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A Concert for Ukraine

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On Saturday 31 August, Kim Rawson and his faithful team staged a concert in Hampton
Church to raise money to enable urgent supplies - medica�on, warm clothing, torches and
candles etc. - to be taken to Ukraine.

This was the third of three concerts within 5 weeks suppor�ng this cause. All featured the
combined church choirs of Balsall Common, Curdworth and Hampton. The first two very
successful events were held at Balsall Common and Curdworth respec�vely, each raising in
excess of £2,000.

The evening at Hampton was also a huge success, again raising well over £2,000. The
diverse musical programme (Abba, The Beatles, John Ru�er, Hubert Parry etc.) and the
combined choirs’ wonderful singing was much enjoyed by a full church. The audience
clearly much enjoyed the opportunity to join in community singing with the choir.

A Ukrainian family now living in the UK explained the present situa�on in Ukraine, together
with the necessity for complicated and difficult methods to get these supplies to Ukraine
via Poland, involving a 20-hour journey across Europe.

All in all, a very happy evening, brilliantly directed and sung, wonderfully supported and
was greatly enjoyed by a large audience. The three Ukraine Concerts raised £7000.

Finally, a huge vote of thanks must go to Kim and Anton Rawson, each and every member
of the combined choirs and not forge�ng the ’back room’ helpers whose hard work,
efforts and energy made all three events such a success.

David Colman
Hampton-in-Arden Pre-School
The li�le school for li�le people in a li�le village

This month we welcome several new starters to Pre-School. We will be
focusing on ge�ng se�led, exploring Pre-School and our amazing outdoor
space and ge�ng to know each other be�er. Our amazing staff have been
working hard to put together a fabulous term of ac�vi�es for the li�le ones.

We have plenty of spaces for any 2 and 3 year olds who wish to join us. We offer funded
spaces Monday to Thursday 9:15am – 12:15pm. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch via
hiapreschool@gmail.com for more informa�on. We happily welcome new starters at any
point in the year.

We will be planning some exci�ng fundraising ac�vi�es over the coming months for li�le
and big people alike. Watch this space!

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