Together We Grow and Lamet Habayeb jointly arranged an Arabic cooking class at the Central Methodist Church. Sixteen people participated making many different recipes and eating the made food together. Everyone got a written copy of the recipes. We had invited Incredible Edible Todmorden, Central Methodist Church and 3 Valley Vegans to participate in the […]
We took a car load of donations to the Red Cross event, which takes place every Monday from 10am to 3pm. Apart from ESOL classes, a free hair dresser, advice workers from various agencies, games and drawings we also had a warm meal thanks to a small army of volunteers. It was useful to speak […]
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 […]