Since the lock down in March, Pulling Together have been holding small online sessions on WhatsApp video calling but this has meant that only four people could participate at one time. So to co-ordinate with the start of our A-Z of Mental Health and Wellbeing we will now meet on Zoom each Friday evening.

This week at Pulling Together we hosted a Chai and Chit Chat event for the  Worshipful Mayor of Trafford to help raise funds for his charities. Over £120 were raised and Pulling Together would like to thank everyone who attended and kindly donated to the charity.

The evening also saw the launch of our latest comicstrip “What is Hatecrime?”. Thank you to Trafford Partnership for funding this project.A pdf version of the comic can be found here.What is Hate crime? .

This week at Pulling Together we continued with our “What is Hate Crime?” comicstrip. Using stories decided by the group and Pixton software we have been able to produce professional looking comics.

This week at Pulling Together saw the end of of our A-Z of Faiths and Festivals project. Members of the community came along to see the finished tapestry and scrapbook that goes along side the tapestry. Those who worked on the project and those who came for the evening all agreed it was a very informative and helped us understand the faiths of people who we live alongside in the community. Pulling Together would like to thank The Community Fund for their continued support.

This week the group met in the kitchen at Limelight and made food that we all eat during festivals. Each member decided to make their own family’s special recipe foods and it was wonderful to be able to try new foods.

This week the group went out on day trip to York. Luckily the weather was much better than our last trip out to Edinburgh.  We caught the morning train and got into York and this was the first trip to York for many of the members. After a short walk around the city, we all went on a boat tour and saw the city from the River Ouse , this  included a wonderful commentary about the history of York. Later in the day the group went to York Minster and a smaller local church as part of our current project.

This week we continued designing and preparing our tapestry.

This week at Pulling Together the group made planters for their gardens in anticipation of Ramadan and End ul Fitr. The group wanted to make sure that their gardens/yards were looking as bright as possible with the spring/summer plants.

This week at Pulling Together saw us start our latest project A-Z of Faiths and Festivals. In the first session we all took a quiz to test our knowledge of some of the main religions and we started to work on our A-Z list.

This week the group went on an overnight trip to Edinburgh as part of the Relationship Realities project. The trip included a visit to Edinburgh Castle to learn more about Mary Queen of Scots and the relationship she had with her cousin Queen Elizabeth I and a bus tour of the city.

Pulling Together would like to thank Charlie for driving us to Scotland and bringing us home safely. The staff at Cowgate Hostel and Paul the driver of the Red tour bus and all the extra information he gave us especially about Harry Potter, this was enjoyed by us all.