The Nurture Club

24/12/2024

Donation made to on Christmas Eve: the day after what should have been the birthdays of the souls of our souls, both Abu Diaa Khaled Nabhan and his beloved granddaughter Reem, and the day before the birthday of Jesus is honoured, a Palestinian.

All donations have been given to Children Not Numbers, once commission was given to our payment platforms.

All prizes were donated or funded by us personally. Not for any centering of ourselves but because transparency is vital and all donations should go to those who really need it. And all people in Palestine need it - and from organisations on the ground.

For Mohammed Abdul Hadi, a small part of whose experience is shown on slides 8 and 9 with Dr Ala, one of Children Not Number’s medics on the ground in Gaza.

Every time I see a child of Palestine I think, our baby. They are all our babies. The adults are all our adults.

Thank you so much to everyone who donated, supported and shared. And for everyone speaking up about genocide, turning up for Palestine and Sudan and DRC and Lebanon and Syria and Yemen in whatever way you can.

We will not stop. Free all oppressed people. Free Palestine.

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📸 crochet keyring on final slide by

23/12/2024

.dream_london eclair? Yes pleeeease.

Ukrainian pastry cafe in Covent Garden 💕

19/12/2024

Thank you
Thank you

to all who donated and supported our Raffle In Solidarity With Palestine for

We’re awaiting the final Stripe payments to clear then the full funds will be going straight to Children Not Numbers asap

If you had your ticket drawn at our Festive Party last week, you’ve been emailed and most goodies are winging their way through the piles of Christmas post right now

This is for Palestine. As we wrote in our thank you email, everything we do, big and small, matters and hopefully becomes a chain reaction galvanising us, including the currently silent and complicit, to action.

We will see a Free Palestine in our lifetime 🇵🇸

13/12/2024

Mwah 💋🤌

What a day! The Festive Party was a sensation, for the tastebuds and just generally.

So lucky to spend time in your companionship

This is a pic of those of us who didn’t want to leave wanting to leave. Everyone who left before, love you too 😉❤️

13/12/2024

12/12/2024

Hey the piano doesn’t need to be open to feel the music in your bones (just ask a 5 year old!)

11/12/2024

🧖 Win a soothing Neal’s Yard experience 🧖

There is no glowier feeling than spending time with

Shea is so generously offering a soothing Neal’s Yard experience for you - online or IRL depending on where you live.

Having experienced both locales, I am lucky enough to know how skilled, funny and restorative she is and what a reviving time it will be wherever you are.

🧖 Neal’s Yard products are organic

🧖 Win a soothing Neal’s Yard experience 🧖

🔈1 day left of the raffle! 🔈

There is no glowier feeling than spending time with

Shea is so generously offering a soothing Neal’s Yard experience for you - online or IRL depending on where you live.

Having experienced both locales, I am lucky enough to know how skilled, funny and restorative she is and what a reviving time it will be wherever you are.

🧖 Neal’s Yard Remedies use natural & organic, ethically sourced, sustainable ingredients

🎟️ It’s £2.50 per raffle ticket and the more you purchase, the more likely you are to have one of our stunning goodies sent your lovely way, and the more resources head to 🎟️

🙏💜💙

11/12/2024

Post coworking and mulled wine ✊

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10/12/2024

🎨 Win this incredible watercolour print 🎨

So kindly donated by Aisha of - an artist of huge talent, also teacher and mum extraordinaire.

The story behind the art…

“Turmus Bari is a plant commonly found in Palestinian hills and mountains. It’s a beautifully delicate spring flowering plant.

Although under threat from occupation and settlement building, it is absolutely part of the Palestinian landscape.

My illustrations of Palestinian flora and fauna take inspiration from medieval Islamic paintings. This work is an attempt to add to the small but necessary body of work documenting fast decimated Palestinian plants.

It is a key counter narrative that contradicts Israel’s attempt at legitimisation through renaming plants and claiming ownership over their lore.”

There is something so powerful in reclaiming land, nature and ancestry through such delicate, compassionate art.

🎟️ It’s £2.50 per raffle ticket and we close entry this Thursday 12th December.

The more you purchase, the more likely you are to have one of our stunning goodies like Aisha’s beautiful art sent your lovely way and the more resources head to Children Not Numbers 🎟️

Thank you Aisha 🙏🥰

🍉 Free Palestine 🇵🇸

10/12/2024

I’m always obsessed with a sun-tree combo, esp in winter, no retakes and no filter ever needed 👌

10/12/2024

🍉 The CUTEST watermelon keyring & brooch could be yours 🍉

Combine creativity, cuteness, meaningfulness and solidarity and you have Keepsake Crochet by Sophia. Head to her Insta for the most incredible crochet creations (her Bisan and Motaz post today made me tear up)

Sophia has crafted a special ‘Slice of Palestine’ collection:

“My intention was to spread as many of my ‘Slices of Palestine’ all over, so where ever you go someone somewhere was representing justice for beautiful Palestine 🇵🇸🍉❤️

I have truly loved creating every ‘Slice of Palestine’ & continue to do so as ongoing support for our beloved people of Palestine.”

