October 2008 Newsletter
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FOREWORD BY THE CHAIR OF THE DCRSC BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dear Friends and Supporters, It was a shock to read in the local press recently of the demise of the Plymouth Community Partnership. PCP has been involved with us in the setting up of a Consortium between START (Students & Refugees Together), Refugees First and ourselves, to obtain funding from Plymouth City Council. Just hours before PCP folded, the three Charities had met on PCP’s premises to sign the Constitution of this Consortium; to include PCP as our Bankers. Up to the time of this newsletter going to press, the Trustees have heard nothing more. This unexpected situation has obviously delayed us receiving the funding from PCC and the Trustees are most concerned at this delay. My Board continues to seek other funding wherever possible and are continually grateful for the personal generosity both of money and kind that we continue to receive from you, our Supporters. Despite of our continued uncertain future, we are considering next year, 2009, to be DCRSC’s 10th Anniversary. A small committee has been formed to make suitable arrangements. The need to support ASR’s in Plymouth is as important as it ever was and your continued support in whatever way is vital to that work. Lorna M. Sewell Chair, DCRSC Board of Trustees |
EDITORIAL COMMENT CONTRIBUTIONS. We welcome all contributions from anyone to our monthly Newsletters. Do you have something to include? Please pass your article or comment to the Editor whose contact details are at the foot of each page. News, gossip, information, notices, advertisements, photographs… anything will be considered for inclusion.  DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION. We would like to publicise our monthly Newsletters far and wide. Unfortunately, due to financial constraints and to avoid postal charges, we can only send copies to those on email. A few spare copies will be available at the Reception Desk at DCRSC. The layout is designed so that it can be printed back-to-back, so do please print off a copy and pass it to your friends. If you are reading this and not already receiving a copy then please get in touch with the Editor.
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS! M ANY HAPPY RETURNS to Lorna SEWELL for her birthday on Sunday, 5th October. Lorna is currently the Chair of our Board of Trustees and does an awful lot of work behind the scenes. Thank you Lorna, we treasure your efforts! H APPY BIRTHDAY to Hayley KEMP for her birthday on Monday, 6th October. Hayley is a former Trustee and Volunteer with DCRSC, and is still a keen supporter. Hayley is currently doing good work in Iraq and we hope, through the miracles of modern technology, that she will get to see this! |
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BEST WISHES to Sally MULFORD for her birthday on Monday, 27th October. Sally is a keen supporter of DCRSC and is still listed as a volunteer.
DCRSC GENERAL MATTERS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF DCRSC. DCRSC will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary during 2009. Watch this space for announcements regarding the celebrations! BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The Board held a meeting on Wednesday, 3rd September and Mrs. Christine Reid was accepted as a Co-opted Member to the Board. A further meeting was held on Wednesday, 1st October and Miss Charlotte Taylor was accepted a Co-opted Member to the Board. If there is something of concern that you would like the Board to discuss then please mention it to the Editor who will pass it on to the Board. REORGANISATION OF DCRSC PREMISES. Working space is extremely limited within our premises and the situation has been exacerbated now we have Auxiliary Caseworkers and space for training is needed. The Staff and a few volunteers have agreed to meet up on Friday, 3rd October to reorganise the offices. STAFF TEAM MEETINGS. Staff Team Meetings are usually held on a Wednesday every other week. The Staff Team had a meeting on Wednesday, 8th September and Arnold M. has emailed copies of the minutes to the Staff Team. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 8th October at 3 p.m. STATISTICS. Geoff R. has produced the monthly statistics for DCRSC for the August 2008 and is currently working on those for September. If anyone wishes to have sight of any statistical information then do please contact the Editor directly in the first instance. The 2007 statistics are included in the 2007 Annual Report which is also now available. TALKS & PRESENTATIONS. Two of our volunteers, Charlie T. and Geoff R., conducted two sessions of lectures and PowerPoint Slide Shows at Estover Community College in July. Both presentations were well received and more school sessions are being planned. A further talk was given by Christine R. and Geoff R. at the Rame Peninsular to a more mature audience. This was also well received but some of the questions they asked were a little more difficult to answer!  |
