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.
Market stall!
Market stall planned for 8 June*
We are planning on holding a market stall on Saturday 8 June in the market square in Salisbury starting early.
Members and supporters are invited to bring items for sale please. Wanted are clothes, plants, hardback books, china and pottery, DVDs and CDs. Old tools are popular too. Regrettably, we do not want electrical items, paperback novels (except Penguins), or VHS videos.
If you cannot come in person, please give one or other of us a call (a message on this site will do) and we can arrange collection.
*formal agreement from SCC awaited
Group minutes: March
The minutes of the group meeting in March 2019 are available thanks to group member Lesley for compiling them. A full meeting with several events planned, see the end of them for the list. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
January meeting minutes
Minutes of the January meeting are now available thanks to group member Lesley for preparing them. The group discussed recent actions and future activities. These include the film The Breadwinner on 8 March; the market stall on 8 June; Refugee week from 17 – 23 June and the photo exhibition currently on at the Methodist Church (Free).
If you would like to join the group you would be very welcome. Best thing is to come to an event we are running and make yourself known.
October minutes
Minutes for the October meeting are attached and thanks to group member Lesley for preparing them. We discussed the death penalty, North Korea, urgent actions, and future events.
September minutes
September meeting minutes attached thanks to group member Lesley for compiling them. We discussed future plans including the Christmas tree, an event to mark the 70th anniversary of the UDHR, the death penalty and North Korea.
Meeting
Minutes available shortly.
We shall be holding our monthly meeting this Thursday in Victoria Road at 7:30 as usual. Supporters welcome. We shall be reviewing the death penalty; follow up from the Tree of Life street action; forthcoming film,s and a possible event to mark the 70th anniversary of the UN Declaration in 1948. Also the Christmas tree in St Thomas’s.
Tree of Life: Japan
Tree of Life signing against death penalty in Japan
We held our tree of life signing in Library passage this morning (1 September 2018) and collected over 40 signatures. People were asked to sign small labels which we attached to a small tree to mimic the Japanese custom. There were several people who were surprised that the methods the Japanese employ – solitary confinement, decades of incarceration and no notice of the execution itself – were still employed by a supposedly civilised country.
All the labels will be gathered up and sent to Amnesty for a combined presentation to the embassy in October. Our thanks to all those who signed and to group members who spent time on the stand.
If you would like to join the local group, keep and eye on this site or on Twitter or Facebook (accessed on the left) and make yourself known at one of our activities.
Every month, the group publishes a brief report on the death penalty around the world. See the latest edition here.
Amnesty stall
We held our stall on Saturday and it was extremely successful. Since the move from the side of the Guildhall, we have found the new location to be less than satisfactory but Saturday was different. It started almost as soon as we arrived and we continued on until noon with a few stragglers still buying as we packed up.
Thanks to all members who volunteered for the morning.
Market stall
UPDATE 23 June
Hugely successful morning and we were kept busy from before 8 until we closed. Many thanks to members who came and did a stint on the stall – Andrew; Fiona; Diana; Ria; Tony; Lesley and Peter. Helped by having a good range of stock including plants. Despite a refill of stuff mid morning – we did not have much left at the end of the day.
Photos from this morning will be posted within 24 hours.
Stock and volunteers needed!
On Saturday 23rd June we shall be having our annual stall in the market place and we would welcome items for sale. Popular are clothes, bric-a-brac, good quality books only, CDs and plants. No electrical items please. We shall be setting up at 7:45 so if you do have something, you can bring it along any time after that although earlier the better as people congregate early.
If you can spare an hour to volunteer that would be appreciated.
Amnesty in Salisbury & South Wiltshire 