On 13th January we met with the refugees at St Andrew’s Church to do a consultation event on what Together We Grow should be doing in 2018 and beyond. A lot of good ideas came up, some can be implemented pretty soon, others will need further fundraising. Our Management Committee met the day after to […]
On 10th January, we took two car loads with toys, children’s books, boots, a new bed for a child, etc for our event Saturday 13th January in Rochdale and we will bring two more car loads. A former nursery has given us all their toys and books. A lot of individuals and families have also […]
Many thanks to Mark Simmonds from Coop Culture for helping us transferring the first two financial years from our spreadsheet to the gnucash accounting software. It has been a steep learning curve but worth it as it enables us to keep better track of our different funders. Where the first financial year had 148 entries […]
Some of the refugees from Together We Grow had attended the 12 weeks course on conflict resolution. There were four such classes meeting weekly. The course ended with a community dialogue in Rochdale Town Hall and we are pleased to have been invited to this event. Participants in the course were allowed to invite inspirational […]
Many thanks to Beryl and Marian for organising a wonderful lunch with entertainment. This was to celebrate that our walking group with the refugees has now been going for a year. Beryl and Marian are in charge of everything relating to the walking group. Also thanks to Peter and Beryl for hosting the event, to […]
Many thanks to the Cantorelli Choir for organising the event on Sunday 10th December in support of Together We Grow. Donations at the event raised £240.79 – many thanks to everyone who donated. Also thanks to Blackshaw Head Methodist Church for hosting the event and providing tea and coffee afterwards. We had planned to invite […]
