Advent 10: East Oxford Snow Day
Subsequent festive stomp round the St Mary & St John Churchyard: lucky wife gets to join me on never-ending quest to locate grave of grocer's wife who murdered entire family in 1909.
Advent Day 8: Project Shoebox Oxford
I went along in the expectation I'd be packing gifts for women in domestic violence shelters, but in fact there were also boxes for men, children, and babies.
Advent Calendar Day 3: Asylum Welcome
In church this morning, in lieu of a sermon, there was an interview with John Fenning of Asylum Welcome, about the charity’s work with Syrian refugees in Oxford. Since September 2015, seventeen refugee families have been settled in Oxford (here is a Jan 2017 story about one of them), with the help of the charity…
Support Syrian refugees: a follow-up
This post is in addition to yesterday’s post about how to help the Syrian refugees at Calais by donating items in Oxford. Here are some more resources and information about ways to help, including a few more regional links: This Amazon wishlist helps you buy items specifically requested by those working with refugee groups. This…
