Category: Events
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Grow your own food at Jubilee Meadow
Update: Thanks very much to everyone who supported Grow Your Own over 2024, especially our project leader Olga. We’re pausing this activity for the winter and will review whether to renew it next year. Do you love gardening, plants or have a passion for growing food? We would like to invite you to our new…
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Thanks to Kew Fete
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We are delighted to receive a very generous donation of £2,000 from the organisers of Kew Fete 2024. Refugees Welcome in Richmond (RWinR) supports people seeking sanctuary to live and thrive throughout this beautiful borough. From language interpretation at our advice sessions to catering and venue hire for social events, this grant will greatly improve the services…
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The Night Before Christmas (Ніч перед Різдвом)
Thanks to the Ukrainian Social Club and Orange Tree Theatre for hosting a wonderful live performance of The Night Before Christmas (Ніч перед Різдвом) on Sunday 11th February. Based on a 1932 short story by Mykola Hohol and set in an 18th century Ukrainian village, this classic fairy tale follows a poor blacksmith and the…
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23rd Feb, 7pm: Ukrainian music, poetry and dance at St Mary’s Church, Twickenham
Richmond’s Ukrainian Social Club invites you to a charitable evening of classical music, poetry and dance at the “Ukrainian Evening of Invincibility” from 7pm on Friday 23rd February at St. Mary’s Church, Twickenham, TW1 3NJ. The programme features familiar pieces by Chopin and J. S. Bach, as well as Ukrainian composers, Lysenko, Barvinsky and Hulak-Artemovsky,…
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Sleep workshops in Farsi for ten weeks
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in EventsRichmond and Hillcroft Community College is offering free support workshops for Farsi speakers starting from 10 January for ten weeks, every Wednesday between 3-4pm. Thanks to Refugee Action Kingston for organising. Book via SMS text message at 07754 856 932.
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Refugee and migrant women’s art at Turner’s House
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Turner’s House is hosting a special exhibition showcasing artworks realised by migrant and refugee women in our local community as part of their Tales & Travels programme. A great opportunity to celebrate the stories shared by these amazing ladies! Open Wednesday to Sunday from 12pm to 4pm until Sunday 29 October 2023. Exhibition included with ticket…
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28th June: A Concert for Ukraine at St Mary’s, Twickenham
St Mary’s University is proud to host an evening of beautiful music and dance in our historic Waldegrave Suite. Featuring young Ukrainian musicians from The London Performing Academy of Music (LPMAM), violinist Marina Ravievska accompanied by Richard Black, singer Maryiana Bondar, and the Stefania dance ensemble. Minimum donation £20. A fundraising auction will be held during…
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Tree planting with thanks from the Ukrainians
Many thanks to the Ukrainian Social Club based at Prosperity Café for the beautiful new tree planted on Monday 27 March in Cambridge Gardens by Richmond Bridge. The tree represents the gratitude of the Ukrainian community towards the people of Richmond for their support during the refugee crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. Read…