Are you a School, Group or Organisation that would welcome a Talk about the work of DCRSC? Please get in touch with the Editor in the first instance.  VOLUNTEER'S MEETINGS September 2008 Meeting. The Training Day (see above) took the place of the September Meeting. VOLUNTEER'S ROSTER FOR OCTOBER 2008. John JEBB is responsible for producing the roster. The roster includes the names of volunteers for the Reception Desk, the Food Team, Auxiliary Caseworkers and the Clothing Store. Just the one hard copy is displayed at the Centre...in the Kitchen. Please add you names to the list! WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT GROUP. Sessions are usually held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., every other Thursday. The next session will be held at 12 noon on Thursday, 9th October. All ladies, including those with small children, will be most welcome to attend. Please contact Blerina K. or Liz H. at the Centre for further information. |
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WEBSITE. Our new website is now up-and-running but there will be a lot of ‘tweaking’ to be done in the next few weeks so please try to take a look at it each week to see how it develops. We would welcome any suggestions, criticisms and/or comments that you have regarding this site so please forward them to the Editor. This new website was built for us by one of Volunteers who wishes to remain anonymous but we should like to give him/her our very sincerest thanks! Simply click on this link or cut-and-paste it into your address box. Please also make a note of this link in your diaries, etc.
http://dcrsc.cfsites.org/
THE DCRSC CLOTHING STORE DONATIONS. Although located in the basement of the DCRSC offices, the Clothing Store is currrently managed by the Churches Together in Plymouth (CTiP). They would welcome any donations of clothing, etc., but are currently in need of:  Please note that no Ladies or Children’s Clothing are required at the moment. It would be most helpful if all donations were clean and of reasonable quality. All contributions will be gratefully received and put to good use. CORRECTION. In the September Newsletter I said it was Hadi Al-Z that helped out repainting the Clothing Store. Of course, I should have said Hadi AL-A. Well done to you anyway!
THE DCRSC FOOD PROGRAMME THIS MAKES ME EVEN HAPPIER THAT I DRINK WATER!  | Water or Coke? Very interesting… WATER
No. 1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
(Likely applies to half the world population.) No. 2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger. No. 3. Even mild dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%. No. 4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study. No. 5. Lack of water, the No. 1 trigger of daytime fatigue. No. 6. Preliminary research indicates that 8 - 10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers. No. 7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page. No. 8. Drinking five glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water you should drink every day? COKE No. 1.
In many American states the Highway Patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident. No. 2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days. No. 3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china. No. 4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminium foil dipped in Coca-Cola. No. 5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion. No. 6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes. No. 7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminium foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy. No. 8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield. FOR YOUR INFORMATION: No. 1.
The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis. No. 2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup! (the concentrate)… the commercial trucks must use a hazardous material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials. No. 3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean engines of the trucks for about 20 years! Now the question is, would you like a glass of water or Coke? Quick! Send this helpful information on to your friends health-conscious or not! |
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THANK YOU! The volunteer Food Programme Coordinator would like to express his especial thanks to all those who gave their time and / or
who made donations during recent months. Many thanks to you all! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
From: Heather Sabel To: Geoffrey READ Sent: Friday, 5 September, 2008 14:11:06 Subject: RE: DCRSC NEWSLETTER: SEPTEMBER 2008 Thanks Geoff! It's good to be kept up-to-date! I see you are busy as ever. The website is coming along really well. Well done! I'm hoping to pop into DCRSC on an extended lunch break sometime soon! Take care, Heather Heather is a former Manager of DCRSC. Always good to hear encouragement from our Supporters. Ed. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? Do please write and tell us. Ed. NEWS, GOSSIP & ADVERTISEMENTS  |
A MOTHER OF WARRIORS: JAPAN Stoicism is more than a tenet with the Japanese; it is almost a religion, and the mother of these babes, if the hand of death were laid upon them, could with calm fortitude relate her loss to a stranger without the display of grief, for it is a cardinal principle of her politeness that she should never burden another with her woes. But beneath this cross-barred cradle of cloth there beats the universal mother heart—universal in its high hopes for her children's future and in its eager joy at personal sacrifice for their happiness. Editor’s Note: I came across a batch of these
photographs and accompanying quotations. The above item is the fifth of the collection. I intend to publish each of the remainder every month. Ed. THIS SPACE COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO PLACE YOUR NOTICE!
