Some of our core volunteers do one-to-one English conversation with the refugees and asylum seekers. We arranged a very useful training course for those volunteers on how to spot trauma signs and deal with it. We also encourage the members of our management committee to go on training courses. These courses have now been booked: […]
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Visit to see Frozen II
Rather than the expected 120 we had 85 asylum seekers and refugees coming to Hebden Bridge on 21st Dec – 36 from Rochdale and 49 from Halifax. It was a joint event with Friends of the Picture House. Some fed the ducks and watched the Christmas tree in the Square before arriving at the town […]
Fundraising
Together We Grow spent more than £11,000 over the last seven months – since 1st May 2019. If you or your organisation want to give Together We Grow a Christmas present you can do this online at https://localgiving.org/charity/togetherwegrow/ or you can post a cheque made our to ‘Together We Grow’, Warcock Hill Barn, Long Causeway, Blackshaw Head, […]
Visit by Salford University
We had Philip Martin coming to interview Together We Grow about our work. Philip is a researcher at Salford University looking into the integration of refugees and asylum seekers on behalf of Migration Yorkshire and five local authorities including Calderdale. They are interviewing one hundred organisations in Yorkshire & Humber – from public, private and […]
Christmas lunch for our committee
Our management committee met today to welcome our 7 new members from Halifax. We also have 3 committee members from Rochdale, two from Bradford, two from Hebden Bridge and two from Blackshaw Head. Out of the 16 members 12 are refugees and asylum seekers. Various countries are now represented on our committee: Syria, Libya, Palestine, […]
Christmas activities
Many thanks to Blackshaw Methodist Church for letting us sell our new booklet, Doris’s New Home, at their Christmas Fayre. It is a children’s booklet with drawings by Shakya from Sri Lanka and text by Laura. Shakya’s parents were able to come and help selling the booklet, which is on sale for £5 – in […]
Thanks to the Coop
Six of our management committee members and some family members attended an event at the Coop supermarket in Mytholmroyd. Afterwards we had lunch at the Tibetan Kitchen in Hebden Bridge and saw a film at the Picture House. Once again many thanks to the Coop Community Fund for their fantastic support.
New publication from TWG
Two members of Together We Grow have published our first children’s book, which is on sale for £5. You can purchase it at the Bookcase bookshop in Hebden Bridge, at the Great Rock Coop and at Warcock Hill Barn, Long Causeway, Blackshaw Head, Hebden Bridge, HX77JB. It will also be on sale at various local […]
Many thanks to the Coop
Many thanks to the Coop for their amazing grant and for the invitation to the meeting with five other local groups receiving funding. https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/25708 Together We Grow was invited to speak at the meeting at Hebden Bridge town hall along with the other local groups. It was encouraging to hear about all the good work […]
Pirate day
Today we took 24 refugees and asylum seekers from Halifax to a pirate party in Todmorden, held in an outdoor play area on Dineley Ave. We did not invite asylum seekers and refugees in Rochdale to this event as they do not have their half-term break from school this week. After a lot of games […]