LOCAL GROUPS

FOCC Silverdale - affiliated to FOCC GB Charity 1113197

26th April 1986, saw the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in Northern Ukraine explode & subsequently blanket Belarus with radioactive contamination. The 'Friends of Chernobyls Children' is a registered charity working throughout the UK providing respite care for disadvantaged children from the contaminated areas of Belarus following this nuclear catastrophe.

Area:  The most northerly village in Lancashire abutting the Cumbrian border. Silverdale in Lancashire links with Arnside in Cumbria to form a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village of Silverdale nestles in beautiful countryside where the Kent Estuary opens into Morecambe Bay. Silverdale is a perfect place to offer respite and a warm welcome to children from the contaminated areas of Belarus.

Group Coordinator: Olwyn Keogh M.B.E Charity Founder & Director.

Tel: 01524 702330 or E-mail: olwyn.keogh@btinternet.co.uk 

Upcoming Events to raise necessary funds to bring our children in 2012

COFFEE MORNING, THE GASKELL HALL, SILVERDALE  

SATURDAY 12^th MAY 2012, 10 AM – 12 NOON. 

BRING/BUY, STALLS, RAFFLE, 

EVERYONE WELCOME. 

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CROSS THE BAY WALK 

COME AND JOIN US FOR THIS WONDERFUL SPONSORED EVENT WALKING FROM ARNISDE TO KENTS BANK ACROSS THE BAY. THE WALK WILL BE LED BY CEDRIC ROBINSON THE CELEBRATED OFFICIAL QUEEN’S GUIDE. 

FOR SPONSOR FORMS AND MORE INFORMATION CONTACT DEBBIE 

E MAIL deborahajefferson@btinternet.com  OR TEL. 01524 702330 

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GRAND AUCTION OF PROMISES 

Around 70 Lots. Something for everyone. 

GASKELL HALL, SILVERDALE. 7.30PM FRIDAY 13^th JULY. 

For more information or if anyone has anything to offer as a lot please contact Diane d.smillie@hotmail.com

 FOCC Public meetings

12^th March 2012 7.30pm at Silverdale Methodist Church Hall 

19^th March 2012 7.30pm Arnside Methodist Church Hall

Launch meeting. 

Friends of Chernobyl’s Children (Silverdale)   is working with the children and families who live in the in the regions of Mogilev, Krichev, Cherikov and Krasnapolie near the Russian border, all living within the swathe of land which is severely contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster.

A group of 7 year old children from needy, socially disadvantaged families will visit our area in September 2012 for 4 weeks, to breathe our clean air, eat good, clean food, enjoy some wonderful TLC from local host families and enjoy our magnificent surroundings. Please help us to give hope to these children.

Host families and helpers are needed, as are funds. Anyone wishing to make further inquiries should contact Olwyn as above.

  Many children like Vlad, Jenya and Lera need our care