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Concert for SDCAS- Cobbs Corner Quintet and Klezmore
Don’t miss our fundraising concert for SDCAS, on the 26th September, featuring the Cobbs Corner Quintet and Klezmore Band. It will take place at St John’s Church, Goose Green. This is an unmissable occasion as it is the last time that Frances Barrett, with whom we share the Copleston Centre, will be putting on a concert for us. This has
Job opportunity – we’re looking for a seasonal garden worker!
Join us in the allotment this autumn! We’re looking for an experienced community garden facilitator or horticultural therapist to lead sessions in our garden this autumn. With a small pot of funding secured, we’re looking to facilitate weekly access for clients to our allotment space on a Tuesday afternoon. If your green fingers are tingling at the prospect, please read
Fundraising at GALA festival
by Laura, a SDCAS volunteer We were excited and grateful to join GALA Festival again this year as their official charity partner. I volunteered for the first time to help with fundraising efforts and had a memorable experience. Our teams headed off over the three days under the gorgeous May sun, armed with suncream and smiles as we tried to
What I’ve learnt from teaching English
by Lucas, English language teaching volunteer Starting in February this year, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect teaching the beginner English class at SDCAS. I hadn’t taught (in any sort of official setting) for the best part of a year at that point and my previous experience was in a markedly different context. With this in mind, however, I
Summer Bookstall: 13 June
There will be a fundraising book sale at the Copleston Centre, SE15 4AN led by Ruth and other supporters, on Saturday 13th June, 10:30-12:30. Please bring cash for your purchases. Please don’t bring books to donate, the book sale team’s stores are currently full!
Extra Special Bookstall on Sat 11th April
Celebrating ten years of the Saturday Bookstalls On Saturday 11th April there will be an extra special Bookstall in the Copleston Centre cafe, celebrating its ten year anniversary. The inspiration for this fundraising event in aid of Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers (SDCAS) came from a Swansea bookshop which employed refugees. Selling a wide variety of donated books for adults and children, all in good condition,
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