Many thanks to Di, Andy and John for helping to get two of our banners up – one at a house next to the Town Hall in Hebden Bridge and one at EcoHeat’s shop and office. A third banner will go up on the railing in front of the church at the roundabout in Todmorden […]

The program for the Welcome Festival on 16th September keeps getting better. We now also have someone coming to make figures out of balloons with the children and one of the refugees will read out one of her poems in English. We have a group of volunteers from 3 Valley Vegans and Incredible Edible Todmorden […]

Four asylum seekers came to help filling bags with woodchip for the community orchard in Blackshaw Head along with members of the local community. Many thanks to Mark and Phil for taking the bags to the orchard. The woodchip will be spread around the 75 fruit trees and the 35 fruit bushes on another day. […]

43 refugees and asylum seekers came to visit Red Acre in Mytholmroyd – http://www.redacre.org/. They were warmly welcomed by members of Red Acre who had prepared drinks and snacks. A nearby park offered the opportunity of a good football game. Others were shown around the Red Acre site, which has allotments, play area, pond, bee […]

Holders of an asylum application registration card (ARC) may now visit Hebden Bridge Picture House in order to view films without paying the standard entry fee of £7. In addition a free hot drink (tea / coffee / speciality tea) may also be claimed. The ARC needs to be produced at the Box Office by […]

The organisers of the Great Get Together in Blackshaw Head kindly invited the refugees and asylum seekers from Together We Grow to be part of the events on 17-18th June. Although it was during Ramadan – the Muslim month of fasting – some of them came both days. On the Saturday they came first to […]

Calderdale Freedom from Torture and Together We Grow are organising a second Welcome Festival on Saturday 16th September at 1.30pm. This time it will be held in Todmorden – at the Central Methodist Church. Admission is free, drinks and cakes are free and all the various activities for children are free. If you want to […]

Many thanks to the Ward Forum for their grant towards activities for the refugees and asylum seekers. It helps us to expand with new offers of activities, like offer the asylum seekers and refugees membership of sports or drama clubs, having music, singing or yoga lessons, join an arts or drama class as experience show […]

On Saturday 3rd June we took a group of asylum seekers and refugees to the Country Fair in Todmorden. It was a smaller group than usual, only nine, due to it taking place during Ramadan – the Muslim month of fasting. The trip was a never-the-less a great success – with the children trying a […]

We have two bicycles for the refugees and post these pictures so they can get an idea of what they look like. They are both adults bikes. We also have a double futon available. A pair of glasses, a thermal cup and a mobile phone were left by the refugees on Saturday – see picture. […]