A Year in L'Arche Manchester 2020 has been a surprisingly busy one for L’Arche Manchester. Despite finding ourselves in the middle of a global pandemic and being under lockdown and tier 3 restrictions for much of the year, a great deal of fun has been had, including: Beginning a new Mandate – here’s to the next 4 years! 12 Community gatherings 3 Boogie Nights Our first Community quiz 12 Bake Offs 50 Brewteaful Mondays 100 km covered in a week by running, walking, hopping, swimming – raising £1,380 for L’Arche International Communities around the world 5 Speaking Group Meetings 10 Assistant Forums Joining the L’Arche UK prayer meetings We ran, walked or cycled a total of 750 miles and raised £1,780 in a week for our 500 Mile Challenge Growing sweetcorn, onions, courgettes, carrots and other things in our new polytunnel and raised beds A month of Wellbeing in November A Spice Girls lip sync video Saying goodbye to 7 assistants and welcoming 18 more. < Return to our Advent Appeal Donate to our Advent Appeal