Thanks to everyone who supported our Jamnesty at Chaplin’s & The Cellar Bar last Saturday. We raised a fantastic £1300. Unfortunately persistent rain curtailed performances outside, and made for a slow start, but soon the Cellar Bar filled up. And we sold lots of cake! Many thanks to Nic, Connie, Geoff and all the staff at Chaplins. And a big thanks to all the music acts and poets who performed to help raised money for Amnesty International. Also local businesses and people who donated raffle prizes
Welcome!
Millie Watson and Roxanne Phillips
Amica
Blues band For Pete’s Sake, with local group founder (1986!) member Keith Dear on vocals
poet Hester
Westbourne Strings
We sold plenty of cakes!
Roxanne Phillips
poet C W Blackburn
Mik ‘n Simon
poet Rosanna
Roxanne Phillips and Millie Watson
the cake kept selling…
Apologies to those living in Christchurch, but most of you are still getting used to having a new MP. And, hopefully, one with a much more progressive outlook than the person they replaced.
As an Amnesty International supporter you can help. Let your MP know you want them to commit to supporting and defending human rights in this country and internationally. You can download this pre-forma letter to edit and send. Please personalise as much as you can.
If you are not sure of your MP, check here- https://www.theyworkforyou.com/ – you can also send them a message via this site. But some of us still believe posting a letter has more impact. MPs do reply!
Still write if your MP hasn’t changed – let them know you are a supporter of Amnesty International. Ask them as your MP to commit to supporting and defending human rights in this country and internationally, both in parliament and more widely.
https://amnestyat50.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Template-for-post-election-letter-to-MP.docx