Requests for donations

Nearly everyday children come to HMP Leicester to visit their dads/ brothers/ uncles or Granddads. The experience can be daunting. To make the visit easier the Chaplaincy has teamed up with the Mothers Union to make kitted teddies for the children to play with whilst in the Prison Visits Hall and to take home with them, to help them to have positive memories of their day.

We need your help, the teddies take less than an evening to knit, but they mean so much to the children. The pattern is below, could you or your group help?

Completed teddies are being collected at the Mothers Union office in Church House, opening hours are: Tues, Wed & Fri 9.30-12.30 am. Address: 5 St Martins East, Leicester LE1 5FX

Thank you
Helen Dearnley Co-ordinating Chaplain HMP Leicester
RoseMarie Manning MU President

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A borehole in Gwanda

News from the projects supported by the Penny in the Pound Appeal for clean water and sanitation projects in Afghanistan, El Salvador and Zimbabwe have recently been received and are detailed in the May 2010 update available here.

We believe water, sanitation and hygiene education are crucial for poverty reduction and form the bedrock of a healthy, productive society. Without health and education, people will continue to remain trapped in the stranglehold of poverty and disease. That is why your support is so vital for people in the poorest areas of our world and so thank you for all those who have generously supported the appeal, and if you would like to find out more or donate then please contact the office on 0116 248 7424 or Email Peter.Yates@LecCofE.org

Download here May 2010 update

Do you have any icons that could be used for worship at the Presence Festival being held at Launde Abbey over the May Day bank holiday weekend? I’m looking for a pantocrator, mother and child, and possibly the Rublev hospitality of Abraham as well, but am open to taking others. All will be used in one of the chapels at Launde. I can collect and return them promptly. please let me know if you can help by email or phone 0116 2127176.
Many thanks. David Cundill

Zimbawean clients are requesting bibles as it is part of their culture to take their own bibles to church. If you have any you would like to donate you can send them to Pat English at Church House, who will take them to the Welcome Group.

The Welcome Group also in need of volunteers for the following positions:

1. Treasurer: Required at minimum of three afternoon committee meetings per year and the AGM.

2. Administrator: To keep records up to date, purchase stationery etc, handling petty cash and correspondence. Must be computer literate.

3. Welcomers.

Training given in all positions but applicants should be able to use their own initiative and like meeting people.

email pat.english@leccofe.org

“Launde Abbey are in urgent need of a large chest freezer to store cakes etc ready for our Flower Festival at the end of May.  Does anyone have an old one that might live another couple of months that they want to get rid of, or alternatively have one they would like to sell?  We are happy to arrange collection.  Please contact Suzanne Page on 01572 717254 or via e-mail Suzanne@launde.org.uk “

We are hoping that someone will know of a good home for these Hymn books at St James Oaks in Charnwood: -
100 Hymns for Today – 136 copies
Hymns for Todays Church – 84 + 9 music copies
Hymns A&M revised – 27 + 5 music copies + 1 transposed tune book
Hymns Old and New – 22
Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer (for 1980 ASB) – 85 copies
All boxed and marked.
FREE to a good home.
Donations gratefully received!
Please contact Janet Quenby 01509 506154 to arrange collection.

Request from Rob Marsh

‘I am currently working on my DLP Project, which is to catalogue and try and produce an on-line library of powerpoint resources for use in family services
 
I would like to ask all readers of Diomail, if they have any items they would like to contribute, with a brief description of the context that it is designed to be used in, or for suggestions of resources that they would use if they were to be created
 
I can be contacted via email r_marsh@btinternet.com’

Letter of Enquiry: The Diocese of Leicester;
Re: Trooper Thomas (Tom) Edward Sutton, 553958
(04/09/1909-28/12/1940)

26th February 2010

I have the honour and the privilege of writing the ‘Roll of Honour’ for the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) 1939-1945(1946-1947).

The first ever written Memorial dedicated to the 165 members and the 4 attached personnel of the Regiment who sadly never came back.

Amongst their number is one;
Trooper Thomas (Tom) Edward SUTTON, 553958
3 Troop ‘B’ Sqn
11th Hussars ‘Prince Albert’s Own’
(Cherrypickers)
 ’Desert Rats’
Royal Armoured Corps
Born: 4th September 1909, Leicester
Resident: Leicester
Died: 28th December 1940, Aged: 31 (North Africa).
Son of: Frederick and Alice Sutton, of: 3 Granby Road Aylestone Leicester.
Remembered with Honour at;
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery’ Egypt
Grave Ref: 20.G.1.

I am looking for a Church in the local area in Aylestone where Thomas’s parents lived, where they may have attended and had Thomas commemorated within the Church.

Also, if you aware of a Roll of Honour / Book of Remembrance in any of the Churches in Leicester please

I would be very grateful for any help or advice afforded me regarding this enquiry.
Thank You.

