CHRISTIAN AID NEWS
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KEEP uP tO dAtE WitH WHAt’S HAPPEning ACROSS YOuR REgiOn: LOg On tO YOuR LOCAL WEbSitE At<br />
christianaid.org.uk/oxford • christianaid.org.uk/london • christianaid.org.uk/southeast<br />
Regional news and events in london, essex, Surrey, Kent and Sussex<br />
uStice BuS<br />
welcome to<br />
the team<br />
HeLLO tO Our NeW student and<br />
youth interns – geography graduates<br />
david (who supports exeter and<br />
loves kayaking) and Lisa (a selfprofessed<br />
adrenalin junkie who also<br />
likes movies and ice cream). and we<br />
are also welcoming miriam, who<br />
will be working nationally to support<br />
young people from united reformed<br />
Churches.<br />
during their 10 months with us, the<br />
interns will visit our partners overseas<br />
(probably in Zimbabwe) and then work<br />
to get students and young adults in<br />
our region to join in the fight against<br />
poverty! this can be through bible<br />
studies, debates, campaign stunts,<br />
films, creative ideas, such as the<br />
disgusting Flying toilet challenge, or<br />
sponsored abseils off church towers!<br />
So email LSe@christian-aid.org to<br />
invite them to pay your church youth<br />
group a visit. and while you are at it,<br />
check out our new website for young<br />
people: christianaidcollective.org<br />
We love it and we are sure you will too!<br />
London and South East region<br />
interns, Chris Bright, Miriam<br />
Webb, Lisa Douglas, rear, Joanna<br />
Callender, and David Millar<br />
aboard the Tax Justice Bus<br />
EVENTS<br />
a ‘wheel’ challenge<br />
Hannah Peterson<br />
Hannah will always<br />
have Paris<br />
on 18 July, Christian aid’s London<br />
regional coordinator, Hannah Griffiths,<br />
and 32 other Christian aid supporters<br />
set off on a mammoth four-day,<br />
312-mile bike ride from London to<br />
paris. the route took them through the<br />
poignant Somme area and, eventually,<br />
to the eiffel tower in paris. Hannah<br />
says that although challenging, it was<br />
an incredible experience, topped off<br />
with the chance to see bradley Wiggins<br />
winning the tour de France! as a group,<br />
the cyclists have raised a fantastic<br />
£60,000 for Christian aid’s work with<br />
the world’s poorest communities.<br />
If you’re looking for an exhilarating<br />
challenge, why not join team poverty<br />
on one of our sponsored bike rides,<br />
treks or runs? to find out more, visit<br />
christianaid.org.uk/events<br />
For more information about<br />
any of the events below, please<br />
contact the London and South<br />
East office on 020 7523 2105 or<br />
email LSE@christian-aid.org.<br />
You can also visit our regional<br />
web pages (see top of page).<br />
Saturday 29 September<br />
Richmond Park March for Justice<br />
Sponsored Walk<br />
this harvest, Christian aid<br />
supporters will be raising<br />
money for the world’s poorest<br />
communities by taking part in<br />
the richmond park Sponsored<br />
Walk. We will also be walking in<br />
solidarity with 100,000 people in<br />
India who are marching for land<br />
rights this October (See page 16).<br />
the walk is family-friendly and<br />
open to all. take part in a three-<br />
or six-mile walk.<br />
• Registration: 10am at the<br />
Cambrian Centre, Cambrian<br />
road, richmond tW10 6SN.<br />
• Walk start time: 10.30am.<br />
WedNeSday 17 OCtOber<br />
Poverty Over Exhibition<br />
Launch event, 5.15pm for 6pm,<br />
Chelmsford Cathedral.<br />
a sculpture and photographic<br />
exhibition challenging our<br />
responses to those living in<br />
poverty and highlighting our<br />
work around the world to end<br />
injustice. the exhibition will be<br />
on display until 26 October.<br />
FrIday 26 OCtOber-tueSday<br />
13 NovembeR<br />
Poverty Over Exhibition<br />
rochester Cathedral.<br />
ThuRsday 1 NovembeR<br />
Campaigns evening<br />
5.30-9pm, 35 Lower marsh,<br />
London Se1 7rL.<br />
Learn more about tax justice, be<br />
inspired by our partners and get<br />
equipped to take action in your<br />
church and community.<br />
tueSday 4 deCember<br />
Advent Hope, Carols by<br />
Candlelight<br />
7.30pm, Lancing College Chapel,<br />
near Worthing.<br />
a special candlelit service with<br />
music from Worthing Choral<br />
Society. tickets free but on a firstcome,<br />
first-served basis.<br />
Saturday 8 deCember<br />
Hope in this Holy Land: an<br />
Advent Retreat<br />
1-5pm, King’s College Chapel,<br />
Strand, London WC2r 2LS.<br />
an afternoon of stories, prayer<br />
and reflection exploring Christian<br />
aid’s peace and reconciliation<br />
work in Israel and the occupied<br />
palestinian territory.<br />
ThuRsday 31 JaNuaRy<br />
Annual supporters’ evening<br />
2-4.30pm or 6-8.30pm, Inter-<br />
Church house, 35-41 Lower<br />
marsh, London Se1 7rL.<br />
a great opportunity to find out<br />
more about 2013’s Christian<br />
aid Week materials, to meet<br />
other volunteers and to hear<br />
about a very important year<br />
for campaigning. as with last<br />
year, we are running the session<br />
twice, once in the afternoon and<br />
once in the evening.<br />
Christian Aid News 25
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