tions and donation envelopes. By inviting 7 friends and asking them to donate an additional £5.00 means you will raise at least £35.00 from your supper but we will also give you additional fundraising ideas to raise even more money for SIA. Last year we had over 80 suppers taking part in England and Wales. In 2010 we want to double that figure and ensure we can provide more support to spinal cord injured people. The money raised from the suppers will help the Spinal Injuries Association offer support to individuals who become paralysed and their families, from the moment a spinal injury occurs, and for the rest of their lives by providing services and publications which enable and encourage paralysed people to lead independent lives. Every year in the UK over 1,000 people experience a spinal cord injury and there are an estimated 40,000 spinal cord injured people in the UK alone. Community Fundraising Officer, Elizabeth Wright, says, “The Fish and Chip Supper is a wonderful opportunity for a great evening with friends and family. We are also encouraging people who work to hold a Fish and Chip Lunch in their work places to raise even more funds. You may be even a local community group wanting to run a fun evening with your group. Be a part of something special and make a real difference to help spinal cord injured people gain access to the information and support they need to enable them to live full and independent lives.” For more information or request a fundraising pack call Elizabeth Wright on 0845 678 6633 xtn 229 or email fishandchips@spinal.co.uk or visit www.spinal.co.uk
Royston & Saffron Walden National Trust Association Monthly meetings of the Association are still held on the last Friday of each month, either at Royston Town Hall or Saffron Walden County High SchoolSports Centre, and meetings start at 7.30 p.m. There is a full range of interesting speakers on a variety of subjects. National Trust members are welcome and membership forms are always available. With the coming of spring a number of outings are being planned for when the days are brighter. Transport leaves Royston car park and members are taken ‘door to door’ to visit places of interest which can be a National Trust property, an English Heritage house, a town of special interest or even London with its many attractions. Details of the programme or membership are readily available from myself. Colin Limming 01763 260072
Third Annual Safari Supper In Aid Of The All Saints Community Hall Saturday 12th June, 2010 I want to give you as much notice as possible to mark down in your diaries the evening of Saturday 12th June 2010. This will be the date of the third Melbourn Safari Supper to be held once again in aid of the Community Hall. It is getting towards the longest day so the evening should be nice and light for progressing around the village to the various venues. Once again we shall be looking for people willing to host and cook a meal – if you haven’t been a host before, start small by offering to do a starter or a dessert course. And, of course, the ‘guests’ are just as important as the hosts – so we need you as well.If you have never taken part in a Safari Supper before, do please ask either Jane Brett or me to explain what is involved. If you HAVE taken part before, but feel there is something we could do better, or differently, again – please speak to us! We really do want to get it right! If anyone marked down the date given in the February MELDE – please note that we had to change from the 19th because that is the date of the Meldreth Fete and as a number of Melbourn people are involved in that we did not want to clash. It really is
a fun evening and you get to make new friends and know old ones even better! Mavis Howard (260686) Jane Brett (260306)
Tavern Gallery You may have seen the publicity in the local papers about the new Art gallery which opened in Meldreth just before Christmas. Local man David Chappell has turned the old Railway Tavern in the High Street into a small but charming gallery where he hopes to showcase affordable art by mainly local artists. The first artist to exhibit was Tam Joseph and the next two exhibitions both feature artists from Melbourn. In March George Meliniotis will be exhibiting his vibrant oil and acrylic canvases depicting local scenes and seascapes from the Essex and Suffolk coast line (front cover of the magazine). See page 49. This will be followed by an exhibition of textile art by MESCH. MESCH is a relatively newly formed group of experienced artists (Marian Murphy, Liz Evans, Margaret Starr, Vanda Campbell and myself) and their exhibition will run from 1st April to 2nd May. Those of you who are unfamiliar with textile art will, I am sure, be in for a pleasant surprise! I do hope that people will find the time to go down to look at both exhibitions – the gallery is open in March from Thursday through to Sunday 10 am to 4 pm and in April from Wednesday to Sunday. It is bright and friendly and on the ground floor! Children are not forgotten - David is putting together an entertaining portfolio of drawings done by children as their parents browse the gallery! The gallery is always closed for lunch between l to l.30 pm. It is situated, as you might expect, close to the entrance to the station in Meldreth High Street, and there is parking at the side. Mavis Howard
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