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13 January 2023

Something good for everyone at Pembridge House

Where can young professional women go to make sense of the barrage of ideas, opinions and information confronting them every day?  Answer: DHEF centre, Pembridge House, on Monday evenings. 2022 was a landmark year for Pembridge House. 60 years ago young women started coming in through the front door to find cultural and spiritual formation, […]
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13 January 2023

Music and memories: celebrating 60 years of Ashwell House

“There has always been lots of music in Ashwell”, said Eileen Cole during the interval of a concert to celebrate 60 years since Ashwell House first welcomed students in 1962.  In 1990, when Ashwell House moved from Notting Hill Gate to its current location in London’s zone 1, Eileen was the Director. “I first saw […]
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4 October 2022

Living for others

For many teenagers the summer holidays are all about doing what you want, when you want to.  But for 16 girls from Hillcrest Girls’ Club, summer 2022 had something else in store: ten days in Greece living and working for others. The DHEF vision is for girls and young women to grow in maturity and […]
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4 October 2022

Making a splash

Summertime is all about saying yes to the adventures and opportunities which come your way, especially if you are a teenager on the cusp of entering adult life. For 29 young girls, aged 14 -18, the summer of ‘22 was a time to take a step forward and say ‘yes’ with Youth Encounter Summer (YES). […]
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4 October 2022

When a smile says it all

The old saying “actions speak louder than words” was certainly true this summer for the Ashwell girls who spent a week in Fatima, volunteering in a care home, Santa Casa de Misericordia. It didn’t matter that the girls could not speak Portuguese; you don’t need words to give a smile to the elderly residents and […]
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