On 16th July, Humanity at Heart’s volunteers had a lovely tea party at a local garden centre in Ditchling. It was a great way of thanking all of our volunteers, who do a brilliant job keeping the shop running, and helping us to raise the income which ensures our projects in Romania can...
On August 6th, we will be having a special promotion in the shop, to show what can be done with a little ingenuity to make something fantastic out of someone else’s rubbish.We have a number of very talented volunteers who have all worked hard to produce a selection of lovely things for us to...
Although I am very pleased that Julie has now got a job it does mean that I have lost my plant volunteer! The plants sales are proving very effective at raising extra funds at our shop in Hassocks and I have a lovely selling venue for them. Unfortunately it can be quite a lot of ( pleasant) work...
We have had a lovely email from Romania telling us about the successes achieved by some of the students who come to the Homework Club. The local junior school, No 2 issues certificates to the pupils who have done well over the year. Several of our children have received these certificates showing...
I have just come back from Romania and am eager to tell you all that has been happening. I spent most of my time in Petrosani where our main project The Joshua Community Centre is situated and, amongst other things, I spent 3 days with the new manager Adina putting into place new structures and...
On Thursday 25th March we had our late night shopping event, which was a great success. Thanks to all our regulars who turned up, and enjoyed their shopping and glasses of wine. Thanks also to our volunteer Beryl who made an array of yummy cakes. Our next late night shop will be in the Autumn. We...
The main source of funding for our Romanian projects come from our charity shop in Hassocks. We rely on the generosity of local people to give us donations of all their unwanted clothes, books and bric-a-brac, as well as a large team of around 20 volunteers who work in the shop. Our shop has been...
The Joshua Community Centre situated in The Colony, Petrosani, has a varied program and Christmas is one of the busiest times. The new manager, Adina, has taken to her new role very quickly and enabled the staff and volunteers to really make a difference to people who come to the centre.On the 4th...
Welcome to Humanity at Heart’s new blog.We are a small charity, based in Hassocks, West Sussex, whose main focus of work is in Romania. We work alongside our Romanian partners to improve the lives of the very poorest members of society, in particular children and the elderly. Despite its...
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