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GENERAL ASSEMBLY - Saturday 30 march 2024

Act For Ref's general assembly will take place on Saturday 30 march 2024 at 6:00 pm at the Maison Papillon 208 boulevard Pinel 69008 Lyon.


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ACT FOR REF'S GAVE ITS INPUT TO THE SYNERGIES MIGRATIONS STUDY ABOUT SOLIDARITY HOUSING OF MIGRANT PEOPLE IN LYON AND RHÔNE IN 2022

VISIBILISER L’HOSPITALITÉ : LA PLACE DE L’HÉBERGEMENT CITOYEN DANS L’ACCUEIL DES PERSONNES MIGRANTES -  UN ÉTAT DES LIEUX À LYON ET DANS LE RHÔNE EN 2022 

https://synergies-migrations.org/SynergiesMigrations/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Visibiliser-lhospitalite_la-place-de-lhebergement-citoyen-dans-laccueil-des-personnes-migrantes_novembre-2023.pdf


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A FUNDRAISING THEATRE PLAY FOR ACT FOR REF - 26 MAY 2023

Let's meet on Friday 26th of May at 8:30 p.m. in Villefranche-sur-Saône at théâtre Pêle-Mêle 171 Rue Jean Michel Savigny, to watch a theatre adaptation of Stefan Zweig's novel "The chess player", by Michel Bernier from the "Le Fier Monde" theatre company! The price is 10 euros and will be used for our actions to help asylum seekers and refugees!


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GENERAL ASSEMBLY - 17 MARCH 2023

Our yearly general assembly will take place in our hosting house "Maison Papillon" in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon, on Friday 17th of March at 7:00 p.m.

A good occasion to discover all Act For Ref's actions of year 2022!


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SYRIA'S TERRIBLE HEARTHQUAKE

Act For Ref wants to help the victims and took part in gathering nappies and baby powder milk with the collective "Earthquake in Syria: Lyon Response".


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UKRAINE

Act For Ref is happy to help anyone who has to flee his/her country. If you're arriving from Ukraine and are looking for somewhere to stay or for any other need, don't hesitate to contact us in French, Russian or English. 


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GENERAL ASSEMBLY - 11 FEBRUARY 2022

Our general assemby took place in our shelter home in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon. It was a friendly time and the occasion to talk about all what Act For Ref did in 2021. Thank you very much to our volonteers and funders who make it possible to act for refugees. You can have a look at our activity report here!


Ooooops! Some info is missing! Check out the French version until we update this part between 2020 and 2022 ;)


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GENERAL ASSEMBLY - 20 FEBRUARY 2020

Our general assembly took place on the 20th of February 2020 in the town hall of the 1 arrondissement of Lyon. If you want to access our 2019 activity report, click here !


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Wednesday, September 18, 2019


We are looking for several volunteers to give French classes every Monday night from 6 p.m to 8 p.m in a room lent by the Lyon 3 university (Manufacture des Tabacs), to store, sort and prepare our sets for new-borns in the Lyon area and to join our new action Act For Ref - Social Club to take asylum seekers and refugees on cultural and leisure outings as well as go with them to some admin appointments. Contact us if you are interested! Mail to act-for-ref@outlook.fr

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Saturday, February 23, 2018


General Assembly of the association at the House of Students 43 rue Jaboulay 69007 Lyon at 14h. Everybody is welcome!



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Sunday, November 25, 2018


Charity evening organized by the Franco-Irish association of Lyon with auction sale for various associations including Act For Ref.


For those who can not be present but still want to bid, it is possible to do so by sending an email to eoin_campbell@hotmail.com or a message to 0678054632. Please indicate the name of the object on which you want bet as well as sum. The messages will be taken into account until 17h Sunday 25.


The biggest bet will be placed inside a sealed envelope and will be opened at the end of the bidding on Sunday night. If it turns out, once the envelope is open, that the wagering of the envelope is higher than the maximum bid, the person present at the auction will have priority because it will have the opportunity to offer a bid higher than that of the envelope if it wishes.


1) Rugby Ball signed by Geordan Murphy

2) Rugby Ball signed by Felipe Contepomi

3) Ireland Soccer Jersey signed by senior team

4) Rugby jersey signed by the Olympic University team of Lyon 2018-19

5) Jersey of the Irish Boxing Society signed by Michael Conlon and Jamie Conlon

6) AFL Collingwood jersey signed by Martin Clarke and Kevin Dyas

7) Tyrone GAA jersey signed by Mickey Harte

8) Limerick GAA jersey signed by the 2018 All-Ireland champions

9) Munster Rugby jersey signed by the senior team 2018-19

10) Rugby Jersey of Ireland 2018-19 signed by Darren Cave, Rob Herring, Craig Gilroy, Stuart McCloskey, Andrew Trimble, Chris Henry, & Sean Reidy.









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