CHRISTIAN AID NEWS
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AROUND THE SOUTH AND WEST<br />
HikiNg, bikiNg<br />
AND NOT TAlkiNg!<br />
Staff update<br />
christian Aid supporters<br />
in the south and west are<br />
finding many different and<br />
exciting ways of raising<br />
money and awareness on<br />
behalf of the world’s poorest<br />
communities<br />
Christian Aid/Nigel Quarrell<br />
2011 marchers gather at<br />
Tewkesbury Abbey<br />
ManY suPPorTers wiLL again be<br />
walking in solidarity with dalit and tribal<br />
people in india who are marching for<br />
their land rights in october (see page 16).<br />
This year the popular March for Justice<br />
in the severn Vale starts in Framptonon-severn<br />
and ends at gloucester<br />
Cathedral. on a smaller scale, supporters<br />
in wimborne will be walking between<br />
the town’s churches on a circular route.<br />
Details of both these walks can be found<br />
in the events panel, opposite.<br />
experienced walkers Jim hunter<br />
and Mark hoole from exmouth have<br />
been inspired to do their own March<br />
for Justice, taking on the 103 miles of<br />
the Two Moors way, over three days in<br />
october. To cover the distance of more<br />
than a marathon a day, they’ll need a<br />
combined effort of walking and running<br />
as they negotiate the rugged terrain<br />
of the moors. Congratulations to John<br />
wilmut, who completed his 1,084-mile<br />
challenge, walking from Land’s end<br />
to John o’groats three days earlier<br />
than planned, and raised more than<br />
£8,000 for Christian aid’s work in<br />
improving education.<br />
Meanwhile, on two wheels, Jane<br />
hough from winchester, who takes<br />
on a major cycling challenge each<br />
year to raise money for Christian aid,<br />
recently completed her grand Tour of<br />
great Britain, celebrating the Queen’s<br />
Jubilee. she managed 1,109 miles in<br />
just over two weeks and raised £1,105.<br />
Two members of our south west team,<br />
Charlotte Page and helen Burgess, are<br />
also taking to their bikes as part of the<br />
Cathedrals to Coast sponsored Bike ride<br />
– more details in the events panel.<br />
Christians Together, in Paignton, has<br />
been organising a sponsored silence for<br />
Christian aid for the past seven years<br />
and the amount raised over that time has<br />
averaged around £1,000 a year. This year<br />
it decided to focus on a specific project<br />
as an example of what the money could<br />
achieve. This was the installation of a<br />
solar thermal system at a hospital in the<br />
Kailahun district of sierra Leone. This<br />
meant that the silence, together with a<br />
coffee morning, raised £1,800.<br />
SEEiNg RED fOR TAx jUSTicE<br />
we are VerY PLeaseD that gill<br />
alexander (pictured left) will soon be<br />
returning to the west team following<br />
her maternity leave. gill comes<br />
back to work, on a half-time basis,<br />
at the end of october as regional<br />
coordinator for somerset.<br />
as a result, we are equally pleased<br />
that Lydia nash (pictured above,<br />
right) will continue, also on a halftime<br />
basis, as regional coordinator<br />
for greater Bristol. Lydia will also<br />
continue to be responsible for youth<br />
work in the west region.<br />
Louise eldridge has recently joined<br />
the west team on our internship<br />
scheme as student and youth worker.<br />
Louise comes from London and has<br />
been studying at warwick university.<br />
she will soon be visiting Christian<br />
aid partners in Zimbabwe and if you<br />
would like her to speak to your youth<br />
group, please contact the Bristol office.<br />
on a more solemn note, we were<br />
sorry to hear of the recent death<br />
of Cliff warren after a long illness.<br />
Cliff was responsible for the work of<br />
Christian aid in hampshire for more<br />
than 20 years until he retired in 2000.<br />
supporters in the county will hold<br />
warm memories of Cliff, and our<br />
condolences go to his wife Valerie,<br />
family and friends.<br />
There was a greaT response when<br />
Christian aid’s Tax Justice Bus toured<br />
the south and west at the beginning<br />
of september. supporters and<br />
campaigners joined church leaders,<br />
MPs and other civic figures to visit the<br />
bus when it stopped in their area.<br />
They heard our message of tax<br />
justice from expert campaigns staff<br />
and partners from around the world<br />
explained how tax dodging affects their<br />
lives and what they are doing to bring<br />
about change.<br />
The red London double-decker’s<br />
journey began at the greenbelt<br />
festival in Cheltenham on 24 august<br />
and after briefly visiting south wales,<br />
it made stops in Bristol, Taunton,<br />
Truro, Falmouth, Torquay, exeter,<br />
honiton, Dorchester, Poole, salisbury,<br />
southampton, Locks heath and<br />
Portsmouth.<br />
You can find photos and stories of<br />
the journey on the west and south west<br />
regional webpages and Facebook pages<br />
(see top of opposite page).<br />
Christian Aid<br />
South and West team<br />
members Anna Potts,<br />
right, and Louise Eldridge<br />
aboard the Tax Justice Bus<br />
24 Christian Aid News
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