using the slogan \u201cWe are no strangers to strangers\u201d, building on Butetown\u2019s long history of welcoming diverse communities to Cardiff.<br \/>\n\u201cI thought it was a good thing to do, an important thing to do,\u201d said Rev Dean Atkins of St Mary\u2019s Church, Butetown, one of three religious organisations in Cardiff involved.<br \/>\nThe South Wales Islamic Centre, Butetown, and the Tabernacle church, The Hayes, are also fundraising and helping to find housing for the family, as well as ensuring they have everything they need to re-settle in Butetown.<br \/>\nEvents so far have included the Islamic Centre holding an Eid celebration and fundraiser, and the Butetown community centre giving their hall free of charge to host a curry and quiz night. The total money raised to date is just over \u00a38,000.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29560 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-770x577.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege.jpg 1327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29560 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-770x577.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/refuggegege.jpg 1327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nThe project, in association with the charity Citizens Cymru, aims to raise a minimum of \u00a39,000, and are planning to submit an application to the Home Office for approval by the end of this year.<br \/>\n\u201cNot only are we helping a family, the community are working together and there is a real sense of ownership and partnership,\u201d Rev Atkins told The Cardiffian.<br \/>\nThe UK government aims to re-settle 20,000 refugees by 2020 as part of the Vulnerable Persons Re-settlement Scheme. Part of the VPRS is an initiative to support local charities and communities in providing homes for refugees. Between 2016 and February 2018, 10,500 refugees were re-settled in the UK.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To donate to the Croeso Butetown project\u00a0 go to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/croesobutetown?fbclid=IwAR0emERLNjCaWQlqGzXJIHHnGN81uTiv1qhS3YllAK1kvDEw2fUgC_ycdKs\">JustGiving<\/a> page or contact the project directly via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CroesoButetown\/\">facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CroesoButetown\">twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH communities and residents in Butetown are aiming to raise \u00a39,000 to re-settle a Syrian refugee family. The Croeso Butetown project is using the slogan \u201cWe are no strangers to strangers\u201d, building on Butetown\u2019s long history of welcoming diverse communities to Cardiff. \u201cI thought it was a good thing to do, an important thing to do,\u201d said Rev Dean Atkins of St Mary\u2019s Church, Butetown, one of three religious organisations in Cardiff involved. The South Wales Islamic Centre, Butetown, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":29560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[392,1291,10,227,1289],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-29555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-butetown-2","tag-cardiff-2","tag-charity","tag-community","tag-refugees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Croeso Butetown project to welcome refugee family to Cardiff - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/11\/13\/croeso-butetown-project-to-welcome-refugee-family-to-cardiff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Croeso Butetown project to welcome refugee family to Cardiff - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FAITH communities and residents in Butetown are aiming to raise \u00a39,000 to re-settle a Syrian refugee family. 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