Our language classes run a city centre creche to help provide an opportunity for those with childcare needs to access lessons.
The creche is a fun place (see photos below) in the centre of Bath takes place over two hours one lunchtime a week.
BWR needs a few more volunteers – no qualifications needed, just a little spare time and kindness. As with all our volunteers, we carry out DBS checks and provide an induction and safeguarding training for you.
Calling all bargain hunters – here’s a date for your diary, Saturday 21 September – it’s the BWR jumble sale.
The sale will be between 10.30am and 12.30pm at St Andrew’s Community Centre (Previously Foxhill Community Centre) in Combe Down, on Hawthorn Grove, Bath BA2 5QA.
For more info or to donate items, please contact Amanda on 07805459760.
Bath Art Fair organiser Alce Harfield to help raise money for Bath Welcomes Refugees
“Amidst the world’s troubles, worries and pain, there is still, and there will always be, hope, love and positivity.”
This is the message Somerset artist Alce Harfield wants to keep highlighting, and as part of her commitment to this belief, the Bath Art Fair organiser is donating one of her iconic Glastonbury paintings to help raise money for Bath Welcomes Refugees via a crowdfunder prize draw.
The artist, who also is the organiser of the Bath Art Fair which is being held at Bath Pavilion between Friday 13th and Sunday 15th September, has donated a brand new and original painting to help raise funds for Bath Welcomes Refugees.
The prize is an original acrylic painting on canvas (30” x 30”) is of the legendary Elton John performing his song ‘Rocket Man’ in 2023 on the Pyramid stage. Said to be his last ever performance, Elton chose this as his closing song as fireworks exploded around him in front of a packed-to-capacity enrapt Glastonbury crowd.
The work, entitled Rocketman, has been one of Alce’s most popular prints to date, and this is a one-off opportunity to own the actual original painting.
The prize draw can be found on the Crowdfunder website and could be won for as little as £5 per ticket, with all monies raised going to the Bath-based volunteer-led charity.
To enter the draw please visit https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/alce-harfield-painting-for-bath-welcomes-refugees-1 and purchase as many tickets as you’d like to be in with a chance of winning. You can also enter the draw by posting your £5 per ticket to: Alce Harfield painting for Bath Welcomes Refugees, 37 Northend, Bath BA1 7EG.
The draw closes on 8 October 2024 and the winner will be notified and will receive the original work.
Bath Art Fair this year features affordable original art direct from more than 90 artists from around the country, many of who will be there to talk about their work.
Tickets for the fair can be bought online at www.bathartfair.co.uk/tickets/ for £6 with concessions available and under 18s free. Tickets are also available on the door for £7.
