Thank you to all the organisers of this lovely evening with Arabic food, dances and talks on what is organised for the Arabic community in Rochdale. Some young Arabic men got most of us out dancing, including the mayor and mayoress. A big meal was served to about a hundred people. The picture shows a […]
Went to the cinema with asylum seekers and refugees. Arriving by train to Hebden Bridge we will first have an hour in the park before having lunch at Hope Baptist Church with two curries and rice provided by Tibetan Kitchen. After lunch we are off to the Picture House to see https://www.hebdenbridgepicturehouse.co.uk/…/the-art-of-rac… We did not […]
Many thanks to Halifax Choral Society for donating 19 tickets to Together We Grow for their concert at the Vitoria Theatre in Halifax. In the end we only needed 16 of the tickets. In the interval we all had an ice cream or a bottle of water.
Our management committee met to look at recent events and planning future events. We also had a financial report which included an update on the 27 asylum seekers we currently fund leisure activities for. We have another 7 asylum seekers on the waiting list. 19 refugees and asylum seekers have said they will come to […]
Many thanks to Jan for donating bags full of textiles to the Arabic sewing group. Also thanks to those who donated more sewing machines to the group. It was all taken to the group by Jan and Laura. Snacks were provided.
About 50 asylum seekers and refugees from Rochdale and Halifax came to our event in Todmorden on 5th October. We had lunch at the Central Methodist Church – chicken curry and vegetable curry. This was prepared by members of the Mosque in Todmorden. After lunch those who wanted to take the children to the park […]
We took a group of asylum seekers to the Lake District for the weekend – from Friday to Sunday. We stayed at Glenthorne, https://glenthorne.org/, where we have been invited to stay cost free. In other words they pay for the accommodation, food, transport, activities, etc. This amazing offer gave a group of people a well-deserved […]
Our walking group met on a very rainy day and several members were unable to come. So an English conversation session took place instead in Beryl’s house. There are many odd things to learn in the English language!
Together We Grow had a stall at the Blackshaw Head village fete. We gave out our different leaflets, talked to a lot of people and got the contact details of some new volunteers.
We took a group of refugees and asylum seekers camping at Old Chamber’s Camping above Hebden Bridge. Despite the rain on Wednesday we had a great time. Thanks to everyone who lend us tents, sleeping bags and mats. With lots of games, long walks, camp fire, lovely meals and a choir arriving for a BBQ […]