New to the UK? Your African Welcome Dinner

What you will experience

Moving to the UK from Africa is one of the loneliest things a person can do. The weather is cold. Nobody smiles on the bus. The food doesn't taste right. The streets are quiet at night in a way that feels eerie when you're used to noise. And everyone around you seems to already have their life figured out. This dinner is for you. If you've just moved to the UK from anywhere in Africa, this is your welcome. You'll come to my home and sit at a table with other people who understand exactly what you're going through because they've been through it too. The food is African. The kind that tastes like home. The conversation is real. We'll talk about what we wish someone had told us when we first arrived. The mistakes we made. The things that surprised us. The stuff nobody warns you about and the stuff that ended up being better than expected. There's no agenda beyond making you feel less alone. You'll meet people who might become friends. You'll get practical advice about everything from where to find African food shops to how the NHS works. And you'll eat a home cooked meal that might be the first thing in weeks that actually makes you feel like yourself again. If you know someone who just arrived, book this for them. If you just arrived, book it for yourself. You don't have to figure this out alone. That's not how we do things.

Access and participation

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