Feeding our community

Since 1 April teams of volunteers have packed and delivered 9,881 Kg of food in 1002 boxes plus 260 packs of disposable nappies to 105 adults and 110 children in 70 families. Every fortnight a team of 5… Read More

Did you hear what we’ve been up to?

The grants team (Grace Da Costa, Mick Hayter and Peter Howard) have been very busy during the pandemic and have managed to bring in an incredible £46,300 for the charity and its clients this year! £14,800 of that… Read More

A winter message from our Chairman

Welcome to our winter newsletter for 2020/21. In this unusual – and for many people tragic – year, WTRRP has been trying to help our clients in rather different ways from usual. Our drop-in has needed to become… Read More

2019 Annual Report

The 2019 Annual report is here…

A Christmas message from our Chairman

As 2019 draws to a close, we reflect on what’s been a particularly busy year for the charity and give thanks to everyone who makes our work possible. Our client base has grown considerably – we now support… Read More

Building the WTRRP Grants team

When I first joined WTRRP in the summer of 2018, Marie-Jo and Dorothy told me that one of the biggest problems facing the charity is that we don’t have enough funding or any paid staff to help us… Read More

A heartfelt thank you from Isla and Alamini

In our spring newsletter, we announced that thanks to our generous supporters, we exceeded our target of raising £6,198 to support Leave to Remain applications for clients Isla and Alamini and their three children. A total of £10,303… Read More

2019 AGM Roundup

by Nicola Santamaria, Women’s Group Coordinator The 2019 Annual General Meeting was, as always, both interesting and enjoyable.  The meeting began with the formal proceedings; all of the charity’s trustees and committee members were re-elected and two important… Read More

‘It has brought my dignity back’: John’s story

People seeking asylum in the UK are only able to apply for the right to work after they have been waiting for a decision on their asylum claim for over a year. Even then, the few people who… Read More