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On Saturday 13th February 2010 the PCC held a public meeting from 10am to 4pm in Trinity Methodist Church, Winterton, about the Future of All Saints' Church.

Our project architect, Brian Foxley, presented his design options for the re-ordering of our church and those present fed back their views and comments about the ideas. In the afternoon our facilitator, Alastair Simmons of Taskscape Associates, led us through the various strands of work which will need to be completed in line with the refinement of the design concepts.

Those at the meeting found the ideas of great interest and there was much enthusiasm. We now look forward to the next exciting stage of our All Saints Forward project!

Professional actors bring stories of solidarity to the stage in Winterton

WHAT: Performance of Asylum Dialogues

WHEN: Wednesday 21^st April 2010 at 7.30pm

WHERE: All Saints' Church, Winterton

Touching stories of real-life friendships between asylum seekers and British people are coming to WINTERTON in April.

Asylum Dialogues, scripted by award-winning playwright Sonja Linden, is drawn from actual conversations which reveal the moving, funny and poignant relationships between British people and refugees who have fled war and persecution.

John Catley, an accountant from Wolverhampton, whose story features in the play said: "I honestly used to say - send 'em all home. They shouldn't be here. It's an English country. They take all our money. Then this woman turned up to clean my office and turned the world upside down."

Asylum Dialogues is the brainchild of iceandfire theatre company's national outreach project Actors for Human Rights, which tours documentary plays about human rights issues around the UK. So far their plays have been performed to over 13,000 people.

Sandy Buchan, chief executive of Refugee Action said: "Given the way that issues around asylum are reported, you'd be forgiven for thinking that nobody in the UK would be willing to help asylum seekers and refugees through the difficulties they face. Asylum Dialogues demonstrates that if you scratch the surface, you will actually find countless examples of solidarity and humanitarianism."

Christine Bacon, the Director of Actors for Human Rights, said: "As actors we can give faces and voices to the unseen and the unheard. We try to redress some of the misconceptions about asylum seekers and refugees with more accurate information and with personal stories that will appeal to many British audiences."

This performance is being supported by ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, WINTERTON.

Details: £3 entry at door [free to students and unwaged]

All proceeds to Actors for Human Rights and asylum charities

Performance to be followed by Q&A panel, coffee & informal discussion

For more information about this event, please contact Robin Shawyer [01724 734285]