Aphra Ghar

Apna Ghar is a charity run by and for minority ethnic women living in South Tyneside.

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The centre was established in 1987 by the charity’s founder Vimla Storey, who sadly passed away in September 2020. Vimla provided socialisation opportunities through English classes, the exchange of recipes, cookery, sewing and knitting. This was all done from the home of Vimla’s niece, Shiela Hussain, from the late 1970s until the current building was procured with the help of Director of Public Health and Council in 1987.