Lord Alf Dubs, one of the Kindertransport children and campaigner for refugee rights, visited Ammerdown on Friday.

Telling his story of escaping the Nazi invasion into Prague at the age of six, Lord Dubs shared his passion for safe and legal passage of refugee children and vulnerable adults into the UK today.

He emphasised that this is a humanitarian and not a political issue, encouraging us all to become actively engaged in lobbying for the rights of refugee children. Lord Dubs also spoke to students at Writhlington Secondary School, where Ammerdown is committed to support furthering education about refugees.

The evening encapsulated the heart of Ammerdown. Since its beginnings in the 1970s, Ammerdown has been a centre for peace and reconciliation, with education, dialogue and creating a safe place for people to meet ‘the other’ at the centre of its work.

The Ammerdown Interfaith Project, set up to address faith and race related hate crime, includes the telling of the refugee story and in remembering our common humanity, encouraging people to get involved to make a difference.

The Ammerdown Interfaith Project is sponsored by the Methodist Church, the Beeston Community Trust and the Ammerdown Centre.

Christine Clinch