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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · 6d

😍 For our end of term celebration this year we commissioned these dinky drawstring bags as gifts for our volunteers, each one containing a super sweet thank you note from our students!

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#AdultLiteracy
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December 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · 7d

🥳 Congratulations and a big well done to our students for completing their literacy, language, and life skill courses this term!

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#AdultEducation
#AdultLiteracy
#NewCommunities

December 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · 7d

UN Int. Human Solidarity Day (IHSD) is a day to:
💙 celebrate unity in diversity
💙 remind govts to respect commitments to international agreements
💙 raise public awareness about solidarity
💙 encourage debate on ways to promote solidarity for SDGs
💙 encourage new initiatives for poverty eradication.

December 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · 11d

🤩 Yesterday we were delighted to welcome a group of teachers, headteachers, and heads of administration from the Centri Provinciali per l’Istruzione degli Adulti, aka @italiahello.it.

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#HumanityHasNoBorders
#AdultEducation
#AdultLiteracy
#NewCommunities

December 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · 12d

🎁🎄 We've received some wonderful donations of books and toys over the last few weeks, and our volunteers been busy prepping some presents for our students' little ones to enjoy over the festive season.

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#HumanityHasNoBorders
#AdultEducation
#AdultLiteracy

December 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · 14d

What a heartwarming thank you note! We're so happy our work inspires! 💙

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#Volunteering
#AdultLiteracy
#AdultEducation
#HumanityHasNoBorders
#NewCommunities

December 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · 15d

🎬 What an incredibly powerful evening at @spazjukreattiv for the HabeshaView screening of the film Jabina!

#AdultLiteracy #StandWithRefugees #Education #AdultEducation #HumanityHasNoBorders #NewCommunities #HabeshaViewTV #HabeshaView

December 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · 17d

📣 It's International Human Rights Day, so here is a quick reminder of what article 26 has to say.

💙 We wish all our students - past, present & future - happy and productive learning!

#HumanRightsDay #AdultLiteracy #StandWithRefugees #Education #AdultEducation #HumanityHasNoBorders #NewCommunities

December 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM

Justine

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💙 Such a fabulous group of adult learners!

Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · 21d

🇹🇷 This week we had the pleasure of welcoming six adult learners from Turkey as part of a Erasmus+ group mobility.

#Volunteering
#StandWithRefugees
#HumanityHasNoBorders
#AdultEducation
#AdultLiteracy
#NewCommunities
#ErasmusPlus

December 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · 22d

🥳 Happy International Volunteers Day to all volunteers across the world!

#IVD2025
#StandWithRefugees
#Volunteering
#HumanityHasNoBorders
#AdultEducation
#AdultLiteracy
#NewCommunities

December 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · 27d

🤩 Yesterday we attended the Anna Lindh Foundation national gathering!

#AnnaLindhFoundation
#AnnaLindhFoundationMalta
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#StandWithRefugees
#HumanityHasNoBorders
#RefugeesWelcome
#AdultEducation
#AdultLiteracy. .
#NewCommunities

November 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM

Justine

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#EndHumanTrafficking
#SupportSurvivors
#AntiTrafficking
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#ModernSlavery

Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · Nov 21

Earlier this year, our Deputy Ops Manager, Katharine Douglas, took part in training on professional support for survivors of trafficking.

Read Kat's report here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#EndHumanTrafficking
#SupportSurvivors
#AntiTrafficking
#HumanTraffickingAwareness
#ModernSlavery

BDE Report: Supporting Trafficking Survivors | Blue Door Education

Earlier this year, our Deputy Operations Manager, Katharine Douglas, took part in a week long training on professional support for survivors of trafficking. As part of a Cross Cultural International...

