City Strolls - events - meetings
Thursday, June 16, 2005
family day at Auchterader this Sunday (19th June)
Press release below about family day at Auchterader this Sunday (19th June). Please publicise this around branches and more widely. Please note tho I am still trying to source
*wallpaper - lining paper is best, but anything at all will do - * paints, paintbrushes - have some, need more *messy children - essential - send them all up to Auchterader
* adults to help out - if you are willing to paint/put up a gazebo/tell stories to small children/stick things onto the fence let me know
*cable ties/sellotape/gaffa tape - to attach things to the fence
*Pasting tables - if they are not being used on Sunday can we borrow them for the children to paint on
* Transport -
Inverness Train from Queen Street (d. 9.40) to Gleneagles (a. 10.30)
Inverness Train from Edinburgh Waverley (d.9.25) to Gleneagles (a. 10.49).
Glasgow Train from Inverness (d. 9.40) to Gleneagles (a.12.10)
(and all stops on the Glasgow/Edinburgh - Inverness route - see http://www.firstgroup.com/scotrail/content/travelinfo/routes/Summer2005/route04.pdf for precise times)
lift offers - if you are driving and have space in your car can you let me know what time you are going/returning so I can co-ordinate lifts
*lifts needed - if you want to go but dont have transport let me know and I'll see if I can find a lift for you. Also if you need picked up from the train station (about 2 miles from Auchterader) give me a ring and I'll see if I can sort something out.
For those who have indicated that they are willing to help out- can they get to Auchterader park by 11.30 on Sunday to give us a chance to get organised.
Email me or phone me (no below) if you can offer help.
Best wishes
Mhairi
G8 Family Day out at Auchterader
Sunday 19th June
12.30 onwards
Auchterader Park, Perth and Kinross.
Contact:
Mhairi McAlpine, mhairi_mcalpine@yahoo.com
Tel: 01324 885129 (eve) 0141 242 2275 (day)
Children from all over Scotland will be converging on
Auchterader on Sunday to hear about the lives of children in developing countries and paint buddies to decorate the steel fence designed to insulate the leaders of the world richest countries from the protests going on outside. Armed with poster paints and sticky stuff they will hear about the lives of children like 6 year old Kato, a Ugandan orphan who is looked after by his 12 year old sister and dreams of becoming a car mechanic like his late father, and Margret, also from Uganda, who is looking forward to the day when there is enough money for her to afford to go to school. The activity, which is jointly organised by G8 Alternatives and the Scottish Socialist Party, is designed to highlight the plight of children caught in the crossfire of the G8 policies. By getting children to make buddies and attach them to the fence, not only will it mute the unsightlyness of the fence, but also build links with the
local community and give children an insight into how children in other parts of the world live.
Mhairi McAlpine (SSP) said " This activity is designed to give children an insight into how G8 policies affect children in other countries and why it is so important that we make our voices heard. We aim to have a fun day out in Auchterader with lots of paint and mess." Gill Hubbard (G8 Alternatives) said "This activity will allow families
who are not able to make the protests at Gleneagles on the
6th June to make their voices heard. The buddies will serve as a reminder of the children that the G8 so often forgets"
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Details
12.30 onwards, Auchterader Park, Perth and Kinross.
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Eddie Truman
Press Officer
Scottish Socialist Party
07919 868463
eddie@mussey.org.uk
http://www.scottishsocialistparty.info/
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Bob, 21:30
