INUF staff members, Cordelia Ibe and Humaira Hussain, recently gained belts in the Philippino martial art called Modern Arnis. Humaira obtained her blue belt, the third level belt, and Cordelia, her yellow-black belt, the second belt, at their exam on Saturday 25 March, here at Ithaca House. The examiner was Master Gaby Roloff, who came to London from Germany, and she gave the examinees a Modern Arnis seminar, before the grading test. The lessons are taught by Modern Arnis

This week’s Women’s Group session was designed to appeal to anyone with a sweet tooth! Kashif, from local, bespoke bakery, Baker’s Tray, came along to Ithaca House to show 11 of our female members how to make all sorts of cupcakes. They learnt how to make three different flavours of mix: vanilla, chocolate, and the two combined, to make a marble cake. Everyone joined in, measuring and beating together the ingredients, then once the cupcakes had been baked, raspberry filling

I will be giving a workshop for the Horizon Women’s group on Wednesday, 15 March 2017. It will take place in the Main Hall of Ithaca House between 1.30pm and 2.30pm. I have been the organiser of the local group of The Poetry Society since April 2008, and run monthly groups, where Poetry Society members who live in Newham, can come along and read and discuss each other’s poems. For the session, I will be reading a poem out loud by a famous, British poet, and then attendees wi