32 Community MEMBERS of the St Davids


Penknife Club called to the Withybush Hospital CDU Appeal Charity Shop recently to present a third donation to the Appeal. £946 was raised by its members after holding a highly successful ‘No Shave November’ where club


members sought sponsorship for not shaving throughout


the month of


November 2014. Roger Williams from the Club


commented: “Each year our club looks to support a local charity and we were delighted to be able to raise funds for the Cancer Day Unit at Withybush.”


Trish George, a trustee of the


charity added: “With the news that we are going to get a new CDU our charity will be contributing significant funding for this project. We are so grateful to the St David’s Penknife Club as this donation will help to bring this new facility ever closer.”


PEMBROKESHI RE ARCHIVES AND LOCAL STUDIES have hit the road. Archivist – Outreach and


Education - David Llewellyn recently gave a talk about archives to Hakin Gardening Club. He spoke about their importance, the work of the Archive and Local Studies service, and presented examples of some of Pembrokeshire’s wonderful archival heritage dating back to 1272.


David said: “We were delighted to


have the opportunity to speak to the group, and grateful for the very warm welcome and kind feedback.


THE PEMBROKESHIRE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 30 2015


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Club donates to local charity Archives take a trip!


“It is always a great pleasure to have the opportunity to share knowledge of our wonderful archival treasures,


raise awareness of the


tremendous amount of resources we hold and also to show how easy it is to use our service.” “We are always keen to engage with groups and societies and having a


talk about Archives and Local


Studies can be a really different and enlightening experience for a group.” For more information, go online at


www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/archives or view the Pembrokeshire Archives page on Facebook.


Supporting local charity: Funds go to the Cancer Day Unit at Withybush Hospital.


Archivist David Llewellyn discussing Pembrokeshire’s archival history.


Faith leaders call for action on Syrian refugees THE ARCHBISHOP OF


WALES and other faith leaders are calling on the Prime Minister to increase urgently the number of Syrian refugees resettled in the UK in response to ‘one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of our time’.


In an open letter to David Cameron, the Archbishop Dr


Barry


Morgan, the Head of the Jewish Reform Movement Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, Bishop Declan Lang, Chair of the Bishops’ Conference Department of International Affairs and Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra,Assistant Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain and Co-Chair of the Christian Muslim Forum, express their support for a joint call from Amnesty International, the Refugee Council, JCore, Islamic Relief and Cafod for the UK to do more to help Syria’s refugees find safety here. The letter comes ahead of the first


anniversary yesterday (Jan 29) of the UK government’s announcement of a special resettlement scheme for the most vulnerable refugees from the Syrian conflict. A year on, Home Office figures show that only 90 people have been offered asylum here. Nearly four years into the conflict,


ten million people have been forced to leave their homes, nearly four million of whom have fled the country.The vast majority are living in precarious circumstances in Syria’s neighbouring countries, and many are struggling to survive in freezing temperatures. The faith leaders say that the


conflict in Syria is one of the ‘greatest humanitarian catastrophes of our time’ and that neighbouring countries are at the point of collapse from the sheer numbers of refugees they are hosting. They say in their letter:


Many refugees have experienced persecution, torture or sexual violence, sometimes because of their religion or ethnicity, or have disabilities or other urgent medical needs which make them particularly vulnerable. Some will not survive the winter. We


are proud of the way in


which the UK has led the world in its humanitarian aid contribution to the Syria crisis. However, our help cannot end with aid. We urge you to show the same leadership on resettlement so that more of Syria’s most vulnerable refugees can find sanctuary here in the UK.


We welcomed the announcement, a year ago, of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme


but we are disappointed that only 90 refugees have so far been offered a safe haven here in the UK via this route. One year on, we urge you to take this opportunity to commit to offering resettlement places to thousands, not hundreds, of refugees from Syria. In the face of a desperate and growing need, we believe that Great Britain has a moral responsibility to continue our noble tradition as a compassionate and welcoming safe haven for those in need of protection. As Prime Minister, you have the power to offer hope to people whose suffering is almost unimaginable to us. We ask you to do this today.


Amnesty International is calling on rich countries around the world to resettle five per cent of Syria’s refugees by the end of this year and a further five per cent by the end of 2016. The UK government has agreed to resettle only several hundred people over three years.


Other countries, including Germany and the USA, have promised to resettle thousands. Excluding Germany, the rest of


the European Union (EU) has pledged to take in a paltry 0.17 per cent of refugees from the main host countries. In early January, Canada


announced it would open its doors to 10,000 Syrian refugees


Amnesty International UK director


Kate Allen said:“The UK government's relief efforts in the region are to be commended but it is clear that so much more needs to be done to protect people fleeing the Syrian conflict, including those at risk of persecution due to their religion or ethnicity. “A year on from agreeing to resettle hundreds of refugees, the UK should take this opportunity to up their game and resettle thousands of Syria's most vulnerable. The UK has done this in response to other conflicts, what is stopping this government from doing the same?"


Refugee Council Chief Executive


Maurice Wren said: “A year ago the British Government made a promise to some of Syria’s most vulnerable refugees. We promised them safety. We promised them hope. We promised them a future. If David Cameron fails to significantly increase the scale of Britain’s resettlement scheme he will have broken that promise.”


Edie Freedman, Executive


Director of The Jewish Council for Racial Equality said“We in the Jewish community know only too well the perils of being refugees and the


indifference which too often meets their desperate plight to find sanctuary. Syrians now make up the largest refugee group in the world. We appreciate that this is not a job for Britain alone, but we must do our fair share.”


Islamic Relief’s UK Director


Jehangir Malik’s said told The Herald: “This is the world’s worst refugee crisis for generations, and we should do more to help the countries of the Middle East by hosting some of the most vulnerable of Syria’s refugees in the UK. The refugees I’ve met with Islamic Relief in Lebanon have suffered unimaginable trauma and yet so many of them continue to suffer because the authorities are stretched to breaking point trying to meet their basic needs for food, warmth and shelter.” Alan Thomlinson, Cafod’s Manager for the Syria Crisis, said:“The number of Syrian refugees accepted into Britain so far is woefully inadequate. Britain has a proud tradition of helping those in need, and – with no end in sight to the war – we need to show solidarity with the countries and communities that are bearing the brunt of this appalling crisis.”


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