Welcome to another exciting week in the Trampoline House. The Calendar is full of great activities, for instance:

• our new English language class for beginners on Tuesdays from 4:15-5:15 pm.
• our campaign for a more just and sustainable asylum system meetings every Tuesday from 4-6 pm and every Thursday from 2-4 pm.
• the meeting between Swedish and Danish representatives from the No Border Camp 2012 project on Saturday from 6:30 pm, where new and old activists from Copenhagen will get the opportunity to discuss with the Swedish representatives the content of the camp and how the Danish based groups can contribute.

Also check out Trampoline House volunteer and filmmaker Katarina Pisackovas video documenting the Trampoline House Support & Birthday Party, held on December 16, 2011 by clicking here. The video will be screened in the house this Friday at 7:30 pm.

A warm welcome to all!

Users of the Trampoline House have decided to devote the next six months to conduct a campaign intended to remind the new Danish government to keep its election promise: that all asylum seekers should be allowed to live and work outside of the Danish asylum centers after six months.

To this aim, all house meetings (Tuesdays, 2-4 pm) until July 1 will partly be devoted to plan and strategize the content and methodologies of the campaign. In addition, we will have campaign planning meetings every Tuesday from 4-6 pm and every Thursday from 2-4 pm. Please join these meetings, if you are interested in contributing to this campaign.

For our other activities and services, please check the Calendar. This week, for instance, we recommend:

• Support demonstration for the international Kurdish satellite television station, ROJ TV, in front of Københavns Byret, Nytorv, Copenhagen K (Tuesday, 12-2 pm)
• Seminar on European Asylum Policies in Europa Huset, Gothersgade 115, Copenhagen K (Tuesday, 4-6 pm)
• ‘Getting Positive’ Workshop in the Trampoline House: A workshop for asylum seekers, who recently got residence permit in Denmark. Former asylum seekers James and Kaosar will give good advice on how to navigate in Danish society and how to get through the Danish integration program (Thursday, 4-6 pm)
• Introduction course to new asylum seeking users of the Trampoline House, where we explain the history, mission, and daily work of the house to asylum seekers who have just started using the house (Friday, 3-4 pm)
• Introduction course to new Danish users/volunteers/activists of the Trampoline House, where we explain the history, mission, and daily work of the house to Danes who are new to the house (Friday, 4-5 pm)
• Screening of the film Working class goes to heaven/La classe operaia va in paradiso, directed by Elio Petri, Italy, 1971, 125 min. (Sunday, 8 pm-)

(Photo: Stefan Blazerek)

A warm welcome!

The Trampoline House is open again after the Christmas Holidays and is ready to continue its work for a just and humane refugee and asylum policy in Denmark.

In addition to our weekly services and activities, we will devote the next six months to conduct a campaign intended to remind the new Danish government to keep its election promise: that all asylum seekers should be allowed to live and work outside of the Danish asylum centers after six months.

If you are interested in contributing to this campaign, please come to the house meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, January 3, from 2-4 pm, where we will conceptualize the campaign.

For our other activities and services, please check the Calendar.

(Photo: Stefan Blazerek)

A warm welcome!

The Trampoline House is closed for the Christmas Holidays from Monday, December 19 to Sunday, January 1. We open again Monday, January 2, 2012!

If you have an asylum case emergency during that time period, you can call one of the these numbers:
Søren at (+45) 29 92 41 29
Tone at (+45) 20 93 50 86
Morten at (+45) 30 91 00 50

And a big thank you to all the people who joined our big support & birthday party last Friday. It was a blast!!!

(Photo: Stefan Blazerek)

Happy Holidays & Happy New Year,
Morten, Tone & Søren

This is a great week! On Tuesday, December 13, from 12-1 pm, students from Krogerup Højskole are organizing a big demonstration at Christiansborg Slotsplads (Parliament Square) in Copenhagen to push the new Danish government to change the legislation so that all asylum seekers will be allowed to live and work outside the Danish asylum centers after 6 months. Be there!

And remember that on Friday, December 16, the Trampoline House celebrates its one year birthday with a big support party and open house from 1 pm-12 am/kl. 13-24. Come celebrate the day with us in grand style and help us raise funds to continue our work for a just and humane asylum policy. The festivities are also a reminder to the new Danish government to keep its election promise: that all asylum seekers should be allowed to live and work outside of the Danish asylum centers after six months. An invitation with a program of the day can be downloaded here.

From Monday, December 19 to Sunday, January 1, the Trampoline House will be closed for the Christmas Holidays. We open again Monday, January 2, 2012!

Today, Thursday, December 8, from 4-6 pm, Trampoline House users, Diyar and Shajin, will discuss gender roles in the Middle East. Their lecture is the first is our new ‘Lecture of the month’ series, where a volunteering asylum seeker from the Trampoline House will give a lecture on a topic of her/his choice every month.

Also remember our introduction courses to new users of the house this Friday, December 9. From 3-4 pm, asylum seekers who have just started using the house can get an introduction to the history, mission, and daily work of the house. From 4-5 pm, new Danish users/volunteers/activists can get an introduction.

And mark your calendar! On Friday, December 16, the Trampoline House celebrates its one year birthday with a big support party and open house from 1 pm-12 am/kl. 13-24. Come celebrate the day with us in grand style and help us raise funds to continue our work for a just and humane asylum policy. The festivities are also a reminder to the new Danish government to keep its election promise: that all asylum seekers should be allowed to live and work outside of the Danish asylum centers after six months. An invitation with a program of the day can be downloaded here.