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Hello, and welcome to Lifeline. Today we've another busy programme. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:20 | |
We're going as far away as a unique Nepalese village | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
on the outskirts of Belfast, where children learn about different cultures. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
And we're on an autumn garden clear-up with Men United, | 0:00:27 | 0:00:31 | |
a special activity group for men over 55. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:36 | |
But our first appeal today comes from the Embrace charity, | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
which works to make Northern Ireland a more welcoming place | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
for migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:48 | |
You may have noticed that there are many more people from other countries living here now. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:55 | |
It can be a daunting experience, especially if you don't speak the language well. | 0:00:55 | 0:01:00 | |
I've been a migrant as well. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
At the tender age of 17, I found myself in unfamiliar territory, | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
looking for a welcome and a connection with the locals. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
For many, migration is a positive experience, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
and they're able to build a new life and become part of the community. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
This has been the case for Aneta from Poland. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:20 | |
Starting a new life in a new country can be exciting, challenging | 0:01:20 | 0:01:25 | |
and hard at the same time. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
When I came seven years ago, | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
I didn't know English very well. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
I couldn't speak and hardly understood anything. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:37 | |
But I have found here very nice people | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
with big hearts and open minds. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:44 | |
A local charity gave me a lot of encouragement and support. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:48 | |
For me, Northern Ireland is a good place to live. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
You can make a big difference by just saying a simple hello | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
to your new neighbours. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
We came in Northern Ireland about a year ago. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
It was quite difficult in the beginning, | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
especially the language barrier | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
and we experienced many difficulties to settle, | 0:02:14 | 0:02:18 | |
and to understand the places and everything. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:22 | |
It was very difficult to find work. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
Especially... | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
We received our permission a few months after we came. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:31 | |
And after that, it took ages to get it. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
So it's very difficult to find musician's work, | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
and any kind of work. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
We found a local church here and this helped us very much. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:48 | |
They took care of us at every level. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
They helped us with the documents, they helped us with every information we needed. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:56 | |
They helped us in our daily needs. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
And, um, this was very good for us | 0:02:58 | 0:03:02 | |
and it helped us to survive those months. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
For a small number of people, their experience here is difficult. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:14 | |
In these tough times, migrants, like locals, can lose their jobs. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:18 | |
Unfortunately, some migrant workers find themselves | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
with no entitlement to benefits or even a bed in a homeless shelter. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
For some, the best move is to return to their home country, | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
but for others, short-term support can get them back on their feet | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
and into work here, with the help of the Embrace charity. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
Embrace is a Christian organisation, whose main role | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
is making this a more welcoming place to people from other countries | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
and different minority ethnic backgrounds. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
We also raise awareness about the challenges faced by migrants | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
and, where necessary, you know, providing practical needs. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:57 | |
Before...it was an Italian factory... | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
Embrace networks with a range of homeless support organisations | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
and minority ethnic support groups. Embrace On The Street offers a positive response | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
through donation and distribution of clothing, bedding, toiletries and foodstuffs to those on the street | 0:04:10 | 0:04:16 | |
and in hostels, both local and migrant people. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
The Embrace Emergency Fund | 0:04:21 | 0:04:22 | |
supports people in short-term accommodation | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
and pays for flights home for people who might become destitute. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
They helped us with emergency accommodation, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:34 | |
and they designed a very good leaflet to welcome us to Belfast, | 0:04:34 | 0:04:39 | |
to give to our members, so we know exactly where to go for help. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
'Many of us have family who have gone abroad.' | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
Embrace provides the support we hope they would get | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
if they found themselves in trouble. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
If this coming winter is as severe as the last, | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
there's a significant risk of more people suffering on our streets. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
Your donation, however small, can make a big difference to someone's life. Thank you for your support. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:10 | |
If you'd like to help Embrace fund their work, use our online donation form. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
Or send a cheque to... | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
You can visit the charity's website... | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
The Beyond Skin charity uses music and art | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
as a form of cultural education to address issues such as racism and sectarianism. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:38 | |
But the charity recently brought a taste of Nepal | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
to Whiteabbey Community Centre. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
In Nepal, they dye a little red streak in their hair, | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
which I think is brilliant - it makes things simpler. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
You can tell right away she's married. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
Supported by Newtonabbey Borough Council, Beyond Skin | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
had a lively audience of children keen to find out | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
about life on the other side of the world. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
< Namaste, amma. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:05 | |
'We built tents to represent huts in Nepal, | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
'and we teach the kids how kids in Nepal live during the day.' | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
So they'll collect water, wood for the fire, get dinner, | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
make bracelets to sell at market. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
The idea is to teach the kids what it's like | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
to live in a culture where you can't just go home and play your PlayStation. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:27 | |
They experience a different kind of life. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
I've learned a lot today - how to make their little bracelets | 0:06:29 | 0:06:34 | |
and things, and how, like, | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
small their houses are compared to ours and stuff. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:40 | |
Well, I've learned that they don't have electric or anything like that. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:44 | |
I've learned the language that they're speaking in Nepal. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:50 | |
SINGING | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
That looked like a lot of fun. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
Now, when some men retire, | 0:06:58 | 0:06:59 | |
they can feel isolated and their health can suffer. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
But Men United are a group of mature men | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
who are determined to get the best out of life. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:09 | |
'It gets you out of the house. I live alone and it gets me out the house.' | 0:07:15 | 0:07:19 | |
If you were stuck in the house on your own, | 0:07:19 | 0:07:22 | |
looking at four walls all day, it'd drive you nuts. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:24 | |
It helps men to come out, to be together, to get away together. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:29 | |
'Volunteer Now looked at older people and the work we do with them, | 0:07:31 | 0:07:35 | |
'and realised that older men don't engage. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
'They don't join in. They seem to retire, fade into the armchair. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:43 | |
'And that's a problem, especially with social isolation | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
'and loneliness and maybe depression.' | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
So we got some men together | 0:07:49 | 0:07:50 | |
and they came up with the name Men United, and it's grown and grown. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:55 | |
'We go to races, we go to dog meetings...' | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
We do have a lot of learning - we go to cultural issues as well. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:03 | |
And, you know, it's a win/win. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
'Come and join us. It'll change your life.' | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
I've just time to say we've been inundated with items for our Community Noticeboard. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:16 | |
So we've made a list of events on Ceefax page 619. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:20 | |
You'll also find today's contact details. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
They're also on our website... | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
Upcoming events from the BBC Writer in Residence at Queen's series, | 0:08:29 | 0:08:34 | |
which recently featured Sir Mark Tully, | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
will soon include journalists Peter Riddell, Sir Peter Stothard and Quentin Letts. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:42 | |
And comedy, politics, | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
religion and local writers are included in a new series | 0:08:44 | 0:08:48 | |
of illustrated talks from BBC Northern Ireland's Community Archive. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
Book tickets for both events through... | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
So that's it from a busy Lifeline. I'll see you next time. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:03 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
Email [email protected] | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 |