Filipino Women's Association UK
Registered Charity #1147454
By: Nieves Bates, Publicity Committee Lead Once again, The Outreach & Community Affairs Committee held another successful fun time afternoon at Bugis Brasserie of the Copthorne/Tara Hotel, Kensington, London on the 6th November 2022. Nothing could dampen the spirits of those who attended the tea party despite of a very wet and gloomy afternoon. The heavy rain did not deter …
The FWA-UK will conduct multiple IT training sessions in Newham from October 2022 – July 2023 as part of their new Outreach project, “A Helping Hand to the Elderly and the Vulnerable in Newham, London”. The project is funded by the National Lottery and will be offered free of charge to all senior attendees in The Hopkins Room at the …
The Outreach & Community Affairs Committee, inspired by the success of the ‘Getting to Know You Afternoon Tea Party’, held its own event “FUN TIME AFTERNOON” last Saturday 13th August at the Artist Corner of the Copthorne Tara Hotel, London. It has been a while since the Association has held an event for senior members of the community due to …
The best thing in life is free, join us for the IT training sessions! As part of the Filipino Women’s Association UK (FWA-UK)’s new Outreach project, “A Helping Hand to the Elderly and the Vulnerable in Newham, London“, funded by the National Lottery, we are planning to conduct multiple computer skills workshops for the digitally excluded elderly in Newham, London. Please complete the …
– by Jeannette Thomson, Fundraising Committee Chairman GOOD NEWS!! On 12 January 2022, FWA-UK was recently awarded a grant from National Lottery Awards for All (A4A) for one of our projects called, ‘A Helping Hand to the Elderly (65+) and the Vulnerable in Newham, London.’ FWA-UK will run computer skills workshops for digitally excluded elderly, in Newham, London, who are …
Our charity organisation is seeking to have a Volunteer Project Manager for 3 – 5 hours per week. The Project Manager will be in charge of assisting our Outreach Committee Chairman in organising our ‘A Helping Hand to the Elderly and the Vulnerable in Newham, London.’ Initiative. This initiative involves five different projects: Computer Skills Workshops for the Digitally Excluded Elderly Support the Elderly …
We at the FWA-UK would like to do our part in collaborating with government and non-governmental organizations in the Philippines by sending financial aid to help and support our countrymen who have been greatly affected by these calamities.
The Filipino Women’s Association-UK (FWA-UK) organised a mini gathering of friends coming from the young and not so young generation to assist the Support the Senior Citizens of the Community project. This afternoon tea was held at the Royal Festival Hall on a cloudy, windy Saturday the 10th of March 2018 . The friends of the FWA-UK occupied a corner table in the bar area of Skylon …
Launched in November 2015, this local project strives to serve the needs of the first generation of Filipino migrants to the United Kingdom who arrived during the late 1960s and peaked in the 1970s. They were mostly economic migrants and were generally employed in the service industries, catering and hospitality, healthcare and domestic services. Their ages ranged from 18-30 years …
INTRODUCTION / BACKGROUND The first generation of Filipino migrants to the United Kingdom arrived during the late 1960s and peaked in the 1970s. They were mostly economic migrants and were generally employed in the service industries namely, catering and hospitality, healthcare and domestic services. Their ages ranged from 18 – 30 years. This first generation are now senior citizens and …