The ATLAS supper

The Monastery in Fladbury

(by kind invitation of Mary and Edward Fisher)

27 June at 7.30 pm for 8pm.
Ticket are available from ATLAS group members

(see lists in churches)

and

Fladbury School

£9.50 per person

(£5 for children at Fladbury School)

This year we will be raising money to support the link between

Fladbury CE school and a school in Zambia.

We'd love you to join us for our usual salmon and salads plus

strawberries and cream.

Do come along and support us.

Extracted from Five Alive Magazine

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK, 11-17 MAY

Last year, Christian Aid week in Britain and Ireland raised an amazing £14.1million. Over £2,500 of that was raised in our small corner of Worcestershire, thanks to the generosity of the people in this Parish.

But what does Christian Aid do with the money? 

In 2006/07 it spent £90.9million!

Some £50m of this went directly on its work with those in need. Christian Aid funds over 500 local organisations which are best placed to know how the money should be spent, money that ensured people got essentials like clean water and treatment for HIV.

More than £27m was spent responding to emergencies, flood, earthquake, famine or war. Half of this was for long-term rebuilding after the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Around £12m was used to challenge the root causes of poverty, through education and campaigning.

Christian Aid also invested money in fundraising, which helped bring in more donations than ever last year.

Less than 1% was spent on running the charity.

So when you receive that red Christian Aid envelope through your door, you can be sure that however much you put in it, every penny will be spent wisely. And please don’t forget – if you are a taxpayer and you fill in the Gift Aid declaration on the envelope, the Inland Revenue will contribute to Christian Aid too!

Let’s make it another record year!

Diana Lacy, ATLAS member

Atlas Summer Evening 2008

This year's focus for Atlas will be 'Education Africa' and at our summer event to be held on Friday 27th June there will be a presentation from Fladbury School on their link with Ulalo School , Zambia.   Some of you may have met the head-teacher of the school, Escale, who visited Fladbury in July last year.

Children from Fladbury School made a video of their activities with the help of Pershore High School.  Pupils from the High School took the film with them on their recent visit to Zambia.

The Atlas Group are hoping for a strong support from all those interested in this project and who wish to learn more about education in Zambia.

Tickets will be available in June from members of Atlas.  The evening will be held at The Monastery, Fladbury by kind permission of Edward and Mary Fisher.

Atlas Group