Coming up in July
A walk, our monthly meeting, and the coffee morning
Where: Meet at The City of London Information Centre
St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8BX
Time: 11.00am
EEWI wander London's Square mile.
Meet at The City of London Information Centre St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8BX where we can look up some of their suggested walking routes; or if you plan to join us, maybe look up some routes beforehand available on various websites, for example, Go Jauntily, One London (the new tourist office website), my London walks, living London history, amongst others.
If like me you have walking tour books tucked away amongst your other books, perhaps bring one/some of those along for further inspiration.
Monthly meeting - Thursday 18th July
Time: 7pm for 7.30pmWhere: Usual venue; St Margaret’s House
Anna Talks about being volunteering in Ukraine
Anna Bowles has a where she talks about her experience of volunteering in Ukraine -
She has provided us with the following introduction to her life and talk
Anna Bowles is an independent blogger and volunteer who has spent 14 months in Ukraine over the course of seven visits since the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
She speaks Ukrainian and Russian, and immerses herself in local operations, sometimes going for weeks without encountering another Westerner. Consequently her blog, Anna Talks Ukraine is one of the most highly regarded sources of information about Ukrainian volunteer activity on the ground along the eastern front, including the rapidly developing situation with drone attacks on civilians. As she is financially self-supporting, her reporting has no commercial angle, enabling her to go into depth, and convey nuance, in a way not always possible in contemporary journalism.
Her talk, entitled Home is the Front, uses her personal travels and expertise as a context for highlighting the work of local Ukrainian groups such as:
The Union of Kramatorsk Volunteers who conduct civilian evacuations from the
‘kill zone’ in Donetsk oblast.
East Life: a community hub offering emergency aid such as hygiene items to
refugees arriving in Kramatorsk city.
Ukraine Will Win: a collective of women volunteers operating out of a former
torture chamber in de-occupied territory
Masha and Jack: a Ukrainian-UK partnership who supply aid to the army all along
the eastern front.
Big Family: a free shelter for destitute disabled elderly people in Kharkiv. and
Druzi Space: who rescue and re-home animals abandoned near the front line.
This will be an informative personal insight into the war in Ukraine.
Our monthly coffee and catch-up:
When: Friday 24th July
Time: Meet between 10.30 and 11.00am
A new cafe to try, as suggested by Heather, our "chief cafe tester" called
Chittagong Banoful.
Somewhat worryingly Heather says "You do not have to indulge in the beautiful pastries” and heir facebook page states "Warning this video may cause instant dessert cravings
