The group meets this week
July 2024
Now completed.
The monthly group meeting takes place today Thursday, 12th at 2pm as usual in Victoria Road. Supporters are welcome to attend. Minutes of the past meeting can be accessed here.
June minutes
June 2024
We are pleased to attach the minutes of our June meeting thanks to group member Lesley for producing them. We have noted before that they are rather longer than normal minutes but as we do not produce a newsletter they act as a kind of replacement for that.
As we are the only group in Wiltshire now, any ex-members of the Marlborough or Devizes groups who might just pick up on this are welcome to get in touch. Also north Dorset. You would be welcome to come to our summer party.
May minutes
May 2024
We are pleased to attach the minutes of the May meeting thanks to group member Lesley for compiling them. We do not have a newsletter, partly because we have a regular series of posts on this site, so the minutes contain other material of interest to followers. Note that the group will have a presence in the People in the Park event on Saturday 18th May and if you are interested in our activities or thinking of joining, then would be a good time to say ‘hello’ and talk to one of us on the stand.
Market Stall
April 2024
Past event
The group will be holding a market stall tomorrow, Saturday 4 May 2024 from around 8am until noon. Supporters are welcome to volunteer to help if they can. Also we need stock to sell so a trip to the attic is required to fish out stuff you don’t want. Bric-a-brac is popular, china, CDs and I suppose LPs these days, good books, plants (with a label to say what they are please) and clothes. No electrical items, sorry.
It is also an opportunity if you are thinking of joining the group to make yourself known to one of us on the stall.
Previous stall
The Salisbury group was established 50 years ago this year
April group minutes
April 2024
We are pleased to attach the minutes of the group’s April meeting minutes which includes details of our forthcoming events. Thanks to group member Lesley for preparing these.
The Salisbury group was established 50 years ago this year
New leaflet
April 2024
Our new leaflet will be available soon and an online version can be accessed here:
UPDATE: 13 April. Copies will be on display in Salisbury library.
Coffee Morning
March 2024
There was a coffee morning today, 30 March, at St Thomas’s Church in the centre of Salisbury. Very busy and we made a useful contribution to party funds. Thanks to all group members who helped and made cakes and to other supporters who came for coffee.
The Salisbury group was established 50 years ago this year
Some members of the group
Fifteenth vigil
March 2024
The fifteenth vigil was held on Saturday 16th March, this time on the Library steps as it was inclement. The vigil is supported by Salisbury Concern for Israel Palestine (SCIP), CND and the Salisbury Amnesty group. It is in aid of securing peace in that region. Just over 40 attended the event which lasted half an hour. There will be another next Saturday, 23rd March starting at 5:15.
31,000 have now died in Gaza the majority of whom are women and children. Many more are yet to be discovered in the extensive rubble.
There is faint optimism with talks taking place at present and it is reported that Hamas has moderated its demands.
Picture: Salisbury Amnesty
March minutes
March 2024
We are pleased to attach the minutes of the group’s meeting in March thanks to group member Lesley for producing them. As we have explained before, they are lengthier than one would expect from normal minutes but as we do not produce a newsletter, they provide information of possible interest for recipients and supporters.
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The Salisbury Group was established 50 years ago this year.
Group minutes: February
February 2024
We are pleased to attach the minutes of the group’s meeting in February 2024 thanks to group member Lesley for compiling them. We should say that these are quite long for minutes but as we do not have a newsletter, they contain information in a more expansive way than you would find in just minutes, for example information on refugees and the death penalty.
New members are always welcome and at the end you will find details of upcoming events where you can make yourself known to a member of the group. As the only Amnesty group left in the county, we do welcome people from all of south Wiltshire.
The Salisbury and South Wiltshire group is 50 this year
Amnesty in Salisbury & South Wiltshire 