APPLES & SNAKES, COLLECTIVE VOICES & AVID. My place or yours? Saturday, 26th to Wednesday, 29th October 2008. Free performance poetry workshops. An invitation – if you or your group would like to take part in a brand new live lit lyrical explosion, please read the poster at the end of this Newsletter!...  BARNARDO’S WELCOMES YOU TO THEIR BRAND NEW ONLINE STORE FOR 2008! Their brand new online store is now open and is full of wonderful cards, gift ideas and gift wrapping that are perfect for Christmas and other special occasions throughout the coming year. At excellent value for money prices, and with many items exclusive to Barnardo's, they’re are sure you will find lots to tempt you for tots, teens and grown-ups too! Your continued support helps them raise money to fund their work with over 100,000 children, young people and their families every year through 383 vital projects across the UK. What's in store at: http://greetingcards.barnardos.org.uk/2008/cat2.asp?STK=&CAT1=&CAT2=&OID=81304 Christmas Cards
There is something for everyone with our wide range of fabulous designs to send to all your family and friends this Christmas. Gift Dressing Wrap All those special gifts in style this year with such a wonderful variety in gift wrap, gift bags and tissue you'll want to give presents to everyone you know! |
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Christmas Crackers Our fun filled luxurious crackers contain lots of exciting treats from whistles to finger puppets, sure will keep all entertained at the Christmas table. C
HRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON. Extraordinary Gifts Something for everyone from owning land on the moon to adopting a herd of reindeer you will be sure to find the perfect gift for that special someone. Personalised Sports Books Whether their fanatical about football or crazy on golf give them something they can treasure forever with a handmade book containing past to present accounts of their favourite sport, these books can be personalised with the recipient's name making it a thoughtful gift for any sports fan. Sunday, 16th November – Piazza. Come and watch the dazzling Christmas lights as they are switched on.
CHRISTMAS MARKETS. Keep up to date with all City Centre events on www.plymouthcitycentre.co.uk C ONTINENTAL MARKET.Sunday, 12th– Wednesday, 15th October - New George Street. A real taste of Europe, including traders from Spain, France, Holland and Italy.
DIWALI-EID CELEBRATIONS Everyone Welcome! Tickets On Sale Now but please hurry to avoid disappointment: £10 Adults £5 Children (5-16) Delicious Indian Food From Baba Indian Restaurant Professional Music & Dance Fashion Show Children’s Performances Games & Prizes For tickets and more information please contact either Sanjay Sharma (07920484482) sanjay.sharma@plymouth.ac.uk or Dr. Bharat Shrestha (07821800373) chairperson@southasiansociety.co.uk FARMERS' MARKETS. Take a look at the best of West country fayre at the city centre Farmers’ Markets held monthly every second and fourth Saturday. Enjoy! |
FOSTER CARERS. Plymouth City Council urgently need more foster carers from all cultures and religions. A foster carer offers love, support and a secure home to children and young people. Does this sound like you? Call them free on 0800 8034 or visit their website: www.plymouth.gov.uk/fostering. LINk - LOCAL INVOLVEMENT NETWORK and Plymouth’s Advisory Partnership for Older People (PAPOP) is up and running!
