The minutes of the October group meeting are now available and can be accessed below. Thanks to group member Lesley for writing them up. A busy meeting with a number of events happening over the coming months.
October group minutes
Group meeting minutes
The minutes of the September meeting are now available thanks to group member Lesley for compiling them. A full meeting with a number of future events in hand.
Group meeting
Septembers group meeting was held last night and the minutes will follow in a little while. Main points discussed;
- Death penalty report
- Treasurer’s report and we have a healthy balance at present
- Offer of someone to speak on Israel/Palestine and we will discuss with SCIP
- Signing at the Cathedral and we may opt for a Sunday in December
- Evensong to be held in the New Year
- Carol singing: preparations under way
- Film on 13 November at the Arts Centre
- Agreed to submit a tree for the annual Christmas tree festival at St Thomas’s
- Social media report: fairly quiet two months but a huge surge of interest in the Chemring post concerning the supply of CS gas to the Hong Kong police.
More details in the minutes
Group events
Programme of forthcoming group events
We have a number of events planned in the period between now and Christmas so these are listed below. Please note that some are yet to be fully confirmed and dates may change for one or two so please check here or on our Facebook or Twitter pages for updates.
7 September   Coffee morning at St Thomas’s church in Salisbury. After an absence of several years we are pleased to be able to host this event again in this church. It would be a good time to make yourself known if wish to join us. We hope to show a looped film.
8 October  THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED  Author and journalist Paul Mason is coming to speak at the Salisbury Methodist church starting at 7:30. Paul has written a book Clear Bright Future and the issue of human rights in the modern age is discussed.  We are awaiting confirmation from his agent over the date. Note this event is postponed from June hence the link text saying it was ‘cancelled’.
10 October World Day Against the Death Penalty. Details of any event nearer the time. See our latest DP report.
24 October   As part of schools Citizenship programme, we shall be giving a presentation at Bishops Wordsworth. We rather regret few schools take part in this so if any teacher in the Salisbury area is reading this and would like a presentation in their school, please get in touch.
December   Evensong at the Cathedral. Date to be agreed. All welcome. Photo shows the Amnesty candle in the Cathedral. 
13 November   Film at the Arts Centre. The film is Nae Pasaran about a group of Scottish workers refusing to repair aircraft engines destined for the Chilean government after the coup which took place there.
17 December   Our annual carol singing event in the Victoria Road, College Street, Marlborough Road area with members of the Farrant Singers. This is a popular event and several families come into the street to listen to a selection of carols properly sung by this choir.
We look forward to seeing you at one or more of these events.
Carol singing in 2018
July minutes
The minutes of the July meeting are attached thanks to group member Lesley for writing them. It was a full meeting again with a number of matters discussed and with several activities planned in the near future and in the autumn.
As ever, if you live in the Salisbury area – including Amesbury, Downton or around Tisbury – you would be welcome to join the group. The simplest thing is to keep an eye on this site and when an event is posted, come along and make yourself known.
Meeting minutes – June
The minutes of the group’s meeting on June 13th 2019 are attached thanks to group member Lesley for compiling them.
May minutes
The minutes of the group’s May meeting are attached and thanks to group member Fiona for preparing them. There is a full programme of activities.
Monthly meeting
The next monthly meeting is on May 9th at Victoria Road as usual starting at 7:30. Supporters are very welcome to attend.
Future events
Forthcoming events by the Salisbury group
These are some of the events we have planned or are being planned by the local group. One of these would be a good moment for you to make contact if you were thinking of joining us.
- Market stall. This will take place in the Market Square on 8 June 2019 and starts early. We
would be grateful if supporters could bring anything along for sale. Wanted; china and bric-a-brac, jewellery, good books (not battered paper backs, sorry!), pickles and jams, plants and clothes. CDs and DVDs are also popular (but not videos). No 240v electrical goods for safety reasons. Get in touch if you want anything collected. - Refugee week. Details to follow and is during 17th – 23rd June. Our last refugee action was on local TV.
- Talk by Paul Mason. We are delighted that the journalist and author Paul Mason who will be speaking about his soon to be published book Clear Bright Future: a Radical Defence of the Human Being.  This will take place on 24th June at 7:30 at the Salisbury Methodist Church and is free. We will be asking for a parting collection to help cover our costs. Copies of his book will be available to purchase.
- Coffee morning. This is on 7 September in the morning as you might expect and is at St Thomas’s church just off the square. Further details nearer the time.
- Other events will include a film in November, the World Day Against the Death Penalty and
possibly an Evensong at the Cathedral.
You might want to add these dates to your diary.
15 April 2019
Meeting minutes
Minutes of the group meeting held on 11 April 2019 are attached thanks to group member Lesley for compiling them. We discussed North Korea, the death penalty report, future events including a film night, a market stall and a talk by the author and journalist Paul Mason in June. There are also some statistics of our social marketing showing quite a busy month.
If you are interested in joining the local group and live in the south Wiltshire area then coming along to one of our events is the best thing to do and you will find a list at the end of the minutes.
