It takes violence of unprecedented levels for Syria to be newsworthy at the moment. Perhaps understandable for a conflict entering its seventh year, longer than WWII. But that cannot be […]
On the 7th January 2018 the Primary Health Clinic supported by Hands Up, and managed on the ground by SAMS, was hit during an airstrike and severely damaged. No one […]
The final reading of the service was given by Colin Thubron, the acclaimed travel writer. It is a letter written by Freya Stark, one of the first Westerners to ever […]
The fourth reading of the service absolutely brought the house down. Martin Jarvis, narrator of the audiobooks, stood up and read this extract from Richmal Crompton’s fabulous Just William series about an […]
The 2nd reading at our flagship carol service was this excellent monologue by Marriott Edgar, famed author of The Lion and Albert. It was read in a magnificently pronounced Northern accent […]
The Hands Up Foundation / Abel & Cole team up continues apace, with our sold out Seville and Cardamom blend back in stock! As with our all our marmalades, it […]
This poem, the first reading at the Hands Up flagship carol service, is by Nizar Qabbani, a Syrian diplomat and poet, born in Damascus in 1928. Qabbani moved abroad after […]
George, Trustee and Founder of Hands Up, gave the address at 2017’s flagship Singing for Syrians carol service on 12th December, this is what he said… “When Hands Up visited […]
You may have noticed that in doing your good deeds for Hands Up, we often call on you to Gift Aid this or that. So if you’ve ever wondered the […]
For the last three years, Abel & Cole and Hands Up have been working together, and are excited to announce their partnership which gets into full swing this November. The […]
At Syria, Food for Thought this Thursday, 12th October, we will be inviting everyone to pledge to hold their own Syrian Supper before March 2018 – it’s easy, and we have […]
At Hands Up, we spend a huge amount of time making sure we know exactly where the money we raise goes in Syria, which means we’re extremely selective about the […]
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