Our next visit of asylum seekers and refugees is this Saturday, 26th November. The pictures show some of the donations given to them: toys, cloches, shoes, rugs, duvets, kitchen stuff, etc. Thanks to everyone who has donated these items, in particular Louise, Jac & Phil, Caitlin and John. We show the pictures so the asylum […]
Following on the success of the Welcome Festival we held – with nearly 400 attending of which around 75 were refugees – where we asked people to sponsor a refugee to attend the event by paying their for their transport, lunch and refreshments we now want to ask if you want to sponsor a refugee […]
We are very grateful to Halifax Choral Society for giving free tickets to the asylum seekers and refugees so they can go to the concerts at Victoria Theatre in Halifax on 27th November and 1st December. Together We Grow will pay all the transport costs, drinks and ice creams.
The deadline for having your donations matched funded has been extended to midday on Monday 28th November 2016. If you want to support Together We Grow you can go to https://localgiving.org/charity/togetherwegrow/
Thanks to Jac and Phil for their donation of a fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, micro oven, pots & pans, etc for the asylum seekers and refugees. And thanks to Mark for helping to transport the fridge/freezer in his van to a very happy family.
Many thanks to Big Lottery Fund for their grant to Together We Grow. If you want to support our work with asylum seekers and refugees you can still get donations matched funded and Gift Aided. Just go to https://localgiving.org/charity/togetherwegrow/
Nearly 400 people attended the Welcome Festival on Saturday 29th October at the Birchcliffe Centre in support of refugees. Most of the performers on the day were refugees. There was a famous Syrian singer and his daughter coming from Bournemouth, the Songo Drummers Project and the Harmony Choir from Leeds and Dave Nelson and Charlie […]
The Welcome Festival this Saturday at the Birchcliffe Centre at 1.30pm would not have happened if it was not for the many volunteers who are helping out – around 30, doing lunch for up to a hundred asylum seekers, refugees and volunteers, taking walking groups up from Hebden Bridge train station to the Birchcliffe Centre, […]
Spoke at a well attended Hebden Bridge Partnership meeting last night about the Welcome Festival this Saturday. Half of the £345,000 fund for matching donations went in the first week. So there might still be a week left for any donation to be doubled up. If you want to sponsor an asylum seeker or refugee […]
We were donated a washing machine and a dishwasher. The washing machine has been delivered to one refugee family and the dishwasher will go to another family.