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....this time, on 30th September, in Witney for our third street collection of the year. We've previously collected in Chipping Norton and Woodstock. Unfortunately we arrived in Witney to find that the town had been taken over by a...
This month, in lieu of a business meeting, we held a social soiree to mark the 30th birthday of the Chipping Norton Group. Twenty three of us enjoyed a balmy evening with an excellent 'bring a plate' buffet and, for a change, time to...
On a wet and windless morning members of Chippy Amnesty joined with representatives of Asylum Welcome, the Charlbury Refugee Action Group, Chipping Norton Town Council and the Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire to raise the Refugee Flag...
Nine members of Chippy Amnesty took part in our vigil to remember the Tiananmen Square crackdown and subsequent restrictions in China. This was our first vigil held in daylight and so we held symbolic candles plus blank sheets of white...
Members of the Chipping Norton Amnesty Group will be holding a vigil on the Town Hall steps on Saturday 3rd June from 4-6pm to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. On 4th June 1989 hundreds, if not thousands, of peaceful...
Check out our updated programme for 2023! We hope you will be able to join us for any or all of these events. Please note that some still need to be arranged and speakers confirmed. To find out more, contact Val on 01608 645036 or...
A busy weekend saw our Chippy Amnesty Group first marking the International Day of Human Rights by hoisting our Human Rights flag on the town's flagpole and later an evening candle-lit vigil on the steps of our town hall; then on...
On International Human Rights Day we are delighted to have been joined by Sandra Coleman, Mayor of Chipping Norton, to raise the Human Rights flag on the town's flagpole in the Millennium Garden. This special flag has been designed for...
We were delighted to welcome Oxford-based poet, Kate Clanchy, to our July meeting and to hear about her work, as a teacher, with the child refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants. Kate's teaching focuses on poetry and she shared...
There's still time to find us at our stall on Topside at today's Chipping Norton Town Festival. We have 2 lucky dips for children - or possibly for you! - as well as information about Amnesty International and our Group. We are...