Visited our local community women’s training group this morning. Run by Raphat Mughal who is like an unstoppable mother hen fighting every step of the way to get grants for one thing or another to improve the facilities for women from our communities.

Today there were two classes going – early steps in bringing women from their homes into the wider world and giving them language and other skills so that they can help their children with their homework (sometimes quite an issue), or so they can themselves begin accessing work opportunities and so on.

Today I am there because they have managed to get an award of around £5,000 for computers. But now they are stymied because they need to build some benches for them to go on and for someone to pay for the materials, the work and then to wire up and install the computers. Until they can get some help to do this – the award money cannot be put to the good use it is intended for. So – if anyone out there can help with this – let me know.