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Quiz Night
& Fish n’ Chips Supper
Saturday 3 October, 7.30pm
St Joseph’s College, Ocotal Way
Entry £10 per person in advance
from The Harbour Project
01793 611 682
A Syrian mother stands in front of a refugee tent city on the
Greek island of Lesbos holding her sleeping child.
heroes. Think of Schindler of recently from Syria.
Schindlers’s List fame, or Nicholas The Harbour offers advice support
Winton who organised the and friendship to all and is a vital
‘kindertransport’ which brought source of support to many.
large numbers of Jewish children to You can help the work of The
the UK before World War II broke Harbour in a number of ways
out. including regular donations of
We cannot all be Schindlers but money through the website or
there is great need for individual of clothing and useful household
help in many forms. items. Get in touch to find out
For instance, you can add your about our fund raising activities,
voice to those who are demanding including a quiz and a curry night
that the UK - the sixth richest coming up soon.
country in the world - and with Most rewarding of all, you can
a proud history of welcoming step forward. Being a volunteer
refugees, does more to help. offers a chance to meet new people
As well as sending money to the - and make a difference by offering
major charities who are involved in a friendly face.
this crisis – such as the Red Cross or Many volunteers contribute
Medecin Sans Frontieres, it is also through a particular skill such as
possible to get involved on a local teaching sewing or English; others
level. assist with form filling, or helping
Swindon Harbour Project, housed someone to find their way through
in an old church hall near the town our complex bureaucracies.
centre, provides a drop-in centre Knowing that you are doing
for asylum seekers and refugees. something, however little, helps to
They come from many of the most bear the pain and suffering we see
war-torn parts of the world such as nightly on our TV screens.
Eritrea, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, and most www.harbourproject.org.uk

Thought-provoking film The Divide at
Swindon Arts Centre on 20 October

The Divide, a film based on The Their stories are interwoven
Spirit Level, the critically-acclaimed, with archive footage charting the
2009 best-selling book by Richard growing income gap, painting a
Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, is lyrical picture of how economic
showing on Tuesday 20 October at division creates social division and
Swindon Arts Centre. personal anxiety.
In The Divide, seven characters The screening, organised by
battle to cope with the conse- Swindon Equality Group (SEG),
quences of the growing difference starts at 7.30pm and tickets at £5
between rich and poor on the are available from;
planet. www.swindontheatres.co.uk
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