In: News, Refugee Support

On 22nd Sept St Margaret’s Parish Centre was a buzz of chatter as 65 people (refugees and local Horsforth residents) enjoyed getting to know each other over international food. Four men seeking asylum hailing from Namibia, Sudan, and Yemen put together their traditional dishes for the guests to savour the taste of their homeland, including – Lamb soup, Aubergine salad, Namibian beef soup, Moroccan roast vegetables, breads and Couscous rice. Sri Lankan Dal was a vegan option cooked by Ian Kemp, volunteer on the Horsforth Town of Sanctuary committee. Mohammed Almuhandes who hails from Yemen migrated to the United Kingdom from Malta a couple ofRead More →

In: News, Refugee Support

New men seeking asylum are arriving all the time to be housed in a local hotel (total 120 there at any one time) – they literally have nothing but what they are standing up in. Why not have a look around and see if you have any of these much needed items which will be so gratefully received. The items are distributed by the Friendship Group linked with St Mary’s Church and Horsforth Town of Sanctuary, who go to the hotel to run a conversation class every Monday. Items needed at the moment are: Men’s clothes of any kind Coats and warmer clothes ready forRead More →

In: News, Upcoming Events

Bring your unwanted CLOTHES to this Clothing/Textiles event on Sat 2nd Sept 2-5pm, run by Horsforth Climate Action at St Margaret’s Church- find out lots of ways to Revive, Re-use and Rewear clothes rather than adding them to landfill! You can SWAP them for free, or DONATE MEN’s CLOTHES for local refugees; bring your clothes that need mending and get them repaired, and bring unwanted school uniform to swap for what you need! Plus make a pan scourer or learn about natural nappies! Don’t forget the regular Repair Cafe will also be running at the same time next door in the Parish Centre.Read More →

In: News

The weekend of 1st and 2nd of July saw Horsforth buzzing with lots of artists opening their homes, hubs of activity in different spaces, and many expressions of art from all sections of the community. This year it also included the My Leeds 23 culture activities with lots going on at Calverlands Day Centre, and Climate Action focussed activities at The Grove church and centre. Here are just some of the ways our church community enjoyed being very much part of the action: Climate Action Hub at The Grove The Grove Church decided to allocate their church and Centre spaces to the Climate Action activities,Read More →