We are an Amnesty Local Group with members from Chester, Wrexham, and the surrounding area.  

We endeavour to put on several events each year - examples from 2024 below:

- Fundraising for Amnesty International via a Bag Pack at Morrisons superstore in Saltney (27 Jan 2024) - we offered to pack shoppers' bags at the till and also collected at the store entrance.

- Fundraising outside Wrexham AFC's SToK Racecourse Stadium on 05 Apr 2024 at a Women's International football match between Wales and Croatia - we raised hundreds of pounds and our takings were generously matched by the Welsh FA.

- We took a stall at Chester Pride on 17 Aug 2024 where we engaged with attendees and gave away Amnesty Chester & Wrexham wristbands and sweets as well as engaging people on LGBTQ+ rights in the UK, Europe and beyond.

- Every December we take part in Amnesty's Write for Rights global campaign, writing letters of support to people around the world whose human rights are under threat. We also write to governments and officials, imploring them to ensure justice and freedom for those people. 2024 dates TBC very soon.

If you are an existing supporter of Amnesty and/or would like to learn more, please email us at amnestywrexhamchester@gmail.com - we would love you to get involved!

In addition, we meet in person at least 11 times per year, at 7.30pm on the second Tuesday of each month (except August). Again, contact us if you would like to find out more.

About us

Here at Amnesty Chester and Wrexham Local Group - as with Amnesty International as a whole - we are ordinary people standing up for humanity, human rights and justice. Our purpose is to protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied.

At Amnesty Chester and Wrexham Local Group we are fundamentally focussed on the below core principles of Amnesty International, namely:

• Supporting Individuals at Risk (including Prisoners of Conscience)
• Campaigning against the Death Penalty 
• Campaigning to Stop Torture 

In addition, we support the many Campaigns and Issues championed by Amnesty International UK.