What does home mean to you?

Homing Pigeon

Good deeds are like homing pigeons it always come back to you in the greatest way. When I was a child I used to play with my siblings with a lot of pets like hen and pigeons, especially in summer vocations we had enough time to play and look after the pigeons . So whenever I am around pigeons it felt like home it connects me with nostalgia.

Sadia

Gateshead

My Home is where the “Biryani” is

This biryani dish my home country’s favourite dish but how my mother cooked on special occasions it makes the occasional so special. Since the day I am living in the Uk over the last 5 years I could not able to taste the food how my mother used to cook . So within 5 years I trained myself to cook more like my mother used to cook biryani . So whenever I cooked biryani it reminds of my mother, good memories, laugh , good chit chat & happiness. Through this food I connect myself with home . This is how I felt like I am in home with my family.

Sadia

Gateshead

My family and pup

Home is my beautiful family and fluffy little puppy in Australia.

Harriet

Hospital

Me as I a midwife I have responsibility in the hospital more than any place , it as like my home and I take care of my family. It is makes me feel my self

Asia, age 22

Family love

Home is family and memories; wherever your family and memories are, your home is there. No matter where we ended up, as long as we were still together

Ghayad, age 20

Syria

Hope

Home Is An Ordinary Day Where Nature Thrives And the Air is perfumed And I am reminded of all the beauty in this world For me - Home Is Where This Tree Is Waiting For Me

Reena

Homeland memory

Our homeland “Salang” means home, the place where families and friends spend their times together. The place with sound of water in the river with singing birds, covered with high mountains, fresh air, trees with fresh fruits and beautiful nature to enjoy moments together, feeling like home.

Nilab, age 28

Islamabad

A cup of tea in my balcony

A calm Sunday afternoon, in a white button down with a warm cup of tea in my balcony. That’s the feeling of home for me 🫶🏼

Mahira, age 37

Karachi

Family team

At home, we work together This is the culture of the refugees in the Nyarugusu refugee camp, they work together to support each other. In this photo, the mother and her children are preparing beans for cooking. They are removing stones and other things from the bean . While one of them takes care of the little boy, this is the family team.

Vainqueur

Kigoma , Nyarugusu refugee camp

When I'm alone at home

Young girl in front of the door of their new home in the new village built for the new refugees recently arrived in Tanzania in the Nyarugusu camp, originally from eastern Congo. "I'm used to standing in front of our door if I'm home alone, and it reminds me of where we used to be, when my parents went to the fields, and I used to do the same thing."

Vainqueur

Kigoma, Nyarugusu refugee camp

Our home

When we've finished washing the clothes, we put them out in the sun in front of the house. There's a cable attached to the house that helps us put the laundry on.

Vainqueur

Kigoma, Nyarugusu refugee camp

Good Neighborliness

At our house, if you have a television, the neighbor's kids will come over to watch the movie. And we're happy about that. Spending time together expresses love and good neighborliness.

Vainqueur

Kigoma, Nyarugusu refugee camp

I do understand the meaning of home as a physical location and take pride in my connection to Syria. However, I knew the meaning of home by heart when I slept the first night in my bedroom in London, woke up the next day in the early morning and had a walk around the school. It is not about the city but about the assurance that floods a heart when it becomes safe, assured and surrounded by kind people. Home is found in any place where I feel safe, empowered, and free to be myself without fretting over my present, or future. It is where I smile while having a walk without a reason. It is where I feel gratitude for everything passed in its hardness and lightness. This notion extends to the realms of people, and things. Do your best to leave anything that makes you unassured!

Al Narjes

Home, again.

This space and the feelings it evokes remain a constant source of comfort, only the light through out the day and through the time of year puts a familiar yet different spin on it.

KATE

LONDON

Home

That feeling when you push your front door to and the space becomes your own.. inhabiting familiarity and safety, shutting out the busy'ness of the day.

KATE

London

painting

Description: This painting was painted by me, and I live as a refugee. It expresses the desire to live in a house among nature, far from the hustle and bustle of life. It expresses that when a person needs rest, he resorts to his home.

Rawan, age 23

Lebanon/Tripoli

My safety

As a refugee. Souls means home. When you lose money or any thing else you will not feel pain as if you lose a soul. It's not just a cat. It's memories,love and HOME!

Nour, age 21

Lebanon _ Saida

I was thinking about what photo to take for home, and as the ice cream van drove past I thought that's it! I live by the seaside and you can sea the glorious sea in the background. I've just been away from home for two months and I've made sure that I've swam in the sea every day since i got back. I love being by the beach and the excitement of summer when the weather is nice and everyone comes to visit, but i also love it in winter when all the tourists leave and it feels like we get it all to ourselves again.

Harry

Reggie means home to me because whenever I come home, he always greets me with unconditional love. He is always happy to see me, so no matter what kind of day I have, this little face instantly makes me know I'm home and safe.

Natasha

The view

Being able to watch the seasons change, see the wildlife, get out in nature, experience the big skies of sunrise and sunset, this is home to me.

Lydia

Sussex

Everything reminds me of home. Sometimes I’m driving on the motorway and I see a view that reminds me of home. I see the sunrise, and it reminds me of home. When I hear the rain, it reminds me of home. I smell perfume, and it reminds me of the perfume my dad used to wear. I smell food, and it reminds me of home. Ultimately, being with family and people I love and care about reminds me of home, because family is home. Being safe makes me feel at home.

Mouhyedin – Falafel Fella

My Baba Blanket

I am a proud daughter of Cypriot immigrants to the UK. My Mother and Father came over to the UK fleeing the invasion of Cyprus back in the 1970s. They settled in Holloway and worked hard to raise me and my siblings. Life was brutal. My dad drove a mini cab on nights round North London to make ends meet. He did that job till the day he died 14 years ago. I am grateful for everything they gave and sacrificed for us. Everything. We had no idea how much hardship they faced because they made sure we never went without. My parents were hard working people who made a new life for us here in Britain. This was the first item they bought for their little home. It lives with me now in my home and reminds me of everything my parents sacrificed for me. They gave me a home in the U.K. This blanket represents love and home always to me.

Olga

Hertfordshire

Home to me means belonging and stability. The picture of the passport means a lot to me! I was born a refugee and lived in so many countries with refugee status. So, since getting my citizenship, It gave me a great feeling that I belong somewhere! The image of me and my daughter in the living room means that I have a stable home. A home where I feel safe with my kids, and a home where I can host my family and friends.

Kana Josée

A home is not a physical structure, nor is it a geographical place. This is a photo of my family, my home, because no matter where we ended up as long as we could be together, it would always feel like home.

Samin