Upcoming events

EAL Healthy Cooking Club - ETNA Centre (MAP)

Thursday 13th February, 13th March, 8th May and 12th June, 10.30am to 1.30pm

Languages Celebration Party - ETNA Centre (MAP)

Sunday 6th July 2025, 12pm to 4pm

 

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Our Languages Celebration Party was a lovely occasion with delicious food donated by the guests, charming items created by children with Sasa and Cornelia, wonderful Turkish traditional dancing with Eray Logo, singing in Tagalog by Tess (an ex learner) and to round up a delightful day, we had an amazing performance from the Connaught Opera!

We had a great trip to Kew Gardens with 19 participants speaking Cantonese, Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish, Quechua, Spanish, Ukrainian, Russian, Bashkir, Tatar, Bengali, Armenian, Japanese and Thai. We had perfect weather for a change!

On 13th June, we started our Walk & Talk with a visit to Marble Hill House where we were pleased to receive the typed transcript of the introductory video which is always playing as we walk in…

On 6th June we visited the Kitchen Garden at Marble Hill Park and Moon had her successful interview with Harrison (Manager) and now has received her uniform and started her volunteering post!

We all enjoyed three delicious Russian recipes prepared by Marina, Masha and Mariia.

Our team of wonderful learners, trustees and volunteers set up and ran a stall at the May Fair selling great food prepared and donated by our learners and others.

Our Food and Craft stall at Ham Parade Market on Saturday 4th May was bathed in sunshine and well attended.

After a delightful walk in the spring sunshine, through the park and the Orleans Woods, we visited the current exhibition at the Stables Gallery, (part of Orleans House Gallery).

Carrie came to say goodbye to us at Teddington Hydrotherapy Pool before moving away from Richmond with her family to Milton Keynes.

We celebrated the first day of spring (21st March) by visiting the Kitchen Garden in Marble Hill Park and chatting with Mike, one of the volunteers.