Kindest Regards
Mr. David John Eason GCM

Ex;
Royal Hussars (Prince Wales Own) 1979-1992 (Gulf War 1991)
King’s Royal Hussars 1992 -1993

11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) Honorary Member

Tele: 07896 201176

E-Mail: husrollho@yahoo.co.uk

Does anyone have a surplus small Altar that we could use as a nave altar in Leicester’s oldest church – St. Nicholas? Our sightlines mean only a small percentage of our growing congregation can see the current altar, which is too large to move into the smaller space on our Chancel step.
If you may be able to assist in our search please contact Barry Naylor (07757853621 or barry.naylor@leccofe.org)

Purple chasuble, stole, burse and veil available. Vanpoulles make, with gold applique cross front and back on chasuble. The material is quite lightweight.
Contact the Revd Jeff Hopewell
The Vicarage
Church Lane
Old Dalby
Melton Mowbray
LE14 3LB
01664 820064
jshopewell@btinternet.com

Bishop Tim's Lent Appeal 2010

 A reminder that this year’s Lent appeal is to all churches in our Leicester diocese to help support FareShare Leicester.
For more information about this appeal contact John Willetts, Project Director, on 07867 527 063.
The Appeal leaflet may be Downloaded here

As we move into Lent, a time for self denial and spiritual reflection, our thoughts go out to those who don’t have enough in the first place. Bishop Tim highlighted the problem of food poverty in News & Views and asked for support for FareShare, a valuable initiative to find a use for good food which would otherwise be wastefully disposed of. 

One group which relies on charitable support like this is destitute asylum seekers. Because of concerns about the number of asylum seekers currently destitute in Leicester (particularly women, who can be especially vulnerable in this situation) a coalition of the Diocese of Leicester, Refugee Action, British Red Cross and Foundation Housing Association have developed a project to find long term solutions. 

Destitute asylum seekers typically use all their energies in finding food to eat and a bed for the night. They don’t have the energy to focus on the things that might change their situation in the long term – including chasing up lawyers and exploring whether there’s anything else that can be done with their asylum claim. 

The Fresh Start project will satisfy the immediate needs of up to 6 destitute asylum seeking women at a time, by guaranteeing accommodation and food for up to 6 months, while Refugee Action’s Specialist worker explores with them why they became destitute and looks at finding long-term solutions to their problems.

We’ve found a property, but there is a good deal of work to be done to it and the project will cost quite a lot to run. We’ve applied to various trust funds and money has already been committed to the project by Refugee Action and British Red Cross, to add to a Mustard Seed grant, a large individual donation and money from sponsorship. 

However, it’s donations of another kind which would be particularly welcome from Leicester Anglicans:- we need new bed linen for 6 single beds and we need to collect up crockery (in good condition) for the house. 

Would you be able to help by donating bed linen or crockery to this project? 

If so, perhaps you would contact me on aidanh@refugee-action.org.uk or 0116 261 6205.

 Many thanks for your generosity.
Aidan Hallett (St Andrew’s Aylestone)

We’ve received a request from the British Red Cross for baby items: jars of baby food for 4-6m olds, baby rice which can be made with boiled water, Cow and Gate formula/ milk and nappies in size 3-4.

Please take donations to the British Red Cross office at the address below or get in touch with Kerri Beech

Ms Kerri Beech
Service Co-ordinator
Refugee & Asylum Support Services
244 London Road, Leicester. LE2 1RN
Tel: 0845 0547171

Following a reorganisation at Holy Trinity the following items are available for collection. 

1 x table approx 2m x 1m 
4 x table 1m x 1m 
50 plastic stacking chairs (adult size) 
15 copies of Church Family Worship (words edition) 
8 copies of Church Family Worship (music edition 
And a selection of other music books. 

For any of these items please contact Karen Wilkinson 0116 254 8981 or kwilkinson@holytrinityleicester.org.

Revd Martin Dale is looking for a data Projection. 

Second hand at a reasonable price one that is no longer used.

If you have one available please contact

Revd M.N. Dale

Mndale@aol.com
Tel: 01664-434878

Imaging getting up in the morning to go to work or school and there is no bathroom to go to for a wash, no lavatory, no running water. Perhaps you would have to go to the end of the road to use a latrine, passing stinking gutters on your way!
Safe water and sanitation are human rights and basic needs for healthy living, yet 2.5 billion people have no access to basic sanitation and nearly 1 billion do not have access to safe water either.
The Penny in the Pound Appeal has raised over £225,000 to provide clean water, sanitation and fresh hope for our partners through Christian Aid projects.

The latest update from the projects is available HERE
If you would like to make a donation a Gift Aid form is HERE

Churches Together in Leicestershire are seeking to obtain a computer for their Treasurer whose old steam powered machine is losing the will to live!
Does anyone have a surplus PC that would help us out?
We need one capable of running Windows XP, Office and suitable for an accounts package, email, and web.
If you could offer such a PC please contact Peter Yates on 0116 248 7424 or Email Peter.Yates@LecCofE.org

We are looking to borrow the following for use at the Clergy Conference, 19-21 Jan 2010:

- indoor water feature
- floor cushions
- light boxes or daylight-imitation lamps

If you can help please contact Emma Davies on 01858 463062, email emma.davies1@sky.com. Many thanks!

Following the violence against Christians in Orissa, India at Christmas 2007 and in August 2008 there are still some 910 families belonging to the Diocese of Phulbani left homeless and destitute now that the state has closed down its official refugee camps. The Bishop is trying to supply each family with a 15kg sack of rice and a 3kg bag of lentils to help them at Christmas. Depending on the size of the family that could last for 3 to 5 days. The cost of this food is just over £5 per family.
Can you help?
Donations please to the Revd Jeff Hopewell, The Vicarage, Church Lane, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray LE14 3LB.
Phone: 01664 820064
e-mail: jshopewell@btinternet.com

Christchurch Thurnby Lodge have, to give to a good home, approximately 100 blue, leatherette covered hassocks in good condition. To arrange for collection please contact John Walker 07980691957 or by email jwalker1943@btinternet.com