Upcoming events

EAL Healthy Cooking Club - ETNA Centre (MAP)

Thursday 9th October 2025, 10.30am to 1.30pm

Thursday 13th November 2025, 10.30am to 1.30pm

Thursday 11th December 2025, 10.30am to 1.30pm

Recent news

On Wednesday 13th March, Michelle Wheeler from the Mulberry Centre gave us a most informative presentation about this important charity.

Thanks to Healthwatch Richmond for coming to speak at one of our classes.

Ruth, our CEO, was invited to write an article about our charity for the 50th anniversary edition of the BERA (British Educational Research Association) magazine under the theme Unheard Voices.

We had perfect weather for last week's Walk & Talk, bright blue sky and a fresh breeze.

Thirteen EAL learners, speaking the following languages, joined our trip to the Orchid Festival at Kew Gardens on Monday: ARABIC, CANTONESE, KURDISH, TURKISH, RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN and JAPANESE.

Alison Greenwood visited our ETNA class and inspired us all to spend a great deal more time outside enjoying the benefits of fresh air and the beauty of nature to improve our mental health.

Jonathan and Antonette created a wonderful Sri Lankan mutton and vegetable soup recipe for our January EAL Healthy Cooking Club.

Despite cold - and even icy weather, our intrepid walkers have trudged for more than two hours each week while enjoying the river, the wildlife, the Orleans House Woods, the Kitchen Garden, the Grotto and wonderful trees and plants...

Thanks to the NHS Winter Engagement Programme, we were able to share important health advice and information to our learners in class.

On Friday 15th December, EAL learners and friends of Richmond EAL Friendship Group spent an enjoyable and most successful evening collecting money for our charity by joining Santa in Teddington, under the umbrella of the Rotary Club's annual Santa Sleigh event.