A call out for food donations – a few of the local initiatives are short of donations over the next two weeks, partly because schools have broken up and collections are no longer possible. They are very keen to collect as much pasta, rice, tuna, tinned tomatoes, fruit and veg as possible over the weekend both for parcels on Monday and to share with the Granville for their midweek deliveries. Home pick-up of donations is possible and we will also be around the Farmers Market and 22 Lonsdale Rd on Sunday. More info at bit.ly/helpourhungry
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Call for food donations for local Christmas deliveries
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Once again QPARA agrees £1,000 donations to groups supporting the local community
At our March monthly meeting, we agreed donations of £1,000 to each of the following groups with a connection to the Queen’s Park area:
Brent Action for Refugees to fund tea/social evenings for Syrian refugees in Brent
Brent Centre for Young People to give Adolescent Exploratory Therapy to two young people who live in the Queen’s Park area
Laurence’s Larder to help help provide food, clothing, washing and drying facilities to refugee asylum seekers in Brent
Our Global School to cover the cost of transporting volunteer school students from Salusbury School and Queen’s Park Community School to a township school in Kayamandi, South Africa
The Promise Foundation to help fund a monthly Skills Club, based in the Queen’s Park Community School to help tackle educational disadvantage in Brent
Salusbury World to help with the funding of a Winter Party for refugee children and to help fund excursions for refugee women and children
Shakespeare in the Squares to help with the costs of a production of Romeo and Juliet in Queen’s Park on 24th June.
QPARA is a not for profit organisation. If, at the end of each financial year there are surplus funds, we invite applications for donations for these from local charities, groups and not for profit organisations in line with our aims to support the local community. The maximum amount for a single donation is £1,000.