Many thanks to Carol for her £200 donation – her winter fuel allowance. We can do so much more with the donations we receive from the public – most of which come through https://localgiving.org/donation/togetherwegrow. Also thanks to the Co-op members who have donated their 1% to Together We Grow. So far it has raised £471.18 […]

We now also have a TV stand, a DVD player, a Freeview box and more clothes and toys. Sees picture. Thanks to Claire for the clothes and toys. We are now taking a break for further donations. We will only take things that have been agreed with us beforehand. We have not got enough space […]

If any of the refugees or asylum seekers want this bike or the three white wooden chairs please let us know. We can then bring it to you. Many thanks to Phil, Edith and Beryl for donations.

Our new management committee has met with six refugees and asylum seekers from Syrian, Palestine, Sri Lanka and Libya. We also have four local residents on the committee. The meeting planned a program for activities in 2019, which was based on 30 returned surveys of what people would like to do. We are currently finding […]

Happy New Year to all the refugees & asylum seekers, to our many supporters and our funders. Many thanks for all your help in 2018, which we hope will continue in 2019. We started the new year with a trip to Eureka, a management committee on the 8th Jan, a meeting in the Calderdale refugee […]

Thanks to Debbie for donating a lot of children’s stuff, to John for delivering 50 x 1kg bags of flower (picture) and offering a small fridge and to everyone who have donated or offered lifts throughout the year. This includes £207.26 raised through the Coop https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/25708 so far, which will run for another 10 months. […]

Our walking group had a Feast afternoon with lots of wonderful food. Not everyone could come due to illness and our co-chair, Ibrahim, has just moved to London with his family when they finally got permission to stay in the UK. Many thanks to the host, to the chefs and to Ibrahim for their contributions.

Together We Grow supports asylum seekers and refugees. We invite them on daytrips around Calderdale, to cultural events, support them to access leisure activities, have a walking group, one-to-one English conversation sessions, grow food they can take home and provide furniture, bicycles, clothes, prams, books, etc donated by members of our community. An asylum seeker […]

Thanks to everyone who took part in our consultation about a future logo for Together We Grow.   There was one draft that got the most votes but the management committee asked the designer to make a tweak with the hand so it became more visible (and looked less like a boat). Here is the […]

We are taking some refugees to hear the Halifax Choral Society perform at Victoria Theatre on 2 Dec – as we did on Sunday 25th Dec. Many thanks to the Halifax Choral Society for inviting Together We Grow. This week we have also attended network meetings in Rochdale and in Halifax for organisations supporting refugees […]