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We've cleared up and locked up after a fine day of celebrations for International Women's Day. We've talked with our sisters in other countries, cooked and eaten together, sung and chatted and had all kinds of fun.

 Click on Read more to see and read snapshots from throughout the day.

Heather and Mark are staying with Aya and Mino in Japan.

The street sirens just went off, followed by a calm Tsunami warning - the TV is broadcasting more details on all channels. I rushed to get passport and mobile, but the warning is for a possible two metres wave in three hours time, so we have plenty of time to get to higher ground.

We have just completed another great volunteer training and activities day.

Below, our volunteers write about what we got up to and how they enjoyed it:

After another busy and interesting year, FolesHillfields closed our office over the Christmas period, though we're now open again.

Below are some highlights from the past year, and some dates for 2010 ...

A number of local Muslims have returned quite recently from Hajj after Eid ul-Adha in November; it's the last day of the Jewish festival of Hannukah; Christmas is round the corner; and it's now the Islamic New Year, since the month of Muharram began on Friday.

Chag Sameach, Ras as-Sana Mubarak, and Happy Christmas!

Welcome!

Our website has been fairly inactive for a while - we're pleased to welcome you back to a newly active and regularly updated site. The design may get better soon, too, we hope - for now click read more for a general update on progress at FolesHillfields.

Our annual planning process went well this September, leaving us with clear action plans for another good year and beyond.

This is just to let you know that the FolesHillfields office at 6 Paul Stacey House will now be closed until sometime in September.

Positive Images, Coventry's annual celebration of cultural diversity, was a success for FolesHillfields again in our third year of offering a programme of events as part of the June/July city- wide festival. Thanks, as ever, are due to our precious volunteers who helped each event run smoothly.

Some highlights for us included:

FolesHillfields Vision Project have several events programmed in this year's Positive Images Festival.

Keep your eyes out for our Language Café, Women's Lunch, Travellers' Tales event, Fathers' Day Picnic,Women's Coffee Morning and Inter-cultural Music event – or just check our Events section for more details.

Proud ABC WinnersYesterday, at a London awards ceremony, FolesHillfields Vision Project won the first national Award for Bridging Cultures, in recognition of our work promoting intercultural dialogue.