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November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Justine

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#EndHumanTrafficking
#SupportSurvivors
#AntiTrafficking
#HumanTraffickingAwareness
#ModernSlavery

November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM

Justine

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Because likes and shares don't pay the bills. Donate today to help keep our doors open and our services free 👇

Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · Nov 19

☕ Ahhh coffee, it wakes us up, keeps us going, and YOU can help us pay our bills by buying us a digital coffee for just €2 here:
www.buymeacoffee.com/bluedooredu

💙 Thank you for your kindness!

#Volunteering
#StandWithRefugees
#HumanityHasNoBorders
#AdultEducation
#AdultLiteracy
#NewCommunities

November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM

Justine

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💙 What a year, our third nomination, and this one is for the second year running!

Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · Nov 18

🥳 We're STOKED to have been shortlisted for Malta's National Volunteer Award 2025 by the MCVS for the SECOND year running!

💙 Thank you to everyone who nominated us!

#MCVS
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#StandWithRefugees
#HumanityHasNoBorders
#AdultEducation
#AdultLiteracy
#NewCommunities

November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Justine

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💙 Love our volunteers, every single one of them!

Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · Nov 16

💙 We couldn't run our school without our kind-hearted and extremely talented volunteers.

#Volunteering
#AdultLiteracy
#AdultEducation
#HumanityHasNoBorders
#NewCommunities

November 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM

Justine

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💙 What a fantastic reward for Abdoulaye, whose thirst for knowledge is truly inspiring!

Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · Nov 15

🥈 A massive congratulations to our brilliant student Abdoulaye, who was First Runner Up at the 2025 EPALE - Adult Learning in Malta Awards in the category Best Adult Learner!

#EPALE #EPALEMalta #EPALEMalta2025 #BestAdultLearner #StandWithRefugees #HumanityHasNoBorders #AdultEducation #AdultLiteracy

November 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM

Justine

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This was such a wholesome project in every sense! 💙

Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · Nov 12

🧵 Our Creative Upcycling for Sustainable Communities project was a huge success, with every adult learner reporting they now feel confident using any type of sewing machine and creating their own designs.

www.linkedin.com/posts/blue-d...

November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · Nov 10

😍 Wheelie whiteboards are wonderful for our modular classroom set up, and here is our latest addition!

💙 Heartfelt thanks to the Embassy of Ireland in Malta for this extremely helpful donation, as well as the additional bags of useful goodies, including traditional Irish nibbles and tea!

November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM

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Blue Door Education

@bluedooreducation.bsky.social

😭 Our Menstruation Station is empty!

❓ Can anyone help us out please?

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#HumanityHasNoBorders
#AdultEducation
#AdultLiteracy
#NewCommunities

November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · Nov 4

🤩 The Superintendence of Cultural Heritage Malta recently kindly invited us to visit them, setting up a special program in simple English especially for our students.

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#StandWithRefugees
#HumanityHasNoBorders
#AdultEducation
#AdultLiteracy
#NewCommunities

November 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM

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Blue Door Education

@bluedooreducation.bsky.social

👻🎃😱 Look who rocked up to class this morning!

ℹTeaching about cultural events helps students understand cultural diversity, history, and the evolution of traditions, and T-Rex was a fun and engaging way to teach about Halloween in a cultural context.

October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM

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Blue Door Education @bluedooreducation.bsky.social · Oct 29

🏆 WE WON!

🥳 Blue Door Education is the winner of the EPALE Malta 2025 Award for Best Non-formal and Community Learning for Adults!

#EPALE #EPALEMalta #EPALEMalta2025 #EPALEEurope #AwardWinner #Volunteering #StandWithRefugees #HumanityHasNoBorders #AdultEducation #AdultLiteracy #NewCommunities

October 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM

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Blue Door Education

@bluedooreducation.bsky.social

🥳 The final Creative Upcycling for Sustainable Communities workshop was such a joyful and positive experience!

@fondi.eu @erasmus_plus_projects

#AdultEducation
#CreativeUpcycling
#SustainableCommunities
#LifelongLearning
#FondiEU
#ErasmusPlus