

Community Resources

Food Banks & Food Kitchens in the Area
Here are several food banks and kitchens in your local area where you can find support

Community Access
If you're looking for support, guidance, or local updates, these are several trusted places in the community where you can find advice

Health Access
Find out how to access a doctor, learn to use the NHS app, emergency services, and what matters most for your wellbeing in your local area.

Education Access
Here you’ll find local places and fun ways to learn what matters most to you.

About us
Blossom Group is a bold, dynamic, and community-rooted organisation serving the whole community—with deep roots in the lived experiences of ethnic minority communities.
For over 60 years, the founders of Blossom Group have dedicated their lives to uplifting others—with a love for people that shines through in every act of service. Grounded in compassion and cultural wisdom, we’ve stood beside individuals from all walks of life—especially those whose voices too often go unheard.
After decades of working within systems that delivered only limited change, we recognised a vital truth:
Real solutions must come from within the community itself.
The path forward lies in building on trust, lived experience, and the cultural competencies of those we serve. By working together, we can co-create long-term, sustainable solutions to the challenges our communities face—rooted in care, not control.
At the heart of Blossom is a shared commitment:
Every member of our team is dedicated to community and public service.
In Bahaar (Spring) of 2022, Blossom Group was born—not simply as an organisation, but as a movement.
A living promise of radical empathy, community leadership, and practical action, growing from the ground up.
Impact
At Blossom Group, impact is not just a statistic—it’s a heartbeat.
It lives in the stories we hold, the dignity we restore, and the futures we help rebuild.
We show up where others fade out—in the forgotten corners of society, where need meets neglect, and where silence has settled in.
We stand with those facing isolation, housing instability, migration trauma, health injustice, and all types of exclusion—not just as helpers, but as partners, neighbours, and equals.
Our impact is not transactional—it is transformational.
It is rooted in trust built slowly, in language spoken fluently, and in care delivered with cultural and emotional intelligence.
We don’t parachute in with answers. We grow solutions from the ground up, with the people, and for the people.
"I was valued. I was listened to. I was cared for. I was loved. I was respected."
Mohammad Jehangir
"Mainu oho mahol milia jis tarah varreyaa pehle sade pind vich hunda si — pyaar, ehsaas te izzat naal pharya hoya."
I found the same feeling here that I used to feel in the old days back in our village—filled with love, sincerity, and respect.
Basant Kaur
Where to find us
3 The Grove, London E15 1EL,
Togetherness Cafe 12pm to 2pm

2 Crawley Road
London E10 6RJ
Togetherness Cafe
11am to 2.30pm
Community Box
12.30pm to 2.30pm

Unit B, Gaysham Ave, Gants Hill Crescent, Ilford IG2 6TD
Togetherness Cafe
11am to 1pm
Community Box
1pm to 3pm

Pasture Youth Centre, 5 Davies Lane, Bushwood, London E11 3DR
Togetherness Cafe
11am to 12.30pm
Community Box
12.30 to 2.30pm
