Name: Evening with Refugee Tales: Portsmouth
Start: 2026-07-12T17:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-12T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Buckland Community Centre

Join Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group (GDWG) for an evening of music and spoken word.
About this Event

This July, Refugee Tales is walking for 5 days in solidarity with refugees, people seeking asylum, migrants, and people who have experienced immigration detention. Together, we are walking from Angmering, Arundel, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Emsworth, Portsmouth.

Each evening, we will join with the local community to listen to the voices of people who have experienced immigration detention and enjoy live music from around the world. Information about Refugee Tales 2026 and links to other evening events can be found below.

Please note, individuals who have booked a Full Walk Ticket or a Day Walk ticket on this day automatically has a place at this evening event. If you are unable to join us, please let Lara know ([email protected]).

Portsmouth Evening Event: Sunday 12th July

Time: 5:30 pm

Location: Buckland Community Centre, Malins Road, Buckland, Portsmouth, PO2 7BT

Host: from our walking community

Letters from: David Herd and our lived experience community

Dance and Music: Flamenco Con Gusto

Travel information for this evening event:

Buckland Community Centre is about a 15 minute walk from Portsmouth Station.

Accessibility:

The premises are fully accessible and are regularly used by those with wheelchairs, mobility scooters and disability aids.

Please let Lara Bligh-Caplan know if you have any further requirements ([email protected]).

About Refugee Tales

Since 2015, Refugee Tales has been walking and sharing tales in solidarity with people who have experienced immigration detention. The tales we have told are published in five volumes by Comma Press and this year our lived exeperience community and established writers share letters to Refugee Tales in spoken word and music evenings with a host in the manner of the The Canterbury Tales. Refugee Tales creates a space that expresses and manifests solidarity and we look forward to welcoming you.

The Walk of 2026

To find out more about Refugee Tales 2026, visit our website.