Refugee Week 2021 – Event Programme (14th-20th June)
We’re delighted to announce our programme of events for Refugee Week 2021! Together with our partners […]
Journal
Brighten The Day 2021 – Half-Term Fun!
We were delighted to participate in Gateshead Council’s Brighten The Day Programme again this half-term week, […]
Volunteers Week 2021
It’s Volunteers Week 2021 and at the Comfrey it’s hard to put into words just how […]
Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part Six
In 2018, I arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker. I was 22 years old […]
Helping Hands: Thank You!
We are overwhelmed with the generosity that we have received to the Helping Hands crowdfunding campaign. […]
COVID Vaccination Clinic at the Comfrey!
We are grateful to have been able to organise a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for refugees and […]
Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part Five
My life in the UK is completely different than my life in Iran. In Iran, I […]
Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part Four
Before arriving in the UK as an asylum seeker, I liked to swim, spend time with […]
Damage To Our Polytunnel
We’re so upset to find our polytunnel so badly damaged this week. Especially as we are […]
Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part Three
I am from Turkey but spent many years teaching maths in Tajikistan. Tajikistan gained independence in […]
Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part Two
The Comfrey Project has been a part of my life since 2017 when I moved to […]
Helping Hands: Our Stories, Part One
I come from a family of four generations of gardeners, this means that gardening is in […]