Sophia, it is an honour to pass on your creations and thank you for your kindness. Whoever wins these as part of our raffle is verrrry lucky!

🎟️ It’s £2.50 per raffle ticket and we close entry this Thursday 12th December. The more you purchase, the more likely you are to have one of our stunning goodies sent your lovely way and the more resources head to 🎟️

🇵🇸 Forever Live Palestine 🇵🇸

10/12/2024

Highlights in the hair, low light in the air 🌅

Got a poorly 5 year old next to me and deep tiredness in my own bones. It’s one of those 🦥 days

What’s your sloth level today?

09/12/2024

🧖 Win soothing Palestinian bath salts & soap 🧖

When bath salts are more than just bath salts…

Hussam Hallak runs the West Bank Salt Company. He is the only Palestinian producer of salt from the Dead Sea – and Zaytoun are proud to offer his beautiful Dead Sea Bath Salts in the UK & Ireland. 

The West Bank Salt Factory is an inspiring story of the only Palestinian economical activity present on the shores of the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea area has been occupied since 1967, and the Palestinian land in the area was completely confiscated by illegal settlements. (Lina Isma’il and Dr. Muna Dajani)

“It is a product of perseverance and trust in a common belief in the core of how we define ourselves as Palestinians.

The relationship that we have with Zaytoun, provides employment opportunities for 20 Palestinian families that are making a living, operating at the only permitted location for Palestinians on the Dead Sea.

We are proud of what we have accomplished over the years, and we are proud of our partners that provided new markets, not only to market our Sea Salt, but to also tell our story of our PEOPLE.

Free Palestine.” (Hussam Hallak)

🎟️ Tickets for our raffle are £2.50 each, head to our bio/website to support 🎟️

09/12/2024

I see you 14 year old me loving Heathcliff but no, abusive Byronic ‘heroes’ stopped working for me a loooong time ago.

I love teaching the novel still and this quotation now reminds me of a great time with a best pal in Haworth last year and how books can save you (they saved me as a kid).

Also, the way my mind works, I now read this as the moon speaking to the sun 🤷‍♀️ why not.

Thanks E 😘

09/12/2024

🔊Calling anyone who needs a gathering of laughter, great food, celebration and kindness.

*Final day to book: Monday 7th December*

Come along to celebrate, reflect, appreciate and share the s**t and the shimmers of the year at…

💜 The Nurture Club’s Festive Party
🍸 Friday 13th December, 12:00 - 3:30pm
😋 SE London

This will be no airs and graces, come as you are, whether you come cartwheeling in dressed as a fancy bauble or roll down the stairs in a duvet (ok, don’t roll, let’s be stair-safe here).

💜 All women & non binary folk are so welcome.

💃 Many of us are self-employed so this is like a work Christmas meal for us - but with people we actually get on with amirite 😉 - though if you’re in full-time or part-time work and want to connect with awesome humans, come along.

🍸 Receive a delicious welcome drink, with or without alcohol, feast and enjoy (everyone still raves about the food from last year *thanks for the dreamy gravy memories Mel & Spinach team*) and you’ll head home with a soulwarming goodie bag and a full heart.

🔗 DM us with any questions; sign up is on our website via our bio. Once all places are filled we’ll operate a waiting list.

🎟️ Raffle for 🇵🇸 will be drawn - tickets and info on our grid and in the bio 🎟️

We’d love to see you,
Emma & Lizzie x

09/12/2024

South Bank in my heart

(but the mulled wine from the wooden hut just by the bridge steps there, definitely not in my heart and wish it hadn’t been in my gullet)

08/12/2024

⭐️ Gorgeous ‘Hope’ art print by Sakina Saïdi ⭐️

We’re so fortunate and grateful that Sakina has personally donated this beautiful print, dedicated to hope, for our Raffle In Solidarity With Palestine.

It is an unframed A4 giclée print with museum-quality archival pigment inks on Hahnemühle 308gsm paper.

Image description of the print, as written by herself: “illustration of a woman with long black curly hair. A heart shape is placed on her chest and it reads ‘Amal’ - hope in Arabic. A dove is gently touching her hand. Her top is made of a mosaic of zellige tiles, flowers, leaves, stars, moon and evil eyes. The background and her skin are the same toffee colour.”

The poetry of those words is fully on show in Sakina’s colour-laden artistry in her illustrations, infused with love and solidarity.

🎟️ Tickets for our raffle are £2.50 each and you could be in with a chance of owning this hope-full piece of art - just head to our bio/website 🎟️

🎨 Sakina’s creativity is so recognisable, meaningful & uplifting. All while navigating motherhood howwww!! Thank you so much for your kindness 🙏♥️


All profits from our raffle go to

🇸🇾 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 End The Occupations

07/12/2024

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Oh a mince pie waffle that’s also and OK THEN

What a stunner, wow (as is ), great end to a Coworking day down the South Bank 💛