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28 février 2011

A visit from an old friend

A lovely surprise in the cafe today for some of the volunteers who have been here from the start. Sister Katharine Holmstrom worked in the cafe from 1997 to 2003. She was spotted at the midday Mass at Notre Dame de France today by Yvonne and Sister Albertine...

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Tags: Jean Murat, Katharine Holmstrom

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18 février 2011

London Fashion Week, Soizic and Eleanore

A fabulous way to spend a grey Friday afternoon. Soizic Quentin de Coupigny very kindly invites us to Corrie Nielsen's catwalk show at London Fashion Week. She and Eleanore Mensah, who helps run the NDRC sewing group, have been working behind the scenes...

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Tags: Corrie Nielsen, Eleanore Mensah, London Fashion Week, Soizic Quentin de Coupigny

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16 février 2011

Date for the diary - Faure for NDRC

Excellent news from Blandine de Raulin - please save the dates in early April for fundraising Concerts for NDRC and the SVP (St Vincent de Paul Society). Concert by Les Fauristes, Chamber Choir and OrchestraFriday 1 April 2011 730pm Notre Dame de France,...

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Tags: notre dame de france, NDRC

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7 février 2011

Starting the week in style

What a great start to a grey Monday morning - the corridor outside the office is filled with plastic bags collected through the Aumonerie at a Mass over the weekend. A huge thank you to Philippine de Beauregard and her team. The contents are much needed...

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Tags: food parcels, Aumonerie

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24 janvier 2011

Alterations, alterations

We are starting the New Year with a brand new idea – Soizic Quentin de Coupigny, as keen supporters will know, has been running a sewing group at NDRC for some time with Eleanore Mensah. It has - over the past few months - fallen slightly into abeyance...

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Tags: Sewing group

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13 janvier 2011

An old friend at a seminar today

Brian, Monica and I went to the Churches' Refugee Network seminar on Transition today at Methodist Church House .... An interesting session on the challenges faced by people moving from the Asylum system to full membership of UK society. Brian spoke -...

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Tags: Monica Alcazar, Brian Mitchell, Churches' Refugee Network

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5 janvier 2011

Back to work tomorrow

Thursday 6th January - Epiphany! - is our first Drop-in Cafe after the holidays. All the advice workers will be in, and we expect to see lots of clients, too. Some people have even worked over Christmas - Brian Mitchell, our senior advice worker, being...

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Tags: Brian Mitchell, Drop-in Cafe

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13 décembre 2010

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Tags: NDRC Christmas party

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13 décembre 2010

Carol Singing with London Churches Refugee Network

We are very fortunate - and grateful - to have received a grant towards our destitute clients' travel costs from London Churches Refugee Network. Joining the troops Carol singing at Oxford Circus tube station on Monday night was a chance to help give...

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Tags: Carol singing, London Churches Refugee Network, Oxford Circus

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13 décembre 2010

Festive food parcels....the team in action

Monday December 13th - a busy Drop In day as it is also our Christmas party...Extra volunteers come into make up festive food parcels for all visitors - made particularly special this year by a wonderful donation of tangerines and Kitkats from Ecole du...

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Tags: Christmas Party, food parcels

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