For those who don’t know, Roots started as a small prayer circle held in a yurt at the Outside Lives HQ in Gwernymynydd. This is a group held once a month for women to come together and bring their prayers to God as a team.

After a while, I had lots of people asking me about this group who wouldn’t usually be interested in faith based activities but I think they were a bit wary that if they came along it would be a bit too weird and wonderful SO I started a really informal meeting every few months, in a local community centre bringing women together to do nice activities such as spring bouquet making, summer mocktail making etc and then at the end I would share my faith story and encourage others to do the same.

Here’s where this fundraiser comes in - the group and the outreaches have been going well and we’d love to do more and expand but of course, venue hire, equipment and refreshments do cost money. It has been suggested to me that I should charge a fee for these groups but I won’t be doing this for two reasons 1) in the past I have been a position where I have not even had £1 to my name, so if I had to chose between tea that night or going to a group for myself, I just wouldn’t have gone and 2) God’s love, other peoples companionship and having a nice time should be free I feel.

However, people have asked where they can donate because they would like to contribute towards our ventures so I did put a discreet donation box at our events but it was suggested to me to make an online giving platform too. Since going down the route of seeking funding, they also told me that fundraising and online donations are the first step to proving community involvement too so here we are!

If you would like to and are in a position to donate even a small amount or you find yourself in that position in the future here is where you can do it. Thank you so much