Fences and Frontiers

Welcoming walks for refugees and asylum seekers

🥾 Across London Saturday walks Social Beginner-friendly

Fences and Frontiers organises Saturday walks that aim to make London a welcoming, supportive and inspiring place for refugees and asylum seekers to live and settle. Bringing people together through the simple, restorative act of walking, the group fosters friendship, belonging and connection to the city's green spaces.

It's a warm, inclusive community open to refugees, asylum seekers and allies alike, with no experience needed - just a willingness to walk and chat. If you want to volunteer, take part, or know someone who would benefit, the website has all the details.

In a city that can feel isolating, this group offers companionship and a sense of home on foot. Walks are friendly, accessible and centred on making everyone feel valued.

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Saturday walks

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Liam Carver · 17 June 2026 Burnout took me apart. A beginner running club is how I put myself back together. I pushed myself until I broke, then sat at home ashamed and flat. Learning to run slowly, with no one keeping score, taught me that showing up gently beats winning. Arjun Mehta · 13 June 2026 I optimised my whole life in London. Except the part that actually mattered. I moved here for a brilliant engineering job and built a life so efficient I barely had to speak to anyone. It worked perfectly, right up until it didn't. A running club fixed what I couldn't. Claire Donnelly · 7 June 2026 I sat silent at book club for months. Finding my voice there changed my whole life. I'd spent my whole life letting other people's opinions fill the room. A monthly book club, and one patient question, taught me that mine mattered too.