Every year during national Refugee Week we celebrate how people who have found sanctuary in Brighton & Hove have helped make it the exciting, vibrant and diverse city that we love. The theme this year is “Community as a Superpower”. Community is incredible every day. Ordinary and extraordinary. Simple acts of shared generosity. Kindness multiplied to become an unstoppable force!

“We can begin the process of making community wherever we are. We can begin by sharing a smile, a warm greeting, a bit of conversation; by doing a kind deed or by acknowledging kindness offered to us.”- bell hooks. Communities can bring people together. Bridging divides and offering support. Spaces of resilience and places for healing. 

This Refugee Week everyone is invited to spend time with friends and build new connections in and beyond our neighbourhoods. From communal meals and open-air film screenings, to football matches and music making, let’s share the feelings of welcome and belonging. Listening, learning, laughing together.

Below are the activities planned in Brighton and Hove areas to celebrate the Refugee Week in 2025. Everyone is welcome to join the events.

Please contact [email protected] if you want to arrange any event during the refugee week.