Big LINk Launch. Over the next few weeks LINk will be across the city making its Big Launch! They are hosting a big City Centre event on: Saturday, 1st November, 1 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Place de Brest
(in Armada Way, by Barclays Bank). There will be lots of entertainment, fun, food and information about the LINk. On this day they aim to:
ONE WORLD WEEK:• Let people know about the LINk, what it does and the different ways people can get involved. • Present the proposed structure for the LINk and get public feedback on this. • Offer people the opportunity to get involved in the Stewardship group that will guide the LINk. • Get public views on health and social care services and local priorities for improving services. If you would like to go to see them and find out more about what the LINk will do and how the LINk can work with you, they would love to see you. LINk Information on the Internet. Until the LINk’s website is developed, information about the LINk, minutes of the LINk Transition Group and the role of the Host are available to see on the news page of the Colebrook Housing Society site. Type in www.plymouth-link.co.uk and it will take you straight there. If you would like to talk to the Support Team about the Link, involvement and working with your organisation, please contact us at: Plymouth LINk Support Team, Unit 15/20, HQ Building, 237 Union Street , Plymouth PL1 3HQ. Tel: (01752) 202407 Email: info@plymouth-link.co.uk 19th -26th Octobeer 2008. One World Week is a development educational charity which encourages local people to use a week as a focus to get together for activities and celebration of One World issues, using a common annual theme. This year it’s ‘Growing Together’. Some One World Facts:
and the Trade Justice Movement. “….a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want” |
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One World Week Are Working Towards:
"Sharing this fragile planet our rights are inextricably linked to those of our fellow human beings. However far away the event may
be, if another human being anywhere is denied their fundamental rights that impoverishes the world I inhabit.” Milind Kolhatkar, Chair of One World Week, April 2008 Further information: www.oneworldweek.org P LYMOUTH TRADES COUNCIL MAY DAY FESTIVAL 2009. This is expected to take place in the Plymouth Guildhall on Monday, 4th May 2009. Featured events will include:
 This project is run by Refugee Action. The project is now in its the last few months but on the bright side, they have a brand new micro site at www.refugee-action.org.uk/RAP. The info vault section will make all their activities, information sheets and other useful resources for doing refugee awareness available to all. Its RAP shop allows you to order RAP materials such as the pocket booklets online. If you're active in support of refugees, they would also love to hear about the kind of action you've taken in their interactive ‘What can I do?’ section. Please encourage others to contribute to the comments section too! You can also read more about what we do and how we do it in the About RAP and RAP review sections. |  Call for asylum seekers to be allowed to work at TUC conference.
21 union leaders, representing over 5 million workers, signed up to the TUC and Refugee Council Let Them Work campaign for asylum seekers to be allowed to work at last week’s TUC congress. Sheila Bearcroft, the new TUC president, said: “While they wait months and sometimes years for their cases to be decided, asylum seekers are forced to survive on benefits, when all they want to do is provide for their families and contribute to the country in which they are keen to make their home.” Refugee Council press release: For more details please go to this website... http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/ |
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 Respect Festival ‘will be best yet’ A multi-cultural celebration to rival all others is promised at this year’s Plymouth Respect Festival. Details have just been release of the line-up for next month’s spectacular two-day event which mixes multi-cultural activities, music and family entertainment. Dozens of bands from across the world have been confirmed and cultures represented at the festival include Nigerian, Indian, Ghanaian, Chinese, Thai, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, Lebanese, Kosovan, Greek and Mongolian. Last year more than 20,000 people attended the event, and organisers are hoping to double that figure at the forthcoming festival. Artistic director Dan Thompson described the Plymouth Respect , now in its 11th year, as an annual multi-cultural celebration fusing colours, music, vibrancy, performance, arts and information. “This event is now the largest multi-cultural festival this side of Bristol”, he said. “This year once again it is going to be a riot of colour and sound, with plenty of new features to attract crowds. “We will be hosting some really exciting world music with a great deal of Eastern European sounds this year as well as some Cornish acts.” Dan said one of the highlights of this year’s event will be Samba Saturday which will see a huge samba parade through the city centre. Among this year’s line-up is Dr. Joel, an Indian musician who has been described in the press as a ‘living legend’. Dr. Joel specialises in ‘Konnakol’ vocal percussion. Also performing will be Too Hot – the South West’s premier ska band, classical Indian musician Baluji Shrivastav, Glastonbury Festival favourites Chimanimani and traditional folk bhangra star Nachdey Hasdey. The Charlotte Glasson Band will also take the stage during the course of the event. Charlotte is a multi-instrumentalist, who has worked with A-List musicians such as Oasis and Will Young. She plays the saxophone, flute and alto flute, a bit of clarinet, violin and viola, guitar, bass, pop keyboards, percussion, and even the saw and junk wood marimbas. The Plymouth Respect Festival will take place over two days on 25th and 26th October, based around the Guildhall and city centre piazza.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED DCRSC Volunteers are needed to provide items
and to help decorate the stall, the back drop, etc. DCRSC Volunteers are neededto set up the stall in the Guildhall between 2 and 5 p.m. on Saturday, 25th October. DCRSC Volunteers are needed to man the stall in the Guildhall from 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. on Sunday, 26th October. CAN YOU HELP? Please let me know if you are able to help in any way. The more volunteers we have, the less time each individual will need to provide.
