Healing Spaces: How is football helping refugees to build community? @RESCUE_UK
Healing Spaces: How is football helping refugees to build community? @RESCUE_UK
Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Here’s how Djibril - who came to the UK from Ivory Coast - used his love of football to welcome others like him.

Through his community group @ISpeakFootball-Org, refugees and migrants not only learn English, but also build friendships, improve their mental health, and find belonging.

The IRC’s Healing Spaces programme trains grassroots groups like I Speak Football, empowering them to support refugees in their communities.
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Healing Spaces: How is football helping refugees to build community?

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