News
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Over £2500 raised through Lent lunches
30 Apr 2019Our annual Lent lunches, where hosts provide a simple meal of bread and soup in exchange for donations in aid of Welcare, have once again proved to be a huge success. Our 2019 Lent lunches have raised a total of £2647, which will go towards our continued work with children and families. Lunches were hosted […]
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Welcare’s new look!
26 Apr 2019‘We wanted to symbolise the diversity, creativity and the “helping hand” of Welcare.’ Regular visitors to the site might have already noticed, but for those of you who haven’t seen yet, our website has had a makeover! Following a review of the old site design, it was decided that our homepage was in need of […]
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Adding something for Lent rather than taking away
10 Apr 2019Welcare in East Surrey hosted a Lent Lunch in early April, raising £60 for Welcare. Staff provided guests with a choice of three delicious home-made soups, fresh bread and fruit. Over the meal the Venerable Moira Astin – Archdeacon of Reigate, and Welcare Trustee – led the group in a Lent reflection and challenged us […]
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An explosive MySpace session! 🌋
20 Mar 2019Children in our Inner London MySpace Group made a bang this week with their home-made volcanoes. The volcanoes were created and decorated as part of an exercise designed to help the MySpace participants understand and express their anger and negative emotions. The bicarbonate of soda, vinegar and red food dye “lava” represented how negative emotions […]
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£250 raised for Welcare in our first Lent Lunch
11 Mar 2019The first of our Welcare Lent Lunches, hosted by our very own Diane Taylor – Executive Assistant to the CEO and Clerk to the Board of Trustees – took place this weekend, raising over £250! This was the first of 5 Lent Lunches organised by Welcare trustee Megan Pacey among the congregation of St […]
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Lent Lunches
28 Feb 2019Show your support for Welcare by hosting a fundraising Lent lunch. To get your free pack click here, or email us for more information. New! Sign up to our newsletter to stay up to date with all events!
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Focus on Bromley
28 Feb 2019Our Bromley centre is located in St Barnabas Church in Cray Valley which enables us to serve children and their families in the most disadvantaged area of Bromley. We travel to visit families in their own homes and are committed to supporting families throughout the whole borough of Bromley. Over the last year our […]
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Welcare’s 125th Anniversary
This year Welcare will celebrate its 125th Anniversary with a special Service of Thanksgiving in Southwark Cathedral. Welcare was founded by the Bishop of Rochester, Randall Davidson and his wife Edith in 1894 in response to the desperate need of those we would now call single, homeless young girls and women. Throughout the decades […]
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A special charity preview in aid of Welcare Bromley
25 Feb 2019We’re delighted to announce that this April we will be hosting a production of Young Marx, at Bromley Little Theatre. A comedy, from the creator of One Man, Two Guvnors, this promises to be an entertaining night out for all. Doors will open at 7pm, for a 7.45pm start, and raffle tickets will be available […]
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Welcare receives donation from Bromley Rotary Club
13 Feb 2019Over two weekends last December, Bromley Rotary Club took to their local Sainsbury’s with a sleigh and Father Christmas to raise money for local charities. Bromley Welcare was nominated as one of three charities they supported, and yesterday received a cheque for £345. Anna Khan, Welcare CEO, visited and spoke to Rotarians at their weekly […]