The Beacon December 2011 - Beacon Parish of Ditchling, Streat ...
The Beacon December 2011 - Beacon Parish of Ditchling, Streat ...
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<strong>Ditchling</strong> Women’s Groups<br />
<strong>Ditchling</strong> Downs WI<br />
For our November meeting, members welcomed Derek Middlehurst from First<br />
Response, an organization <strong>of</strong> volunteers who work with the Accident &<br />
Emergency services, in many cases arriving at venues before the ambulance,<br />
usually on their own. Trained by the Ambulance Service, First Response<br />
volunteers are from all walks <strong>of</strong> life. <strong>The</strong>y are not paid and rely heavily on fundraising<br />
in order to buy their necessary equipment – for instance a defibrillator<br />
costs £18,000 and each volunteer has one. His talk was amusing and serious by<br />
turns, but always reassuring. He finished a lively question and answer session<br />
promising to return to give an Up to date Basic First Aid talk in the near future.<br />
Our annual social gathering with supper will be on Tuesday 6 th <strong>December</strong> in <strong>The</strong><br />
White Horse starting at 8 pm and will be followed by a quiz.<br />
Barbara Dollings 01273 843892<br />
<strong>Ditchling</strong> WI<br />
We held our Annual Meeting on Thursday 3 rd November. After the WI news and<br />
Annual reports we had our committee election. Our President is Jean Morley.<br />
We had a raffle, flower <strong>of</strong> the month and a nice tea and biscuits.<br />
Our next meeting, on Thursday <strong>December</strong> 1 st at 2.30 pm in the Village Hall, will<br />
be our Christmas party when we will have a quiz, games and a small panto.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will also be a competition for a handmade Christmas card. Following this<br />
there will be a lovely Christmas tea. Visitors very welcome.<br />
Joan Sayer, Tel 01273845255<br />
Women’s Fellowship<br />
In October we welcomed a speaker from WaterAid. We take for granted the<br />
availability and accessibility <strong>of</strong> water. We turn on the tap, bathe, wash clothes,<br />
flush the toilet and water plants but one in eight people in the world doesn’t<br />
have safe water to drink and over two and a half billion live without somewhere<br />
safe and clean to go to the toilet.<br />
Jinanne, a volunteer speaker for WaterAid gave us an illuminating illustrated talk<br />
on their work and then answered our Questions. WaterAid works in partnership<br />
with local organizations to enable the world’s poorest people to gain access to<br />
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