Sunday, June 22, 2025

Haven | How can we serve our community?

We've been reflecting about being 'instruments of peace' for a couple of our gatherings and we will circle back to it to yak some more over tea in a couple of weeks. (6/7)

Have a read through and refresh your memory and come prepared to consider further the ideas we all shared a few weeks back 


Some of the things were talked about then were these:


What have we noticed about our community:

 1.⁠ ⁠Lonely people

 2.⁠ ⁠Language barriers

 3.⁠ ⁠Connection (through Food and language)

 4.⁠ ⁠Needing to work =  means limited time for other things

 5.⁠ ⁠limited knowledge of neighbours

 6.⁠ ⁠Lack of weekend access to community engagement activities 


What can we do:

 1.⁠ ⁠Safe, welcoming environment

 2.⁠ ⁠Join in community festivals

 3.⁠ ⁠Open mic nights

 4.⁠ ⁠Community gardens

 5.⁠ ⁠Chess club and similar 

 6.⁠ ⁠Music and Art classes

 7.⁠ ⁠Grandpa/ma groups

 8.⁠ ⁠Games club

 9.⁠ ⁠Dog walking group

10.⁠ ⁠Kids Hope (key mentors for kids who would benefit at school)

11.⁠ ⁠Tutoring (All educational levels)

12.⁠ ⁠Free exercise groups

13.⁠ ⁠Parenting support

14.⁠ ⁠Youth intervention

15.⁠ ⁠Life skills (cooking. writing, budgeting, simple car)





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