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Bamako, charity and rubber stamps
The London flat is filling with bags again – fat, stretched holdalls packed with pencils, pens and games. Straps are wrapped around the stacks of football shirts and baby clothes waiting for the flight. We leave Saturday.
In Bamako the rain is still sheeting down, running eight inches deep down the street where we are staying [...]
Bebside School & the African Workshop
Two bits of great news this week: First, the African Workshop is now a fully registered UK charity (number 1137427). And the second is a lovely bit of news coverage about the Bebside Middle School shipment.
School on the move
Press release:
A class of middle school children have donated their entire school to our charity.
Chairs, desks, musical instruments and classroom supplies for up to 500 pupils are on their way to the African Workshop’s community centre in Mali thanks to the efforts of pupils at Bebside Middle School, in Blyth, Northumberland.
The youngsters and their teachers [...]
Demon Barbers
A huge thank you to the amazing Demon Barbers! This incredible band played a pair of gig to promote their new album – The Adventures of Captain Ward – and donated all their profits to the African Workshop. Added to a raffle on the night they collected over £550.
The London gig was brilliant. The Demons [...]
Football – Goooaaaaallllll!
The World Cup is in Africa! Football fever is gripping an already football mad continent, and the kids at the African Workshop love to play…
Footballs are expensive in Mali, but we have four teams over there playing at any opportunity they can get. They use bundles of bags and plastic if they have to, plastic [...]
Demon Barbers gig
The fabulous Demon Barbers – winners of the BBC best live folk act 2009 – are launching their new album with two amazing gigs in aid of the African Workshop.
First up is The Boardwalk in Sheffield on 3 June, hotly followed by the London leg at the Borderline on 4 June. Come and celebrate the [...]
Bike to the sea
I made it to the seaside under my own power, cycling from my front door to Brighton Pier on Saturday morning. That’s 60 miles on a single speed bike!
I set off in the pause for breath at 8am on a Saturday morning, just before London exploded into the sunshine and went to bbq itself in [...]
Folk Against Fascism Village Fete
We are massively pleased to be taking part in the Folk Against Fascism Village Fete at the Southbank Centre on May 2nd
This will be an amazing day “featuring a free afternoon of morris dancing, ceilidhs and lots of traditional fun, bringing all the festivity of a village celebration to the banks of the Thames.?? Ceilidhs [...]
Creative Junction
A huge thank you to Creative Junction for running an incredible day of events last week at Inter-change. They invited 200 young people to take part in workshops and to discuss ways that creativity can help build bridges, start dialogues and break down barriers.
I was invited to speak about The African Workshop and to help [...]
Sponsor my aching thighs!
I’m back on the bike for my annual ride to Brighton in aid of the African Workshop. This is one of our main money raisers so dig deep! If you make you feel better, my legs will really hurt…
***Bank account details at bottom of this message or visit www.africanworkshop.org***
Your money will help us continue to [...]