Welcome to the SMILE project
SMILE supports refugee children to improve their life chances by helping them to enjoy and achieve in education through mentoring, befriending and school talks.
View films made by young people as part of the SMILE film project.
Latest News from our Blog
- SMILE newsletter for July 2010 now available online
01 Jul 2010
After a busy Refugee Week for SMILE, our latest newsletter is now available to read online. It details all the many activities SMILE has been up to around the country in the past few weeks, including a trip to Roundhay Park in Leeds, bike workshops in London and Refugee Week celebrations in Birmingham. Refugee Week saw us get all sporty with our involvement in the Alternative World Cup and the Refugee Cricket Project’s victory at Eton College. Photos of the events, as well as information about upcoming activities, including our forthcoming conference in February 2011, are included. Read the newsletter...
- Cricket achievement of young mentee
11 May 2010
A young person who was mentored through SMILE has been picked to play for the First team of a semi-professional Birmingham cricket club! Read more about his achievements and how SMILE assisted him along the way on our website.
- SMILE film project videos now online
15 Apr 2010
Eight of the short documentary films made by young people as part of the SMILE film project are now available to watch online on our website. The films cover subject matters such as journeys to the UK, the reality of being an asylum seeking teenager in a new country and experiencing education in the UK told with the unique and fresh voice of young refugees in the UK. Mustafa's film, LONELY WAR, is about his escape from a dangerous life in Afghanistan. Ezatullah and Muhamedulah talk about their long journeys to the UK, British born and non British born young...
