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A Glorious Celebration of Autumn

Written by admin on October 23, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized. 4 Comments

On the 21^st of October we held our Autumn Celebration at Sutton Coldfield United Reform Church. Over 60 people came together to enjoy each other’s company, share a lovely buffet, and have fun.

A big thank you goes out to the staff from Refugee and Migrant Centre, and Spring Housing who gave up their Saturday afternoon to offer advice and support to guests and sponsors. We would also like to thank Sutton Coldfield URC who gave their facilities free of charge.

We had some amazing autumn displays including a pumpkin house with resident vampire dog by Kate and her children, a lovely dish of food from Olha, and face-painting by Anastasia to compliment the children’s costumes. The children enjoyed board games and cartoons, while parents, hosts and volunteers had a chance to interact and make new friends.

Thanks to Olesia for all the hard work planning and organising this event . Everyone had a fabulous time.

This event was made possible by the generous support of Birmingham City Council

Advanced English Verbs You Must Use To Improve English Fluency & Writing!

Written by admin on October 15, 2023. Posted in Advanced C1.

In this English Lesson with Sara, you will learn advanced English verbs that must be included in your English speaking and written English to sound fluent in English. When you learn English, it’s okay to use basic English verbs, but if you want to increase your English vocabulary and English fluency, it’s time to learn advanced English verbs.

Advanced English Verbs You Must Use To Improve English Fluency & Writing! #letstalk #englishlesson

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Advanced Idioms (C1) to Build Your Vocabulary

Written by admin on October 10, 2023. Posted in Advanced C1.

Learn some special English phrases to make you sound better! In this lesson, you’ll learn advanced English idioms that can help improve your speaking and make you better at English. Learn to talk about problems and difficulties in informal English. By the end of this lesson, you’ll know more English phrases, and you’ll be able to use them in your daily conversations and speak more like a native speaker.

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English Rewind – People and Places: The Brummie accent

Written by admin on October 10, 2023. Posted in Pre-intermediate A2.

Do people speak with regional accents in your country? The Birmingham – or Brummie – accent is well-known in the UK. Some love it, others are not so keen. Learn more with Jackie Dalton while you improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of the BBC Learning English programme People and Places.

English Rewind - People and Places: The Brummie accent

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Pizza Day

Written by admin on September 19, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized. Leave a Comment

Today members from North Birmingham 4 Ukraine got together for a pizza party. It was a great success with 70 attendees including guests, sponsors and people who have moved on to living independently.

We had a wonderful time sharing news and enjoying each others company.

We thanked Roger and Anastasiya for all their hard work and welcomed our new consultants, Jacob who will offer ESOL support, Olesia who will lead on well being and offer employment support, Alex will be responsible for our website and social media and Mel is our executive consultant who will oversee ESOL and employment. Thanks to Sutton Coldfield Baptist Church #scbt who provide such an amazing meeting place, Val who delivered fantastic craft activities and everyone who helped with cooking and serving pizza and refreshments. Thanks also to Birmingham City Council who fund our activities.Our next social meeting is on 21 October at 2pm.