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In: News, Refugee Support

With an increase in the number of men arriving at the local hotel and a faster turnover, the stocks of clothes and essential items have all been used up! Please do help us provide ‘Welcome Backpacks’ filled with essential items as pictured. Why not see if you have an unwanted/unused backpack lurking in your cupboard and fill it with as many as you can of the following items: T-shirts and tops (small/medium size) Joggers/casual trousers A Pair of Trainers Beanie hat /gloves A Coat Nailclippers New Trainer Socks New pants You can take them to the Horsforth Community Cafe on a Monday or drop offRead More →

In: Lent Talks 2024, News

You can access all our Lent Talks 2024 on THIS PAGE We enjoyed gathering at St Margaret’s Church to hear Bill’s engaging talk with insights and examples of how his values (drawn from his faith and Catholic Social Teaching) have influenced how he worked, responded and helped make decisions in his leadership roles in the NHS. There was lots of discussion and a fascinating question and answer session at the end:Read More →

In: News

The Farmers’ Market Committee are seeking to recruit another member for the planning and organisation of the Market.  The Market is held in the morning of the first Saturday of each month except in January. The Committee meetings are usually held the following Monday morning on Zoom. Members assist the Manager in preparing for and running the market in various roles such as Stall Liaison, Community Networking, Market set up, all of which we would be grateful for extra help with, but we have identified a specific need for someone to aid us with Communications and Social Media.  The market has been running for 12 years and is a valuedRead More →

In: Lent Talks 2024, News

You can access all our Lent Talks 2024 on THIS PAGE We were given a warm welcome at Central (with their new boiler!), and Jon Swales passionately presented stark trajectories due to our reliance on fossil fuels, followed by showing us the part we can play in talking to others, and living a life of love, compassion and justice, as Jesus did. You can listen to the talk here: There was lively discussion in the question time grappling with the issues, and we continued to share together afterwards.Read More →

In: News

Jonathan Cain, Vicar at St James’ Woodside gives this very encouraging update on Horsforth Community Pantry: ‘Many of our friends in Horsforth churches will remember the conversations about the plans for a Food Pantry in Horsforth at the Cafe of Hope last October.  By the grace of God, this project is coming to fruition.’  ‘Claire Evans and others at Horsforth Community Assets Project (HCAP) and St Margaret’s have moved part of the existing pantry operation from Kirkstall into a temporary home in St Margaret’s Parish Centre.  The Horsforth Community Pantry opened its doors in this temporary home on 07 November.  Working with referrals from theRead More →