Many thanks to Fran for donating six big bags of oats and various types of flour – all picked up this morning and delivered to Halifax this afternoon for sharing between 20 plus families. This come on top of the 175 kg of flour Fran has already donated to us – the baking results shown […]
Our online yoga sessions over the last couple of months have been very successful. So we have decided to continue with them after New Year. The sessions will take place every Wednesday from 1 to 2 PM. The classes will be led by a professional yoga teacher, Claire, who is also an expert on trauma. […]
Some Turkish refugees arranged a Christmas get together online, inviting various people to sing, play music and give a short talk. Together We Grow’s chair, Laura Beesley, spoke as did two of our volunteers, Sandy and Steve Dodd. Below is what Sandy and Steve said: It’s an honour and pleasure for us to be asked […]
As a thank you for the food parcel some Arabic women had made plates full of vegan Arabic sweets for our volunteers. They were just yummy,
In addition to the food parcels delivered up to half-term Together We Grow joined forces with St Augustine’s Centre to give over 450 food parcels to 126 asylum seeker families in Calderdale. Together We Grow bought the food and took it to St Augustine’s Centre, who organised the delivery. Together We Grow delivered to 26 […]
Many thanks to St Augustine for the Christmas presents so each family member can get a present. A lot has been donated by businesses in Calderdale worth thousands of pounds. They have now all been delivered. Many thanks to Charlotte and David for delivering car loads of duvets and food parcels around Calderdale and Rochdale.
We had 49 new duvets delivered tonight after the delivery van broke down on the motorway. Some are King size and some are single duvets as ordered by the refugees and asylum seekers. We got them for £490 and they are now all delivered.
We had an online jewelry workshop on a Saturday from 11 to 12. The teacher is Doreen from Together We Grow and she has created this amazing Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DD-Gifted-Hands-Projects-102754641687284
20 families shared 75 kg of flours out of the 175 kg donated to Together We Grow. Here is some of the bakery done by them.