Restore and The People’s Fair are hosting an Eid al-Adha Celebration in Manzil Way on Thursday 23 August!

This family-friendly community event will have live music and a food court with Fresh BBQ and Halal Food.

We’ll also have face painting and Henna, and Restore’s large, beautiful gardens to relax in!

We’d love to see you here! Please do invite all your friends and family to join this community event

Our supporter and good friend, Laura Northover has decided to host a 40th birthday extravaganza to celebrate her birthday and to support our work.

Here is why she is doing it.  Thank you Laura, your support means a lot to us.

“I’m hosting a one day charity music festival at the Brewery Tap in Abingdon to raise money and awareness for our locally based mental health charity, Restore.

The initial idea for this event was to celebrate my 40th birthday surrounded by things I’m passionate about.

As I began making plans, I realised quite quickly that this would be the perfect opportunity to raise money and awareness for a local charity.

The decision to support Restore was based on a number of reasons, most importantly I have seen for myself the positive effect their work can achieve.

So why a music festival?

I have always been extremely passionate about music, particularly live music and for me it’s one of the best feelings in the world. Ever since my first gig at the age of 14, nothing makes me happier than planning a diary full of gigs/festivals.

I wanted my 40^th birthday to be a combination of my passion for music and something which could involve the local community for a day of fun & celebrating.

It made perfect sense to me to plan a music festival in a local venue which has a strong community atmosphere, one of which I have been part of for the last 10 years.

Supporting Restore means a lot to me, the recovery groups, the support and coaching they offer can be life changing for so many people. It gives me great pleasure to celebrate my 40^th birthday alongside this incredible charity, who are also celebrating their 40^th year.”

Laura’s been planning this for months and we’re really looking forward to supporting this event in our community. Come along and make it an extra special birthday for Laura.

Join us to celebrate another year of community, connection, learning and recovery at the Oxfordshire Recovery College.

Find out what courses are offered and meet tutors and students showcasing our partners and their services and share some food.

Talks will start at 5pm.

Our sister organisation, Bridewell Organic Gardens, is  holding a community afternoon, welcoming the public to their  walled garden and vineyard.

Take the opportunity to see this beautiful place and to buy their produce; eggs, fruit, vegetables, jams, jellies and chutneys. Lots of plants are for sale, lovingly nurtured in our greenhouses. You can also join a free guided tour of the gardens, given by Ian Gourlay who has been a team member at Bridewell for many years so can give a wonderful history of the project and how we work.

And it seems that no one can resist our famous teas; tables are set up in the garden for you to enjoy homemade sponges, chocolate cakes, fruit slices and of course scones with cream and Bridewell jam.

It will be an idyllic afternoon in beautiful surroundings. Don’t miss it!

The likes of Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Rowan Atkinson, have forged comedy careers in Oxford. In their wake a comedy group is going from strength to strength.

The Oxford Imps made their debut at the Wheatsheaf pub in 2004 and they will be performing a special show for Restore at 7.30pm at The Jericho Tavern on Tuesday 30 October.

Every penny raised will go directly towards Restore. Advance tickets and student tickets are £4. All other tickets on the day will be £5. You can buy tickets here

Find out more by clicking the link to the Facebook event here and please do encourage your friends and family to buy a ticket!

The money we raise from the Comedy Night helps to fund mental health recovery, so if you can’t make it to the night, can you donate £5 by sending the text message REST02 £5 to the phone number 70070?!

SINGER, songwriter, composer, poet, multi-instrumentalist, and Restore patron Emily Maguire is coming to Manzil Way as part of an extensive UK tour, and tickets are available!
Emily’s heartfelt, thought-provoking lyrics, emotive voice, many albums, and spellbinding live performances have won her fans across the globe, none more so than here in Oxfordshire.
With a remarkable story of recovery to tell, Emily has been interviewed many times on Radio 2 and Radio 4 including ‘Midweek’ with Libby Purves. A breakdown at 16, diagnosed as acute clinical depression combined with a car crash that same year brought on a condition known as FMS (fibromyalgia pain syndrome), causing constant pain.

“I started writing songs and the illness suddenly became a complete blessing in disguise as I had all this time on my hands to write”, Emily says.
Emily can’t wait to be touring again and she’s looking forward to promoting her new poetry book ‘Meditation Mind’ and playing songs on acoustic guitar accompanied by her husband on double-bass. There will be a short Q&A at the end. Every penny goes directly to Restore.
Emily’s performance starts at 7.00pm at Restore on Manzil Way, Cowley Road, Oxford, and tickets (£11.25 including a booking fee) are available by clicking on https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emily-maguire-restore-meditation-mind-tour-tickets-49804548746

If you’re looking for some gift ideas for Christmas, come along to Restore’s Winter Fair on 27th November. Why not combine coming to the Winter Fair with having a lovely, fresh and healthy lunch at the Garden Cafe on Manzil Way?

We look forward to welcoming you along to our Winter Fair.

Moonrakers is an Oxford-based group of four musicians, some from the classical and some from the folk tradition. The fact that the band “just OOZES quality” (Living Tradition) is down to the careful arrangements and selection of tunes and songs, presenting “exquisite music” (BBC). Now with five albums under their belt and described as “startlingly talented” (Oxford Times), Moonrakers provide “truly wonderful” (Wycombe Festival) informal evenings of musical excellence and humour.

The choice of material is largely from the Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English traditions, reflecting a love of traditional and contemporary tunes and songs ‘in the idiom’.

All proceeds from ticket sales are going to support Restore