We currently deliver English lessons in three city locations in Portsmouth and English is the most popular activity within our Refugee Sanctuary Hub.
Our dedicated teachers run two classes, a beginner and an intermediate.
English lessons are free and all migrants are welcome.
Mondays 1000-1200
Refugee Sanctuary Hub, All Saints Church, 334 Commercial Rd, Portsmouth, PO1 4BT
Wednesdays 1600 – 1800
Evenings, beginner and intermediate classes at St Luke’s Church, PO5 4LH.
Testimonial
Kadiatou Conteh explains her learning English experience here.
Head of English projects – Jane Turner.
Journeys in refugee & immigrant literature
Edited by immigrants & refugees, the UK’s first ever Literary Magazine of Sanctuary
“Essential, illuminating and powerful … the other side of hope brings to light the lives that the world often prefers to ignore.” Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize Winner
We welcome writers & poets from around the world to submit their work this window is open to works in English only.
- Fiction, Poetry & Artwork open exclusively to refugees & immigrants; submissions are unthemed.
- Non-Fiction, open to everyone; theme: migration.
We pay all our contributors. Please full submissions guidelines HERE