A great day out at the British Museum
Today we had a wonderful time taking 27 asylum seekers from our area for a day out to the British Museum. Complete with packed lunches and ice creams, it was a brilliant day, and on the way back it was lovely to see everyone smiling and cheerful. I noticed one lady who is always very quiet and withdrawn chatting and smiling away, so it must have helped. What most people loved was simply being able to see pictures and objects from their homeland. One lady from Saudi Arabia really loved the Islamic rooms, and one Syrian lady just sat quietly …