Newsletter from RAKE, House of Roses.

2015 has been another exciting year in Casa Trandafirilor (House of Roses). In October the family was completed with the arrival of Ionica. With six residents the house is now at full capacity.Ionica is a young man of 22 years old who has been known to the Myosotis team since he was little and had...

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Christmas Appeal

As the nights draw in, please spare a thought for our pensioners in Petrosani, Romania.  Lonely, cold, hungry and desperately poor, the outreach program run by our Community Centre gives vital support to these poor old people.Can you help us raise enough to provide food parcels and fuel...

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Recent Visit to Romania

I have just returned from a very successful and interesting visit to 3 of our projects in Romania – Vis de Copil’s “Secret Garden” Centre in Arad, Speranta Colonia in Petrosani and Providenta Divina in Petrila.  On this visit, I was accompanied by a new shop volunteer,...

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Christmas Late Night Shopping

We had a great night last Friday for the Late Night Shopping.  Hassocks was really buzzing, and we did a roaring trade – no doubt the free wine and nibbles helped! We took almost £500 on the night.  Thanks to all the volunteers who helped, and to all our lovely customers who came...

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Summer at the House of Roses

Thanks Linda for your update on the summer’s activities.The four young residents in House of Roses have benefitted enormously from a busy and active summer. They have made a productive vegetable patch in the garden and extended the chicken run. This has provided a regular supply of fruit,...

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Volunteer Tea Party

We had a lovely afternoon enjoying tea and cake at Kiki and Cole in Hurstpierpoint.  Luckily the garden had plenty of shade as we chose one of the hottest days of the summer!

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Summer activities at Speranta Colonia, Petrosani

Adina and her team have once again planned many exciting activities for the local children during the summer holidays, both in the centre and outside enjoying the beautiful Romanian countryside. We added a few photographs with some activities from the “Summer Club” with the children...

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Stella’s work experiance

Hi, I’m Stella, I am in Year 10 (My first year of GCSEs) and this week I have been doing my work placement at the Humanity At Heart charity shop.It has been really lovely to come to the shop again as I have been here many times before, since my Aunt is the Manager – though this time as part of the...

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House Of Roses

I’ve just had a lovely update from Linda, telling us how things are going for the 4 youngsters living at the House Of Roses:Activities in House of Roses are based around trying to build up the residents confidence and self esteem. The aim is to encourage independence and for them to live as...

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