Barmmy Boy’s WeOwnTV film ‘Survivors’ nominated for Emmy award.
A great friend of the Freetown Society, Barmmy Boy (Lansana Mansaray) has been involved with many of our collaborative projects. He is an enthusiastic and extremely talented man who applies his talents to helping to
Freetown Uncut & Drizilik brought the sound of Freetown to Hull
Our President, The Lord Mayor, alongside exec members and musicians Freetown Uncut and Drizilik During the Freedom Festival, it was brilliant to see such talented acts from our twinned city of Freetown. Performing in Zebedees's
The Freetown Society at Freedom Festival
As part of the celebrations of our 40th anniversary of being twinned with Freetown, we participated in this year's Freedom Festival. Our tent aimed to celebrate all that is positive about our ongoing partnership. We
A tribute to our Executive Member, Dr Judith Preston-Anderson
The unexpected passing of our dear friend Judith means that our Freetown-Hull Partnership has lost a truly significant member. Judith was an activist and probably exhausted her heart condition because she was unable to step
Chair’s Visit Report from the #TransformFreetown launch in Freetown.
I have recently returned from a wonderful week in Freetown where I was proud to represent the Freetown Society at a number of important events. The main reason for my visit was at the invitation
Our Open Evening Celebration
We had an incredible evening on October 23rd. It was a privilege to listen to Freetown's Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr. Her vision to Transform Freetown follows such a clear and well thought out plan, it is
A celebration of Hull Freetown week in Freetown
Following the entertaining Freetown Society Open Evening in Hull, I was honoured to represent the Society in Freetown to share in the week of events arranged by Simon Ingram-Hill, the Director of the British Council,
Hull Freetown Week 2017 PowerPoint for schools.
At the Freetown Society, we love to see pupils and teachers across the schools in Hull getting involved in projects and raising awareness of the two twinned cities. Monday 23rd October marks the start of
How your donations have helped Freetown.
Our Just Giving page (https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/thefreetownsocietyfloodingfund) has reached its final day (14/9.17). The online donations have reached an incredible £7390! The support Freetown has received from its twinned city of Hull has been staggering. Combining both
How we are helping the Regent Community in Freetown.
Quickly following from our first donation to the Conforti Community Organisation, we held discussions with our colleagues both in Hull and Freetown as to how the next donations would be spent. Francis Mason of the
Latest update on how our fundraising is helping the people of Freetown.
At the time of writing this article (23/8/17), our online fundraising total was £6795! https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/thefreetownsocietyfloodingfund We have also received over £1000 of donations in our buckets around Hull's City Centre as well as over £500