The Link Issue 50
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www.kewtw9.org – Kew Life at your Fingertips!
www.kewtw9.org – Kew Life at your Fingertips!
In recent weeks, you may have been handed out a postcard or you signed up at the recent Kew Village Market to receive the e-newsletter for the NEW Kew community website www.kewtw9.org.
Developed by local Kew residents, supported by local Kew organisations and associations, such as ourselves, www.kewtw9.org is a new community website for residents and visitors alike – helping them make the most of what is on offer in the vibrant village of Kew.
Whether you are interested in local events, find out what sport activities are on offer in Kew, find out more about other local groupings, receive updates from the Met Police, local news and much more, then sign up to the e-newsletter on www.kewtw9.org and be sure to add the website to your favourites.
www.kewtw9.org is another in a string of community events being organised in Kew highlighting this incredible sense of community that permeates through Kew. Six years ago, a number of local clubs and societies came together to launch Kew Fete – this local fair in June on Kew Green is now a firm fixture in the local calendar raising funds for local charities. A couple of years later, the idea of a Kew Village Market was formed and the first Sunday of every month now sees Kew Village filled with over 50 stalls offering a wide variety of locally produced products.
For us as a member organisation, the new website and the KewTW9 Association behind it, provide us with an opportunity to publicise our events to a wider audience, thereby hopefully recruiting more members, gaining more volunteers and getting our messages heard by more people. A structure is also being put in place for groups such as ours for knowledge and resource sharing thereby facilitating some of our work.
During the next twelve months, www.kewtw9.org will be expanded to include a directory of local businesses.
Remember to sign up for your e-newsletter now on www.kewtw9.org.
Easter Treasure Hunt – North Sheen Rec
Friends of the North Recreation Ground present – Easter Treasure Hunt. 28th March 11am.
- Free entry
- Treasure Maps can be collected outside the café from 11am
- There is a maximum 40 participants
- Get there on time so that you don’t miss out!
- Parent/Carer supervision required at all times A chocolate treat will be presented for completed maps
Holy Week 2016
Holy Week – Palm Sunday, which is on the 20th March is a special service. It starts at 10am with distribution of palms, then we walk with them to St Luke’s for communion. Plenty of help available to take buggies etc across the footbridge
Practical help for refugees
Practical Help for Refugees January 2016 Calais http://www.calaidipedia.co.uk/ – basic information + ideas http://www.calaid.co.uk/ How can I donate money? We are operating as a registered charity under the auspices of Prism the Gift Fund — (charity no. 1099682). You can now donate to CalAid online, via cheque and via BACS. To donate online please click on the”Donate Now” button https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/calaid For donations via BACS, or information on how to gift from abroad, please contact Camilla at Prism the Gift Fund on 020 7486 7760. To donate by cheque, please make cheques payable to Yeshiva College SA and send them to: Camilla Elwood, Prism the Gift Fund, 20 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8HA Please include your email address so that we can send you a Gift Aid declaration. Thank you to all our supporters who have given us money. We have raised £149,000 and have now transferred the ‘pledged’ money to our charitable fund under the auspices of Prism. This allows us to start recovering gift aid/ tax relief. If you donated via JustGiving you will be contacted via Prism to ask you to give your details if you wish us to recover the gift aid on your donation. We are currently settling our bills for storage, transport, packaging and other essentials related to collecting and distributing the physical goods donated to date. We are also in the process of setting a budget to cover future costs related to the donated goods as well as other projects supporting displaced people in Calais and the other crisis areas. The needs of the refugees is at the centre of this process, and we will do our best to ensure every £1 is spent wisely and that communications about initiatives and projects we support is communicated appropriately What can I donate? Please see the list below for what items are needed: – Shoes (Trainers or hiking shoes, Sizes: 41-46) – Tents/Covers/Tarpaulins – Jackets (Sizes: Small and Medium) – Travelling Bags – Socks – Candles (or other lighting implements) – Belts – Tracksuit trousers – Jeans (Sizes: 28-32) – Blankets & sleeping bags – Soap & shampoo – Toothbrushes & toothpaste – Plastic bags – Woolly hats – Underwear – Pots & Pans – Women and children’s c
Lent 2016
This year, Churches Together in Kew has organised a series of home study groups, to work on a new book written by a Kew author, Barbara Wood. All is Gift invites us to reflect on God’s overwhelming provision for us, and challenges us to use our gifts for his purposes.
The course will be launched at Prayers and Pancakes, 9th February, 8pm at the Barn Church. Study groups will begin the following week.
Lent itself begins on Wednesday 10th February. Our Ash Wednesday service will be at the Barn Church at 8pm. Use this opportunity to welcome the discipline of Lent.