Please get in touch with me by email, by telephoning me on (01752) 563800 or call my mobile on 07745819828. Thank you. Ed. We are seeking volunteers to help set up and man the DCRSC Stall at the Plymouth Respect Festival on Saturday, 25th and Sunday, 26th October. If you would like to help please contact the Editor as soon as possible! Thank you to those who have already notified me of their intention. SANJIDA’s MINI MARKET. Wednesday, 17th December - Frankfort Gate.
 Check out the slide show here: http://www.slideshare.net/DanHrstich/zimbabwe-in-crisis |
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DIARY DATES All the dates are shown using the Gregorian (Western) calendar. The calendar is accurate, but some dates may vary regionally because they are determined by the lunar calendar. Jewish festivals usually begin at sundown on the previous day. If you have access to the internet, just click on the faith links for further information. These are underlined. Ed. Wednesday, 1st October
DCRSC Board of Trustees’ Meeting Thursday, 2nd OctoberDCRSC Women’s Develop Group Session (see separate article) Thursday, 9th OctoberJewish Yom Kippur Day of Atonement - the most solemn day of the Jewish year. Hindu Dussera Celebrates Lord Rama's victory over the evil demon Ravana. Sikh Birthday of Guru Ram Das (Nanakshahi calendar) Guru Ram Das (1534-1581) was the fourth of the Sikh Gurus. Sunday, 12th – 15th OctoberContinental Market (See separate article) Monday, 13th OctoberChristian St Edward's Day Edward the Confessor was King of England 1042 - 1066. He built Westminster Abbey where there is a shrine to him - and where the saint is also celebrated on 5th January each year, the anniversary of his death.
| Tuesday, 14th OctoberJewish Sukkot Sukkot or The Feast of Tabernacles, commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land, and celebrates the way in which God took special care of them under impossible conditions. Thursday, 16th OctoberDCRSC Women’s Develop Group Session (see separate article) Sunday, 19th – Sunday, 26th OctoberOne World Week (see separate article) Monday, 20th OctoberBahai Birth of the Bab Celebrates the birth of the precursor of the founder of the Baha'i faith. Tuesday, 21st OctoberJewish Simchat Torah Simchat Torah means "Rejoicing in the Torah." This holiday marks the completion of the yearly cycle of weekly Torah readings. Jewish Shemini Atzeret Shemini Atzeret can be translated as "the assembly of the eighth (day)." In Israel the festival is combined with Simchat Torah. Saturday, 25th to Sunday, 26th OctoberRESPECT Festival (see separate article) Sunday, 25th to Wednesday, 29th OctoberApples & Snakes, Collective Voices & AVID (see separate article and attached poster) Tuesday, 28thOctoberHindu, JainDiwali Diwali, the festival of lights, is the most popular of all the festivals from South Asia. It is an occasion for celebrations by Hindus as well as Jains and Sikhs. Sikh Diwali For Sikhs, Diwali is particularly important because it celebrates the release from prison of the sixth guru, Hargobind Singh, and 52 other princes with him, in 1619. |
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Thursday, 30th OctoberDCRSC Women’s Develop Group Session (see separate article) Friday, 31st OctoberPagan Samhain (Hallowe'en) Samhain (pronounced 'sow'inn') marks the Feast of the Dead. Many Pagans also celebrate it as the old Celtic New Year (although some mark this at Imbolc). Christian Hallowe'en (All Hallows' Eve) The night before All Saints' Day (All Hallows' Day). Its origins date back over 2000 years to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. It was celebrated as a Christian festival by the 8th Century. Saturday, 1st NovemberChristian All Saints' Day (Hallowmas, All Hallows') All Saints' Day (also known as All Hallows' Day or Hallowmas) is when Anglicans and