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Kingston upon Hull • UK City of Culture • 90+ Nations

ONE WORLDHULL • HULLONE CITY ONE HOME

We are Hull's living world map — a community hub where Yemeni fishermen's grandkids, Polish bakers, Kurdish students, Ukrainian families & lifelong Hullensians cook, dance, learn and belong together.

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12,400+ members & friends welcomed since 2009
46 languages spoken at our Pearson Park hub weekly
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✦ Humber Welcome Hub
☻ World Food Market Sat
★ 90+ cultures, 1 Hull
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01 — WHO WE ARE / ABOUT

Hull is a port.
Ports welcome the world.

What we do
About One World Hull community

One World Hull began in 2009 as a tiny fairtrade stall on Whitefriargate. Today we run a buzzing community house on Beverley Road, a Saturday Global Food Market, and Hull's biggest free intercultural festival — all volunteer-powered and open to everyone.

Hull has always looked outward: whalers, trawlermen, Wilberforce and abolition, the Headscarf Revolutionaries, City of Culture 2017. We carry that spirit forward. Whether you arrived last week from Kharkiv, have roots in Aden, Warsaw or Kurdistan, or your family fished off St Andrew's Dock for generations — you belong here.

90+nationalities
320volunteers
180events / year
100%free & open
2009 — Fairtrade Corner
Three friends sell Zanzibar chocolate & Yemeni coffee to fund English classes for newcomers.
2013 — Pearson Park Home
We open our iconic yellow-door hub: language cafe, homework club, sewing circle, advice desk.
2017 — City of Culture Explosion
Our “Hull – World Port” parade brings 4,000 people dancing down Anlaby Road. The city notices.
2022-2025 — Welcome Without Borders
From Hong Kong BN(O) families to Ukrainian & Sudanese arrivals — 3,800 welcome packs, 900 ESOL learners, zero closed doors.
2026 — One World Campus
New kitchen, rooftop garden, podcast studio & youth lab. Come build it with us.

Our promise

No papers checked at the door. No fee for friendship. Hot tea always on. If you live, work, study or dock in Hull — this is your house.

02 — WHAT'S ON

Six doors, one house

Every week, 40+ free sessions. Drop in, no booking for most. Kids, elders, students, sailors — all in.

World Kitchen Hull
Food • Sat 10-15

Global Food Market & Kitchen

Syrian falafel, Polish pierogi, Nigerian jollof, Hull patties — cook together, eat together. Pay-what-you-can.

Language cafe Hull
Learn • Tue Thu

Language Café & ESOL

English for everyday Hull life, Arabic, Ukrainian, Polish for kids, exam prep. With creche and bus vouchers.

Youth and festivals Hull
Youth • Festival

Youth Lab & Humber Fest

DJ school, football, coding, henna art, carnival costumes. Plus our legendary July street festival.

🧭 Welcome Desk

Mon-Fri 9-17: housing, GP, school, jobs, asylum support. Interpreters on call. Confidential, kind, free.

🧵 Makers Circle

Sewing, embroidery, upcycling, barber pop-up. Sell at our market, keep 100% of profit.

🌿 Rooftop Garden

Grow okra next to rhubarb. Compost, bees, chai afternoons overlooking Beverley Road.

03 — HULL CALENDAR

Don't miss in Hull

Get programme
Every Sat

Global Food Market — Trinity Square

30 stalls, live oud & accordion, kids' passport stamp hunt. 10am-3pm, rain or Humber shine.

First Fri

One World Night — Hull Minster Hall

Dabke meets Morris dancing. Bring a dish, leave with 20 friends. Free entry.

12-19 July 2026

Humber World Fest 2026

Parade from Pearson Park to the Marina, 12 stages, 200 artists, Humber fireworks. Our Glastonbury with patties.

04 — VOICES

Hull people, world hearts

“I came for ESOL, stayed for family. My daughter calls the hub ‘aunties’ house’.”

— Olena, arrived 2022, now volunteer cook
“As a trawlerman's son I thought I knew Hull. Then I tasted Somali shaah and heard my street in five languages. Beautiful.”

— Dave, Hessle Road
“One World got me my first job, my GCSEs, my DJ set on the main stage. Hull is mine now.”

— Ibrahim, 19, Youth Lab
05 — JOURNAL / NEWS

Fresh from the hub

Stories, guides, recipes, support updates — written by our volunteers in plain English.

No news yet — pop in for a brew and hear it first.

How to find us

One World Hull Hub
112 Beverley Road, Hull HU1 1XR
2 min from Prospect Centre, buses 1, 2, 12
Open Mon-Sat 9:00-19:00

New in Hull? Start here

Free welcome pack, SIM help, school letters, GP registration. Just walk in and say “Salam, I'm new”. We'll take it from there.

06 — GOOD TO KNOW

Questions? Answered.

Everything is free, everything is for everyone. No referral needed.

Welcome to Hull
Do I need to book or pay?

No. 95% of sessions are drop-in and free. Food market dishes are pay-what-you-can (£1-£5 suggested). Festival is free.

I'm new to Hull / the UK — can you help?

Yes — that's our core job. ESOL, interpreters, housing & asylum letters, school places, volunteering to build your CV. Mon-Fri welcome desk.

Where exactly are you?

Beverley Road near the city centre, plus Trinity Square market and Pearson Park for big events. Look for yellow doors and flags.

Can I volunteer or perform?

Always! Cooks, drivers, tutors, photographers, DJs, henna artists — 2 hours a month changes Hull. Come to a Thursday open evening.

Do you cater / hire space?

Our world kitchen caters weddings & graduations, and our hall hosts birthdays, exhibitions and prayers. Community rates.

Come for tea.
Stay for Hull.

Open Mon-Sat 9-19 • 112 Beverley Road, Hull HU1 1XR • Say hello at the yellow door

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This week at a glance

  • ● Mon — Welcome Desk + Homework Club 16:00
  • ● Tue — Language Café 18:00 + Sewing 17:30
  • ● Sat — Global Food Market 10:00 Trinity Sq
  • ● Sun — Rooftop Garden & Chai 13:00