refugee news

The International Sauna Association's (ISA) Sauna Aid initiative is asking for donations to establish a sauna complex in Ukraine to provide a sanctuary for Ukrainians ... More

The winners of this year's Museums + Heritage Awards have been revealed, with the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World ... More

Team members from the UK branch of spa and skincare brand Comfort Zone are preparing to complete a 26-mile walk through London in September to ... More

Coopah, an AI-enabled community-focused training app for runners, has just completed its first RunStart Academy. The new eight-week coaching course was designed to gift the ... More

German theme park Europa-Park is helping those fleeing Ukraine by housing a group of refugees at the park. To help local relief agencies and to ... More

Sauna Aid is a new multi-country initiative, sponsored by the International Sauna Association (ISA), providing movable sauna facilities and supportive volunteers to displaced Ukrainians fleeing ... More

Health and fitness operators, wellness brands and other industry organisations wanting to help the aid efforts in Ukraine have been given a list of charities ... More

A puppet of a refugee girl has 'walked' across Europe on a 5,000km (3,100m) journey, with the help of eleven puppeteers and is now nearing ... More

Anne Biging and Dr Elisabeth Ixmeier, founders of Healing Hotels of the World and the Healing Summit, are gathering activists, scientists and inspired leaders to ... More

The Penn Museum in Philadelphia has reopened with 10,000sq ft (3,048sq m) of newly imagined space, including a new main entrance and galleries for African ... More

A number of heritage projects in the Middle East and Africa have been given millions in funding by Britain's Department Department for Digital, Culture, Media ... More

The government’s new Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper could present a funding opportunity for the UK’s sports clubs. Published by the secretary of state for ... More

Sport England has announced new funding for community groups which help people on low incomes become more physically active. A total of 26 projects have ... More

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is beginning to lay the groundwork for a new heritage conservation training programme after announcing plans last month to establish ... More

The Ecsite Annual Conference 2017 kicked off in Porto, Portugal, with some award winners, which were unveiled during the opening ceremony this morning (15 June). ... More

Closing the empathy deficit, the next horizon of civil rights and the rise of the intelligent machines are all trends that will affect cultural institutions ... More

We wrap up our CLAD review of 2016 with a look at some of the most significant new cultural buildings that have opened this year. ... More

British organisation Ourmala has been granted a slice of a €600,000 (£512,733, US$636,226) European Commission fund to help integrate refugees into society through sport. London-based ... More

National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are in line to receive a funding boost from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to aid refugee athletes living in their ... More

Linda Conlon, chief executive of Newcastle’s International Centre for Life, has said science centres need to engage with more diverse audiences, particularly refugee and migrant ... More

Ma Yansong, Bjarke Ingels, Rem Koolhaas and Herzog and de Meuron are all in the running for the annual architecture prize awarded by London’s Design ... More

The prescription of physical activity by medical professionals and increased funding to support the inclusion of refugees are two of several recommendations made in a ... More

Ecsite president Michiel Buchel has told the science network’s members to take a stand against fear and show all of Europe that inclusion can be ... More

Following the appointment of Dr Mahmoud Hawari as its new director last week, Israel’s Palestinian Museum has opened its doors today (18 May) without any ... More

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has told CLAD about the responsibility he feels as an architect to combine “monumental” public buildings with disaster relief projects ... More