Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group Fundraiser

Lara works for a charity called Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group (GDWG) which supports people who have experienced immigration detention in the UK (www.gdwg.org.uk), and over the past few months Elwood and her have been working on putting together a recipe book. The book is full of recipes from people in their community; some of these recipes are from people with lived experience of immigration detention, others are from staff and volunteers. They launched the recipe book by running a supper club on the 4th of May at the Bonnington Cafe. The idea was to raise awareness of immigration detention and to celebrate the community at the heart of their work; they therefore thought that Bonnington Café would be a very fitting organisation to approach due to our community focus and support in platforming different cuisines and cultures. They are now doing a second fundraiser with the finished/published book.

To book follow the link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tales-from-our-table-tickets-1706038500079?aff=oddtdtcreator

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