A sofa, two chest of drawers, a child pram, etc were delivered this week (25.3) to refugees in our area – along with a car load of clothes, shoes, etc for the next container to Syria. Now we just need to deliver a table and three chairs to a refugee family and one chair to […]
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Sri Lankan food served
On 18th March we had asylum seekers and refugees coming to the Chapel in Blackshaw Head, which also acts as a community centre. It was great to welcome some new members to the group. Arts and craft activities took place in the upstairs room where there were also a lot of games. All the children […]
Get your donation doubled up
If you want to give a donation to Together We Grow you can have it doubled up. Here are the details: For one day only – doubling donations by up to £25! You can either donate via our website: www.togetherwegrow2.org.uk or here: https://localgiving.org/charity/togetherwegrow/ Starting at 10am on Thursday 22nd June, Localgiving will be doubling one-time […]
Visit on 25.2.2017
On 25th February we had 24 asylum seekers and refugees coming to Blackshaw Head. We had a lot of clothes, shoes, etc to give to give to them. The pictures only show some of it. It now has to be delivered to their flats as it was too much for them to carry home. We […]
Food for Syria
On 24th February we took the food and the cheque of £150 – to pay for a pallet of food – for the next container going to Idlib in Syria, to help feed the quarter of a million people that fled Eastern Alleppo. The old magistrates court in Rochdale is also the place where the […]
Food for Syria
On Thursday 23rd February we are taking food to Rochdale for the next container going to the displaced people in Syria. We are also taking a cheque of £150 – to buy a pallet of food for Syria. Many thanks to everyone who has donated. Particular thanks to Keith, John and Pat for their large […]
Refugee children in Europe
There are 90,000 unaccompanied refugee children living in Europe, 10,000 of them are no longer registered with any authorities. Many of these end up being abused. The UK has agreed to take just 350 children and will close the programme next month unless the public convince them otherwise. You can write to your MP, sign […]
Welcome choir
The Welcome Choir next meets on Thursday 9th March at 2.30pm at St. Hilda’s Church, Gibraltar Road, Halifax. There has been a change of musical director for the choir. Helen, who has taken over, is very experienced in starting up new choirs and singing in various languages.
Furniture for refugees
Many thanks to Rob from Burnley for donating various furniture to the asylum seekers and refugees. In fact, he gave so much that we had to go twice from Burnley to Rochdale with it all. – We also took a car full from Blackshaw Head and moved a refugee family’s belongings from one house to […]
Collection donated to a good cause
We are very grateful to the mayor of Todmorden, Tony Greenwood, who has donated a large collection from the 1960’s onwards to some good homes. He gave the collection to Incredible Edible Todmorden to distribute and they passed it on to Together We Grow. There are more pictures on our Facebook page.