Roman Catholics honour all saints, known and unknown, of the Christian church. Orthodox churches celebrate it on the first Sunday after Pentecost. Diwali-Eid Celebrations from 2 – 8 p.m. at the Plymouth Guildhall. (see separate article) Big LINk Launch 1 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Place de Brest (in Armada Way , by Barclays Bank) (see separate article) Sunday, 2nd NovemberChristian All Souls' Day All Souls' Day is an opportunity for Roman Catholic and Anglo-Catholic churches to commemorate the faithful departed. They remember and pray for the souls of people who are in Purgatory. All Souls' Day is celebrated on 3 November if the 2nd is a Sunday. Rastafari Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I Haile Selassie was the Emperor of Ethiopia. Rastas believe Haile Selassie is God, and that he will return to Africa members of the black community who are living in exile. Christian All Saints' Day (Catholic Church in England and Wales) The Catholic Church in England and Wales moves this festival to the nearest Sunday if it falls on a Saturday or Monday. Sunday, 9th NovemberMultifaith Remembrance Sunday The second Sunday of November is marked by ceremonies at war memorials and cenotaphs to remember those who gave their lives in conflicts. | Tuesday, 11th NovemberMultifaith Armistice Day Marks the end of the First World War on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. At 1100 on this day people in the UK pause for two minutes of silence to remember those who gave their lives in past conflicts. Wednesday, 12th NovemberBahai Birth of Baha'u'llah Celebrates the birth in 1817 of the founder of the Baha'i faith. Thursday, 13th NovemberSikh Birthday of Guru Nanak (Lunar Calendar) This festival may be celebrated by some on the date fixed by the Nanakshahi calendar: April 14 Saturday, 15th NovemberShinto Shichigosan (7-5-3 festival) A festival to give thanks for children. Often celebrated on the nearest Sunday to the 15th to allow working parents to take part. Sunday, 16th NovemberChristmas Lights Switch On (see separate article) Thursday, 20th November – Monday, 22nd DecemberChristmas Markets(see separate article) Sunday, 23rd NovemberShinto Niinamesei Labour Thanksgiving Day, a national holiday in Japan and originally a harvest festival. Monday, 24th NovemberSikh Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar) Guru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth Sikh Guru and is honoured as a champion of religious freedom. He was executed in 1675 for refusing to convert to Islam. Wednesday, 26th NovemberBahai Day of the Covenant This minor festival celebrates the covenant of Baha'u'llah. Baha'is also mark the life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on this day. |
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Friday, 28th NovemberBahai Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha Marks the death of the son of Baha'u'lláh. This is a minor holy day and work is not suspended. Sunday, 30th NovemberChristian St Andrew's Day Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, Greece and Russia. The flag of Scotland is the Cross of St. Andrew. St Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was originally a fisherman and became the first Apostle. Christian Advent Sunday The beginning of the ecclesiastical year on the Sunday closest to November 30. Advent is the season before Christmas - In Western Christendom, four Sundays are included. In Eastern Christendom, the season is longer and begins in the middle of November. Wednesday, 17th DecemberSanta & His Reindeer(see separate article) 2009 All YearDCRSC will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary!(see separate article) Monday, 4th May 2009Plymouth Trades Council May Day Festival(see separate article)
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