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Calendar
Upcoming Meetings:
Hartlepool Global Peace and Justice Group meets the second Monday of every month at 8pm at St. George’s United Reformed Church.
Upcoming Events 2009:
- 15th August, 11-3pm, Fairtrade stall at Rossmere Park Carnival.
- 30th August, Fairtrade stall at Summerhill visitors center.
- October, Make poverty History Roadshow, details to be arranged.
- 25th October, One World Week service with Hartlepool town-wide churches together, 6pm St. Georges.
- 5th December, ‘The Wave’ Stop climate chaos demonstration, London, details to be arranged.
- Clothes Swap date to be arranged.
Actions
We are supporting Teeside Nightstop which provides emergency accommodation for homeless young people aged between 16 - 25, in the homes of trained volunteer hosts. for further information please click here.
Every Month, as a group, we select a particular cause to campaign for by writing letters or distributing campaign cards. For details of our Campaign letter of the month please click here
We supported Anti - slavery international by collecting school’s materials for the children of former slaves in Niger. We collected chalk, notebooks, skipping ropes, crayons, pencils, maps, colouring pencils, pens, paper/card, paints, brushes, games and blue tack.
If you have any questions or want more information on something you see on the calendar, please contact us. We look forward to assisting you.
Past events:
- 11th August, 2007 letter writing session. Various campaign issues will be highlighted, with names and details of key people to address and draft letters produced.
- 19th September 2007, A Grand Ceilidh and supper with the Endeavour Ceilidh band, Summerhill visitors centre, (Hosted on behalf of the Hartlepool Fair Trade Town Steering Group.)
- 17th October 2007, ‘Stand up, speak out’ against poverty demonstration. Newcastle university campus
- 21st October 2007, One World Week service at St. Luke’s Church, Tunstall Avenue, Hartlepool.
- 28th October 2007, One World Week service at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Durham Street, The Headland, Hartlepool.
- 3rd November 2007, MakePovertyHistory Roadshow at St. Joseph’s Parish Centre, Hutton Avenue, Hartlepool.
- 13th-14th November 2007, 24-hour prayer for Global Poverty Prayer Week, St. Luke’s Church, Tunstall Avenue, Hartlepool.
- 1st December 2007, FairTrade Market at St. George’s Church, Park Road, Hartlepool.
- 2nd December 2007, FairTrade Market at the History Fair in the Borough Hall, The Headland, Hartlepool.
2008
- 12th April - 18th May 2008, ‘Drop the Debt fast’, .
- 18th May - 2008, International Convention center, Birmingham. ‘Journey to justice’.
- 31st May Clothes swap. Clothes remaining at the end of the swap were donated to the Breakfast Club and the Hospice shop.
- 12th July, Fairtrade stall held at the Headland Heritage Festival selling £140 of Fairtrade products.
- 19 September 2008, Celidh at Summerhill visitors center.
- 17-19 October 2008. Stand up against Poverty campaign
- 19 October 2008, One World Week service at Westbourne Methodist Church, sponsored by Town Centre Churches Together
- 26 October 2008. One World Week Service at Headland Christian Fellowship, sponsored by the Headland and Central Estate Churches Together
- 6 December 2008. Spirituality for Survival event in Durham County Hall organised by NE Christian Churches Together. 29 Nov 2008 Traidcraft Christmas Fair.
2009
- 5 January 2009, Meeting with Iain Wright MP for Hartlepool
- 28 February 2009. Fairtrade Week Ceilidh in English Martyrs School
- 4th -5th July Fairtrade stall at Dockfest, (in conjunction with the Fairtrade steering group)
- 18th July, Traidcraft’s 30th birthday party, St. Georges church.
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