MERSEYSIDE POLONIA

Fairytales capture the imagination of children so include yours in this truly magical, monthly activity. Held at Liverpool Central Library, a different local minority group will be invited each month to showcase the traditional children's fairytales from their culture.

From Africa to China, the Middle East to Eastern Europe, Merseyside has no shortage of minority groups who are keen to share their fairytales with the rest of the community. The sessions will be interactive, high energy and bursting with fun while promoting cultural tolerance and harmony.

Check out our website for more details of this special programme which will run on Sundays from April until July and show your child the magic the world has to offer!

The brilliant rock band 'happysad' performed in the East Village Arts Club in Liverpool on the 9th of April.

The event was organised by Lemon Mosquito and marketed by Merseyside Polonia. As a result to their work, the concert brought together just a little less than a hundred people, from various places around the country, from Preston and Lancaster, to as far as Coventry. Many audience members came very well prepared, with one female trio of fans in specially prepared T-shirts, with different happysad lyrics printed at the back of each one!.

Interestingly, when asked about their album 'If There Was No Tomorrow' which, by many is described as more experimental in sound, the band disagree, describing it as the fruit of an natural process of development, happening organically with no preconceived ideas. The group also talked about the lyrics being a mosaic of experiences, of all band members, poetically woven together by singer Jakub Kawalec..

Our Volunteer Coordinator Asia took part in The Vitality Liverpool Half Marathon on Sunday as part of Merseyside Polonia's 'Take a Challenge'. Braving the bad weather, Asia said that 'Preparing for the half marathon or any similar challenge is just the best way to keep you motivated. I felt great on the day - one of the best days of my life! Makes you believe you can achieve anything really' So we encourage you all to get active and get fundraising!

Merseyside Polonia has had some wonderful Easter Events this year at the World Museum Liverpool and Sedgemoor Centre in Norris Green. On Saturday 28th March this Polish Easter Family Craft Workshop took over the World Museum. Families who had attended the event last year had come to the museum especially for our workshop, there were even people queuing at the door! This year there was magical egg decorating; an activity in which all the children were able to indulge in gluing, sticking and glittering their magnificent eggs. There was an opportunity to make a Polish Easter palm, plus children were able to make colorful home-made Easter cards for their friends and family, so there were plenty activities to get stuck into. 

Recently, Polish artists have also begun to speak up back in Poland and Czesław Mozil is among them. Being a widely known Polish singer, musician and TV persona, Czeslaw has become one of the growing voices on the issue of emigration. Thanks to his newest album entitled “Book of Emigrants – Volume I’, which caused a lot of controversy back in Poland, but is in fact “a tribute to the emigrants” as the singer admitted during his recent visit to Liverpool.

The record inspired a much larger project concerning matters of migration and the complex everyday reality and identity of migrants. Czesław visited over 15 cities during the two week-long tour in the UK in January 2015. Thanks to Merseyside Polonia, the local Polish community organisation successfully developing positive relations between the Polish and local residents, Liverpool was one of his last stops.

Here is video of Sean Noonan, an amazing artist who will be joining us, along with Gambler's hand and also Glossum, to celebrate All Souls Night! 

Our event All Souls Jazz Night has been inspired by All Souls Jazz festival celebrated for the first time in Krakow. The event became very popular and other cities joined in later on. 

The event is FREE ENTRY and will be centred around the traditional features of All Souls Night. Come along to experience an evening of candles, returning souls, Polish drinks and inspiring jazz-influenced performances!

27th November at Fredrik's bar for what is sure to be a magical event!

Polish Christmas Family Workshops

These are some highlights from our Christmas workshop last year; these arts and crafts activities have been very popular amongst children and families and will be back again this December. It is a great chance for those of all ages to get creative and make some orginal homemade gifts and more! Check out our website for more information

http://www.merseysidepolonia.com/en/polish-christmas-family-workshops-2014 

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Polskie Warsztaty Świąteczne

Wspomnienia z naszych warsztatów świątecznych z zeszłego roku; odniosły one duży sukces wśród dzieci i rodzin i będą się odbywać również w tym roku!!! To wspaniała okazja dla wszystkich, niezależnie od wieku, aby użyć swojej kreatywności i stworzyć oryginalne prezenty i wiele innych. Wejdź na stronę i dowiedz się więcej!

Iya! You right la?

If you’re new to Liverpool, perhaps that sentence won’t make a lot of sense but don’t panic, we’re here to help!

Here at Merseyside Polonia, our Polish members remember only too well what it was like when they first arrived in the city and heard a dialect that was nothing like they learnt in their text books in Poland.

While the official language of Liverpool is English, native Liverpudlians also proudly speak ‘Scouse’ – an English dialect as lively as it is entertaining.

Volunteers Jacub and Lee have put together this video to help you during your first few months in the city and bring you up to date with the slang you need to know.

What you’ll learn:

‘Boss’ – no, not your supervisor at work. Boss in Scouse translates to ‘good’ or great’

The correct use of the word ‘dead’ and it doesn’t meant it’s time to plan a funeral. Using ‘dead’ before a statement heightens its importance or urgency. Eg. I’m dead hungry

Tea versus dinner and when you’ll eat these meals. Yes, tea is a meal, not just a drink and you dine on tea in the evening

Butty. One of Liverpool’s most famous food ‘creations’.  

So check out the link to start being a dead boss scouser http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dltPHsEN0fw&feature=youtu.be&a 

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Iya! You right la?

Jeśli jesteś nowy w Liverpoolu możliwe, że to zdanie nie ma dla Ciebie sensu, ale spokojnie! Jesteśmy tu, aby Ci pomóc!

W Merseyside Polonia, nasi polscy wolontariusze doskonale pamiętają jak się czuli kiedy po raz pierwszy przyjechali do miasta i usłyszeli dialekt, który nie miał nic wspólnego z tym czego uczyli się w szkole.

Podczas gdy oficjalnym językiem Liverpoolu jest oczywiście angielski, rdzenni mieszkańcy tego miasta (Liverpudlians) posługują się również z dumą "Scouse" - angielskim dialektem, zarówno ciekawym jak i zabawnym.

Wolontariusze Jakub i Lee stworzyli to wideo, aby pomóc wszystkim spędzającym swoje pierwsze miesiące w mieście i przedstawić te zwroty, których znajomość jest konieczna.

Czego się nauczysz?

"Boss" – nie, nie twój szef w pracy. Boss w scouse znaczy dobry, wspaniały.

Prawidłowego użycia słowa "dead" i nie oznacza to, że to czas na planowanie pogrzebu. Używając "dead" przed jakimś wyrażeniem podnosisz jego znaczenie, intensywność. Na przykład "I'm dead hungry" (Jestem strasznie głodny/ Umieram z głodu)

Tea kontra dinner i kiedy w Anglii spożywa się te posiłki. Tak, w Liverpoolu Tea/Herbata to posiłek, a nie tylko napój, a spożywa się go wieczorem.

Butty. Jeden z najsłynniejszych wynalazków gastronomicznych Liverpoolu.

Sprawdź lekcję w linku i stań się dead boss scouser!!!