Our team at Abingdon are always looking for ways to connect in their neighbourhood.
Both staff and students are very creative and wanted to do something special this Christmas.
One day Emma, one of our Programme Coordinators, was walking along the road and saw a sign outside a shop. She says:
I first learnt of the community unit when walking through town to pick up my son’s prescription! There was a sign in the window, saying that it was available for use by local charities and not for profit organisations, to benefit the local community. I took a photo of the sign and popped it in a team’s chat so that I wouldn’t lose the details, and after discussing what we could use the space for with the management team, made the call to Andrew, and the rest is history!
Talking to the students and staff, they brought together a plan to hold a Meet and Greet on 2nd December.
And so the creative winter wonderland swung into high gear. Students and staff are making amazing decorations to sell, all of them eco-friendly.
There will be refreshments and fun activities - something for everyone.
And all this has come from one person keeping their eyes open when out walking one day, and seizing the opportunity of a pop-up shop.
