Dear UNA-UK member or friend

It is with some sadness that I write to you today, recently three of our members have passed away.

On Tuesday, 5th July, Nora Kingbourn died. She was a very helpful member of our flag day collection team, Nora helped with the street collections for UNICEF, whatever the weather she stood in the street with her tin and then later in the day helped to count the donations.

Nora’s funeral service will be held on Wednesday, 20th July, at 12.30 pm at Chichester Crematorium. Family flowers only please, donations if desired to Friends of St. Richard's Hospital.


A few days later on Friday, 8th July, Wendy Ellis died. For many years she was a valuable member of this branch’s committee as well as the Southern Region committee. She used to organise our annual programme of events and regularly attended the regional and national conferences.

Wendy’s funeral service will be held on Tuesday, 26th July, at 2:30pm in St Mary's Church, Easebourne. Family flowers only please, donations if desired to Christian Aid.


Today was the funeral of Agnes Pennington at Chichester Crematorium, donations to Humane Research Trust. She died peacefully at Augusta Court, Chichester in her 104th year. Agnes had been a long term sponsor of UNA-UK, although in recent years she had been a quiet member.


Future events

On Saturday, 3rd September we have a flag day in Chichester city centre. We will be collecting money for UNICEF and UNA Trust. Further details from Derek Wales, Chichester UNA treasurer on 01243 527291.

Our annual general meeting is on Wednesday, 7th September at 7:30pm in Christ Church, Old Market Avenue, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1SW. Full details will be circulated nearer the time.

Yours sincerely


Viv Williams
Chairman
01243 378353

Dear friends and members,

Our branch treasurer Derek Wales has arranged two Saturdays this year to collect money for UNICEF and UNA Trust. All the money raised on our collection days (minus a small amount for stamps) is donated to UNICEF and the UNA Trust.

UNICEF is the world's leading organisation protecting the rights of children and young people. Around the world, children's rights are being denied on a daily basis, including in emergencies such as natural disasters and conflict. UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II.

Today UNICEF is urgently appealing for funds to meet the needs of children affected by the violence in Libya.

The United Nations Association Trust (UNA Trust) strives to make reality of the UN's aim to promote peace, justice and development for all. The UNA Trust is a registered charity. They are independent of the UN and are not funded by it.

We will be collecting in Arundel town centre on Saturday, 30th April and in Chichester city centre on Saturday, 3rd September. Our street collections usually start at 9am and are finished by 5pm. You can sit or stand while chatting to the passing people and hopefully collect donations from them. Derek will provide you with your own personal collection tin.

In Arundel we usually meet in The Red Lion's lovely garden which usefully backs onto the River Road car park.

If you would like to help to collect money for UNICEF and the UNA Trust then please contact Derek on 01243 527291 or here.

Last year our team of collectors raised £1,151 from two street collections.

In the immediate future we have arranged a special meeting with local organisations 'with whom we work' to formulate motions to our national policy-making conference. Policies agreed at our conference are presented to the Foreign Office and also decide the future direction of UNA-UK.

This meeting is at Friends' Meeting House, Priory Road, Chichester at 19:30 on Wednesday, 16th March. This years policy-making conference is being held at The Temple of Peace, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF10 3AP on Saturday, 18th June.

I hope you can attend this special open meeting and also help us raise money for UNICEF.

Yours sincerely


Viv Williams
Chairman
01243 378353

Dear Member,

Three of your committee, Deborah Hennessy, Nita Gupta and I, recently visited Oxford University to hear Ban Ki-moon deliver the Cyril Foster Lecture on "Human Protection and the 21st Century United Nations". Unfortunately, even those that had queued from 16:30 did not get in, so we cannot report on what I think would have been a memorable lecture!

We do however, have an opportunity to discuss with Phil Mulligan the new Executive Director of UNA–UK, how we believe this organisation should develop and what his plans for the organization are, at a meeting organized by our Southern Region in Newbury on Saturday, 26th February starting at 13:00, at the Friends Meeting House, Mayor’s Lane/Highfield Ave.

As we are the second largest branch in the region we are hoping for a good turnout. We have received quotations for a coach to leave Chichester at 11:00, returning from Newbury at about 17:00. The price depends upon the number of people who use the coach, a 16 seater minibus will cost about £20 per person and a larger 37 seater coach is about £10 per person.

Perhaps you could contact me as a matter of urgency if you think you can come in order that we can make plans accordingly.

I really do think this will be a worthwhile exercise, as I feel it is vital that our new executive director understands our concerns, over membership or other matters which are so important if our organization is going to prosper and be effective.

In addition, we have organized a special open meeting with other organizations with whom we work, to draft motions for our 2011 Conference. This open meeting will take place on Wednesday, 16th March at the Friends’ Meeting House, Priory Road, Chichester starting at 19:30. NB: Resolutions to Conference have to be submitted by 15th April and the conference is being held at the ‘Temple of Peace’ in Cardiff on 17th and 18th June.

We very much hope you will also be able to come to this meeting.

Yours sincerely


Viv Williams,
Chairman

Tel: 01243 378353