BSR recently inherited 12 enormous bags of quality clothes left over from the pre loved sale held in the Village Hall on 18th/19th May. They were temporarily stored in St James Church waiting for a home. With the help of our colleagues at Asylum Welcome we heard about two centres supporting refugees that would be pleased to receive the clothes . On Wednesday June 17th BSR Trustee Jane Hawker and Alison Debney sorted through the bags and loaded up Jane’s car with women and children’s...

Just over ten years ago Helen Connor and Ann Linton organised a group of trustees to form Brightwell Supporting Refugees – a charity initially founded to help educate refugee children in Jordan As joint chairs of BSR Helen and Ann have been passionate advocates for the charity and have used their complimentary skills to create this highly successful village organisation. But after ten years they have decided to stand down, along with Anthony Finn, our Treasurer and Sarah Metcalf, one of the...

BSR has been supporting and paying teachers' salaries at Hope School for a number of years. It is rewarding to see how well the young students are doing. To view the short videos, please click these links: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PpHARtut1Hw https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-MWuGP9JdWQ?feature=share Thank you.