A Christmas thank you
A huge thank you to everyone who helped make Christmas 2023 a big success at Asha…
Asha’s Christmas Party could not have happened without the generosity of our donors.
Chatty Duck Creative, Steelite International, Cash for Kids Mission Christmas, the Salvation Army in Leek, and local people who between them provided 503 presents for children.
The party was a great success, with 308 attendees enjoying a festive meal, games and entertainment. We are grateful to everyone who contributed, with £6,647 raised to cover the costs of food, venue, and activities.
Any remaining funds will be used for the Friday Lunch Club, which provides a warm and welcoming space for asylum seekers and refugees.
Thanks, too, to the volunteers who wrapped so many Christmas gifts and then ordered them into family sacks. It made hard work, light work.
Moreover, local volunteers returned the next day to deliver the presents across Stoke-on-Trent on a very wet and windy day. There were many thanks and happy faces when people opened the door to an Asha gift.
One family were not at home and, ringing them, we learned that they had been moved to Liverpool a few weeks earlier.
The mother was delighted that we had remembered them. She said: “Please give our present to another family. We know how much it means to have an Asha present, thank you.”
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Godfrey Seminega, Services Manager (works full-time): seminega@asha-uk.org
Jackie Gregory, Wellbeing Co-ordinator (works part-time Tuesday, Friday and occasional Saturdays): jackie@asha-uk.org
Lydia Mugoyikazi, Women’s Club Co-Ordinator and Caseworker (works part-time Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday): lydia@asha-uk.org
Helen Ranford, Finance and Administration (works Tuesday to Friday): helen.ranford@asha-uk.org
Facinet Keita, Digital Health/IT and Unaccompanied Young People Support Worker (works Monday to Thursday): keita@asha-uk.org
Tamba Musa, Asylum Guide, Social Inclusion and Men’sSupport Worker (works Tuesday to Saturday): tamba@asha-uk.org
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