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The Freetown Mix are always guaranteed to bring flavours of Sierra Leone to Hull and so we promote this fantastic concert! We look forward to attending and hope to see many others present.

Come, join us on Tuesday 7th March for a fabulous OPEN EVENING Endsleigh, Holy Child Academy Inglemire Ave, Hull  HU6 7TE. 6.15pm for 6.30pm start   The Avenues Bicycle Project will share their exciting story of how a container of reconditioned bicycles has recently been sent to Freetown and provided a school with a new classroom! Listen to the experiences of a group of local school teachers who have

Cecil Jones, a proactive member of the Freetown Society, is also a brilliant musician. His group, Freetown Mix, have offered their sound to many of our events and they really give a sense of Sierra Leone and Western Africa to any location in which they play. Cecil has written and recorded this song which has been released as a downloadable track. All proceeds from the downloads will be

Humberside Martime's  group of Rotary Clubs have an aim to greatly improve hospitals in Sierra Leone. This is a goal we here at the Freetown Society fully support and believe is a fantastic cause. Connaught Hospital is Sierra Leone's only public hospital. The aim of this concert is to raise funds to convert an empty section of the hospital into a modern theatre manned by a local properly

Last week's Freetown Society Open Evening was a huge success! We were welcomed by the Afro Caribbean Association who provided a very suitable venue in which those in attendance were entertained, fed and informed. The Sierra Leonean food proved to be a huge hit as the home made cassava leaves were washed down by shots of ginger beer. Our chairwoman, Kathleen Guthrie, provided the audience with an update

In this article, John Oldfield looks at the contextual importance an event such as the Freedom Festival has for today's society. This is a very interesting article that links to our work with Freetown and also ties in heavily with the research that Stolen Lives and WISE conduct. To read the full article, follow the link below:  

The Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull, Councillor Anita Harrison has today called for urgent support for one of our twinned cities, Freetown. Torrential rainfall in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, last week led to severe flooding which has seen lives lost and thousands of residents have had to flee their homes which have been destroyed.    Emergency accommodation has been set up at the National Stadium

The Freetown Society, the Hull Society and Conforti have all been working together to help those affected by the recent terrible floods. The Freetown Society sent £2,000 to Francis Mason on Friday 25th. Francis then met with members of the Hull Society to decide on the priorities. They went shopping for the supplies on Saturday then distributed them to families in need today, Sunday 27th September. An amazing

In the last week, Sierra Leone has suffered some of the worst rains in over 40 years resulting in large areas of Freetown being flooded. All schools and businesses were closed for 2 days at the height of the flooding. Many homes have been destroyed with families taking shelter in the national stadium. UNICEF and other NGOs including Conforti are helping to provide food, water and clothing to