Four of Together We Grow’s management committee members have been part of the steering group of Valley of Sanctuary in Calderdale from the start. Together We Grow, Valley of Sanctuary, Calderdale Freedom from Torture, Survivors of Torture and St Augustine Centre will have stalls at the Piece Hall on Saturday 30th September during a big […]
We had a stall at the Blackshaw Head village fete with Calderdale Freedom From Torture and Survivors of Torture Activities Fund (STAF). Over 500 people attended the fete and we gave out hundreds of flyers for the Welcome Festival. We had free homemade biscuits on our stall which attracted a lot of people to come […]
Together We Grow is collecting clothes and wellies to go to the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh this Friday. So if you have any of these items you can drop them at Warcock Hill Barn, Long Causeway, Blackshaw Head, Hebden Bridge, HX77JB, tel 01422 846863 or 07511213449. Another container will go in October. According to […]
2-300 people attended our Welcome Festival on 16th September, including about 75 refugees and asylum seekers. The event was a great success, introduced by a refugee and an asylum seeker. in English and Arabic. The Mayor of Todmorden, Councillor Christine Potter, welcomed everyone and gave an excellent speech which we hope to be able to […]
It was an honour to be invited to the wedding of one of the asylum seekers. It was a gathering of people from all over the world, dancing, singing and eating together – having a good time despite a very uncertain future for them and important family members not being allowed a visa to come […]
On Saturday 26.8 we had 40 asylum seekers and refugees coming for our sports and BBQ day. Not all of our usual families could come as they had to prepare a large wedding for the next day. However, some new families and individuals came and now want to come regularly. The sports day was a […]
Together We Grow has been shortlisted in the Best New Charity category at the Community Spirit Awards 2017. We will know on 28th September whether we won among those shortlisted. We have been invited to participate in a three-course gala dinner to celebrate the work done by community groups. Anna Foster from BBC 5 Live […]
Many thanks to Di, Andy and John for helping to get two of our banners up – one at a house next to the Town Hall in Hebden Bridge and one at EcoHeat’s shop and office. A third banner will go up on the railing in front of the church at the roundabout in Todmorden […]
The program for the Welcome Festival on 16th September keeps getting better. We now also have someone coming to make figures out of balloons with the children and one of the refugees will read out one of her poems in English. We have a group of volunteers from 3 Valley Vegans and Incredible Edible Todmorden […]
Four asylum seekers came to help filling bags with woodchip for the community orchard in Blackshaw Head along with members of the local community. Many thanks to Mark and Phil for taking the bags to the orchard. The woodchip will be spread around the 75 fruit trees and the 35 fruit bushes on another day. […]