2021-22 was yet another challenging year as the impact of COVID-19 continued, including some restrictions. We were fortunate enough to secure more funding and receive some donations to deliver very successful services. Our collaborative funding with FORWARD helped us to continue our work on Violence Against Women and Girls. We also partnered with Bristol Refugee Rights, Borderlands, Hospitality Network and Project MAMA; together we secured the Bristol Impact Fund 2 from October 2021 for 4 years to develop joined-up and complimentary services for refugees and asylum seekers in Bristol.

Refugee Women of Bristol staff and volunteers continued to deliver holistic support to our members in-person and online. We were able to redesign our work and create tailored support for the needs of individual women. As the pandemic continued, we had some restrictions such as the number of clients that could be at our drop-in centre at any given time. In response, we provided many different services in a Covid-secure way 5 days a week.