Women’s Picnic in the Secret Garden

Join Carlisle International Women’s Group for a free lunchtime picnic in beautiful surroundings.

Take the afternoon out for yourself away from all the chaos and enjoy great company and food.

Join us on Wednesday 15th June at Tullie House’s secret garden.

There’s no need to bring food along, as it will all be provided. All non-vegetarian food for the picnic is Halal.

Let’s have a fabulous time!

This is an event for women only. Booking is required so there is enough food to go around. Please confirm your attendance HERE.

International Easter Club

HAF Project

The International Easter Club was a success!

The children had an amazing time.

The project was in partnership with iCan. And we were delighted to have our wonderful Jayshree Naveen doing International dance with the children and Story Contracting doing the STEM sessions.

We aimed to engage and encourage the children to be active, make new friends, learn new activities, explore culture and try international cuisines.

Many of them arrived as strangers and left as friends.

Everyday was different and it was wonderful to welcome smiling and excited children.

We had many children from the Diaspora groups from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bulgaria, Turkey, Poland, Caribbean as well as our local Cumbrians.

The club encouraged them to participate in all activities such as

rebounders, dance, keeping fit, playing football, mindfulness, positive mindset, working as teams, Indian dance, discovering cultures, learning new activities such as using chopsticks, making breathing buddies and a lot more!

Some real favourites were crafts rocks painting, making magic mindful jars, to doing pictures about what inspires them and writing positive words.

Everyday there was a new International cuisine that was served in reusable tiffin boxes. They loved exploring what they were going to eat as they opened the various sections of the tiffins. All food was consciously made taking food and nutrition into account and ensuring the children were served a hot and healthy meals.

It was enlightening to see the children feel comfortable and build confidence in engaging with each other. Each day they wrote down how they felt on our ‘wall of graffiti’ and it was superb seeing it build with positive comments and their visions.

They also got their moment of fame with Border TV filming and asking them about their experiences.

They all enjoyed all the activities and told us how they can’t wait to come back.

We will be doing this again in the summer, so watch this space!

Cumbria County Council Holiday Activity and Food Programme

International Easter Club.

HAF Project (Holiday Activities and Food Programme)

Children and young people are invited to come and join us for 4 days of fun-packed activities!

Calling all parents, guardians and teachers…

Venue: Richard Rose Central Acadamy

Dates: 5th/6th/7th/8th April 2022

Times: 11am – 3pm

Register here

We know it’s tricky keeping kids entertained during the holidays, so this Easter, Multicultural Cumbria & ICan Health & Fitness are bringing a fun packed holiday activity and food programme for kids in Carlisle. The programme is for children and young people from minoritised communities between the age of 5 – 15 years old, who are in receipt of free school meals, low incomes and come from different ethnicities.

Planned activities include origami, arts and crafts, cooking, international dance, playing games and being active. Children will be taking part in all the activities throughout the day and learn about healthy eating. They will also be provided with a meal for lunch.

The programme will run from Tuesday 05th April – Friday 08th April at Richard Rose Central Academy, Lismore Place Carlisle. It’s completely free.

The purpose of the project is for the children and young people to engage in fun activities, develop new skills, walk through a cultural experience, learn to improve and be aware of their wellbeing.

Places are limited, so book now via Eventbrite!