Volunteers Needed for Escape to Safety
A Simulated Experience of Asylum Seeking
@ Carlisle College, CA1 1HS
Monday 27th April – Friday 8th May 2026
A collaboration between Penrith & Eden Refugee Network (PERN),
Carlisle Refugee Action Group(CRAG), Global Link (Lancs) & Carlisle College
Are you interested in helping to raise awareness of the plight of asylum seekers coming to this country? We’re looking for volunteers to help with a powerful exhibition that is coming to Carlisle College, so please read on…
‘Escape to Safety’ is an interactive, multi-media walk-through exhibition (designed by Global Link in Lancaster) where you put yourself in asylum-seekers’ shoes and listen to and experience refugees’ stories as you navigate through the exhibit and complete activities associated with it. It involves a powerful combination of a reconstructed journey with audio, some short films, VR, conversations with the students and thought-provoking introductory and follow-up exercises.
Closely linked to the schools’ curriculum and Post-16 studies, the project will be open to all the college pupils, local schools and the wider community. This is only possible with the invaluable help of volunteers, however, and we’re looking for people who would like to help make it happen. We need a small team each day to support the running of the exhibition and associated activities, and to chat to the students to ensure they gain maximum impact from it.
