Engage your Community

Planning an activity with your community is a great way get more people involved and make a visible statement in support of refugees. 

This could be a Valentine's Day card or poster-making activity in your workplace, place of worship, community centre or school.

Past groups have had fun making heart-shaped food, crafts, posters or cards.

Think about how you might get the public involved in the activity in a town square, village hall, library, place of worship, gallery or community centre. Maybe a local shop would display the cards in their window? 

Remember to take photos and share on social media too! Use the #TogetherWithRefugees hashtag on any platform so we can find and share your posts.

Another way to show the love on Valentine's Day is creating a display of cards or posters in a public area to send a message of welcome and support. 

This could include:

• Printing out an orange heart or poster and displaying it in the window of your organisation, business at a stall.

• If you have a card or poster-making activity planned, consider displaying your work in a shop window or at a gate or reception area. 

• Gather people for a group photo - bonus points for including your posters, cards or anything heart-shaped!

Remember,  you can make this as ambitious or simple as you would like. 

Whatever you do remember to take photos and share on social media too! Use the #TogetherWithRefugees hashtag on any platform so we can find and share your posts.

No matter what your plans are for this Valentine's Day, sharing on social media helps spread the message far and wide, to your community, professional network and people in your area. 

This could be:

• A simple solidarity post (find some sample graphics or copy here)

• If you're organising an activity, take photos of people making cards or otherwise participating (make sure everyone in the photos is happy to have their picture shared)

• If putting up a display, whether that's a small heart in your window or a big display in a public area, take a photo and add it to your post to show your support. 

Use the #TogetherWithRefugees hashtag on any platform so we can find and share your posts.