Like David Moyles, we are now preparing for the new season up at the allotment. The second plot is now dug over, raised beds constructed and ready for a delivery of top soil and we have pruned the fruit trees. We have also discovered a pond which will help attract wildlife to the South West end of the allotment. We have been told there are frogs and toads in hedgerows…

Innisfree purchased a new Rotovator complete with attachments to help volunteers prepare soil for the new growing season. The rotovator was purchased with Emigrant Support Funding as part of our project to develop an allotment and help people to grow things. The machine can break up and till soil, plough furrows and has an additional planter to help reduce labour. We are now planning to commission the machine before the…

                                   Following a recent meeting with Sam Lehane from Camara, Innisfree asked Sam to explain more about this unique charity working to help recycle used computers to help others. You may be interested and could possibly help! if you work with an organisation who need to recycle PC’s, this may be an option. Camara is a unique Irish charity founded in 2007. We reuse technology to provide a better education and…

Please donate what you can before 20th December Contact Brent Foodbank Manager Michele Lawrence on 0785 458 5660                    

Innisfree offices will be closed on the following dates: Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th, Friday 27th December and Wednesday 1st January In addition to providing cover at the weekends our emergency services will provide cover for these dates. If you have an emergency repair which needs to be made safe please call 0800 678 3313 We will be back to normal working hours from 9am on Thursday 2nd January  2014 We…

   Innisfree hosted a summer of reminiscence recalling stories of emigration from home to set up a new life in London and the UK. With Heritage Lottery Funding, Innisfree worked in partnership with Age Exchange, Irish in Britain, Brent Museum, London Metropolitan University and the Geffrye Museum to re-visit an Irish childhood in the 1950’s onwards. Participants explored their stories of emigration from home to the UK, recalling life settling…

Oíche Samhain (pronounced ‘EE-hyeh SOW-in’) marks the end of the Celtic year. The end of our growing and harvesting seasons. Nights are getting darker and it is time to stay in from the cold. It is also known as All Hallows Eve or Hallowe’en. The deceased are traditionally remembered both in lore and at Catholic Masses during the month of November. In these dark months, we remember years gone past, our families…

The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for the South of England during the weekend and the early part of next week. Gale force winds have been predicted in what could be the worst storm seen in the South since the hurricane of 1987. In addition, there could also be up to 30mm of rain in certain areas which combined could cause significant damage to property in affected areas.…