Compas

EVENTS

Art & Craft fair and exhibition

On Saturday 30^th November, local artists and craft people came together to display and / or sell their items. We also had the pleasure of having The Mayor of Peterborough, Councillor Gul Nawaz present during the event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Celebration of St. Nicholas

On Friday 5^th December, we have organised celebration of St. Nicholas Day (Mikuláš). This tradition is widely celebrated by people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and is very popular. St. Nicholas, Angel and Evil visit children and give out small presents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Multicultural Christmas Celebration

On Saturday 7th December 2019 we celebrate Christmas festive season by coming together for traditional gift stalls with local and exotic items.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COMPAS Orion featured on BBC Look East

COMPAS had been approached by BBC Look East to talk about perceptions of migrant communities of the current political climate and the effect of Brexit on people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Roma dance group CERCHENA in Cardiff

The group CERCHENA (stars) was formed in September 2019 and the girls have already performed at number of local events and recently also in Cardiff and London at a community event. The group has recently grew in size, from 5 girls to 12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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REGULAR ACTIVITIES

 Advice centre

The free advisory service includes help with the application for Settled status, translation, debt advice, form filling and other. The service is completely free and is open to anyone, every Monday and Tuesday from 10am to 2pm. We also work very closely with Solutions 4 Health and offer bi-weekly drop in sessions for health checks.

 Food bank

Every Saturday morning, we give out food and toiletry to the most needy. The food is donated to COMPAS by Lidl in Stanground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORION School

The school currently offers language classes to children from the age of 6 to 14.

ORION Cafe

The community café is open every day (apart of Wednesday) from 10am to 5pm and offers delicious range of refreshments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome project

This project comes in two parts – cooking sessions and debate club. In the past weeks we have tasted Argentinian traditional Mata (kind of a tea) and delicious sweets, discussed the current ESOL provisions and the current political topics.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

 Creative Refuge

Starting from Thursday 9th January 2020, this new project will offer art / creativity as a way to cope with Mental Health – this would be in the form of a variety of activities which would be steered by the group and led by Morgan Fitzsimons.

Arts with a purpose

Starting from Monday 6th January 2020, this new project led by Morgan Fitzsimons will create an opportunity for people that want to have a go at creating art and exploring new ways of expressing themselves.

Theme-specific workshops for public authorities

Starting in February 2020, we will be offering tailored workshops and training sessions to organisations and public services. More details and list of topics will be provided in January.

New furniture from John Lewis

We would like to express our gratitude to John Lewis store in Peterborough, for the very kind donation of unused furniture.

Hire of the venue

Orion hub offers endless opportunities for its use. The venue is available for private hire for very competitive prices. You can book the venue for children’s parties, conferences or events.

 

 

The grand opening of the new COMPAS Orion hub was on the 20th July 2019. We were very privileged to have the company of Lisa Forbes MP who officially opened the new hub and also the Mayor Gul Nawaz.

The hub is currently offering variety of services to all age groups – we are currently running:

• ‘Club Krtecek’ for babies and toddlers
• Youth club (dancing, playing instruments and painting)
• Teaching languages (Czech & Slovak for children, English for adults and soon starting Portuguese lessons)
• Coffee mornings
• Advice centre on Mondays and Tuesdays
• Cooking club
• Debate club

We also allow for organisations with similar aims and objectives as ours to hire the hub. There are currently three musical groups practising and teaching musical lessons and also a Roma Christian group running a Sunday service and biblical classes for Roma community. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are very excited to announce that COMPAS Charity will soon open a new Orion community hub. We are very grateful to Tudor Trust for continuation funding that will enable us to continue in providing services to communities in Peterborough.

The new Orion will be located at number 19, Fitzwilliam Street in Peterborough. The location is enable us to offer even more services and to wider spectrum of communities. We are planning to open a community shop with advisory service, art & craft workshops, dance classes, youth clubs, film nights, children parties and so on. We will be also offering a community space for hire. 

The building requires a lot of refurbishment but we are all working tirelessly to have it done and shiny by mid July. The grand opening will be on Saturday 20th July at 14:00. Our special guest will be Lisa Forbes MP, who will officially open the venue. Everyone is welcomed to attend.

In the mean time, here are some ‘before & after’ pictures.

COMPAS Orion is a multi-function community hub providing a focal point and facilities to foster greater local community activity and bring residents, the local business community, and smaller organisations together to improve the quality of life in their areas.

The following projects currently take place at Orion:

• Czech and Slovak language class
• English language class
• Creative literacy for children
• Library
• Coffee morning
• Advice service
• Mentoring of young people
• Exhibition of drawings of Slovak Roma children from Jarovnice in Slovakia

The rooms are fully equipped – internet, PC, interactive white board, coffee machine and water dispenser.

COMPAS has its own poem! (The poem is in Czech & Slovak language)

 

1) Dnes už to nie je žiadnou raritou,

že pomoc nájdem s Compasom charitou.

Ak mám pocit, že stratený som,

môžem sa o všetkom poradiť s Compasom.

 

2) Kadiaľ sa vydať a v akom smere,

tu mi pomôžu, je to o dôvere.

Ťažkosti v škole, napríklad v jazyku,

s Compasom vyriešim, je to len o zvyku.

 

3) Že už si zabudol rodnú reč?

Zase sa naučíš, len malé leč.

Sobotná škola skôr bola bežná,

dnes už ju vo svete málokto spozná.

 

4) V desať až dvanásť, vždy v tomto čase,

každú sobotu sa stretneme zase.

Do školy chodíme veľmi radi,

sme tu spoločne s kamarátmi.

 

5) Čo sa tu učíme, to nás veľmi baví,

je to pre všetkých presne to pravý.

Nech je to kreslenie, alebo tanec,

vždy nás mrzí keď zazvoní zvonec.

 

6) V knihovně můžu si půjčit Kmotra,     

mladší spíš vyberou Harryho Pottera.

Pak je tu knížka, co má být svatá,

„Bohatý táta, chudý táta“.

 

7) Může být pro tebe inspirací,

jak si najít dobrou práci.

Nebo jak začít podnikat

A nic náhodě nenechat.

 

8) Ať utkví ti v hlavě jen jediná věta,

je jedno, z jakého jsi koutu světa.

Vzpomeň si na svou rodnou zem.

Odkud pocházím? Odkud jsem?

 

9) Jaké jsou tradice, lidové zvyky,

jakými se tam hovoří jazyky?

Je jedno odkud já, či ty jsem.

Compas pomáhá lidem všem.

 

10) Žít v míru a lásce je náš sen,

společným úsilím toho dosáhnem.

Pak budou děti nejen z Peterborough mít,

takový život, který chtějí žít.

 

(Author: Pavlína Adamcová)

COMPAS has recently received a donation of Czech books from the BCHA (British Czech and Slovak Association). We would like to thank to BCHA (particularly to Mr and Mrs Peacock) for this generous collection of books. The books are now available for hire at the CS Library, located at 337, Lincoln Road in Peterborough. There are books from Karel Capek, Alois Jirasek, Jaroslav Hasek, Vitezslav Nezval, Vaclav Ctvrtek and others.