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Fundraising, News

Nov 26th fundraiser – huge thanks

On Sunday we had the most special night raising nearly £5000 for emergency relief in Gaza.

Wonderful solidarity singing followed by fabulous food – some cooked by the amazing Sahar and some donated by generous business people around Sheffield and Rotherham ( see below)

We also showed a moving tribute to the samud of Gaza’s fishing community who in spite of the threat from Israeli gunboats would go out every day to fish. Thy have of course now lost all their boats and fishing equipment after the bombing of Gaza port.

The money raised means nearly 12000 people can be given meals.

Contributors from Sheffield and Rotherham

Many thanks to all these people without whose help this would not have been possible

  • Elif, Wickersley : Turkish bread, tzatziki, humous
  • Ismael , Diyafa : meat stew
  • Laoui, Shaz : falafel
  • Professor Shahd Salha, Mums United: falafel, humous, salad
  • Sarah Latif, Bake.BakeBake (instagram) : Nutella filled cookies
  • Mohmmead Ayub, Kebabish : rice and helping us serve throughout the night
  • Arfan, Imran’s diner: pizzas, and cans of drink
  • Abdelrahman, Damascus Bakery: baklawa
  • Ahmad: spinach, cheese pastries and sausage rolls
  • Tia at Tia’s Treatz (instagram) : Russian Honey Cake
  • Nada Muflih: tabbouleh, humous, and couscous
  • Sheffield Bakery: flatbreads
Campaign

Sheffield Emergency Funds for Gaza -November update

Above: flats in Khan Yunis destroyed by F16 missiles on October 14th 2023.

If you would like to know how to send funds to help with emergency relief in Gaza please visit this page:

https://bit.ly/Shef-Gaza-ER and share this QR code

Update December 2nd

In spite of the intensive horrific and large scale bombing of Khan Younis today the team managed to distribute clothes for 100 children as follows:

Prices of food in Gaza are now extremely high. The work Musheir has done on the ground has enabled volunteers to access supplies and so far 1831 families have had parcels of food or blankets or clothes.

  • 30 families sheltering in Khan Younis
  • A further 150 food parcels were distributed as well as 40 blankets since my last report
  • 75 for the small community of fishermen and women who are from The Beach, a camp and sheltering in Khan Younis.

The team on the ground deserves our utmost respect and appreciation ; the photo is of the team after finishing their work; they look really tired.

UPDATE November 20th:

Every £400 pounds raised will feed 1000 people with rice and lentils.

You can read a report of the funds’ distribution here, written on November 4th

Fundraising

UN Day of solidarity with Palestine fundraiser, Nov 26th

UN International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People is Nov 29th. How they need that now!

Join us for an evening where we come together for a fundraiser evening and to show the strength and depth of Sheffield and Rotherham solidarity for Palestine and celebrate the resilience of Palestinian people.

Prices of food in Gaza are now extremely high. The work Musheir El Farra, chair of Sheffield PSC, managed to do on the ground while he was trapped in Gaza, has enabled volunteers to access supplies and so far 1831 families have had parcels of food or blankets or clothes.

Every £400 pounds raised will feed 1000 people with rice and lentils.

For tickets go to – https://bit.ly/UN-Day-SPP

Please come together in solidarity and join us on the Sunday before, Nov 26th, for this fundraiser for Gaza emergency relief: wonderful food, music, speakers and film, from 6pm.

You will also be able to hear from Musheir El-Farra about the situation on the ground in Gaza and see his film about the Gazan fishermen.

Please share this leaflet.

For tickets go to – https://bit.ly/UN-Day-SPP

Protest

Action this weekend Nov 24th 25th & 26th

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24th

SATURDAY 25th NOVEMBER ACTION.

FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO GO T0 LONDON BOOK YOUR COACH HERE. (Details of Sheffield Rally to follow.)

LONDON COACH details –

  • Depart 8:00 AM – From outside the Hubs, Paternoster Row Sheffield, S1 2QQ
  • Return 9:30 PM.
  • We will leave London at 4pm from a point agreed with the driver
  • The coach tickets cost £25 waged and £10 unwaged
  • We are encouraging people who can to pay a £10 donation so we can keep the price of tickets down.
  • PLEASE BOOK EARLY

NOVEMBER 26th

Please buy your tickets here

Nov 29th is UN International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People. How they need that now!

Prices of food in Gaza are now extremely high. The work Musheir has done on the ground has enabled volunteers to access supplies and so far 1831 families have had parcels of food or blankets or clothes.

Every £400 pounds raised will feed 1000 people with rice and lentils.

Protest

Demand a ceasefire from MPs

On the day of the vote in the commons, Sheffield PSC supporters marched from Louise Haigh’s to Paul Blomfield’s offices demanding their vote be for a ceasefire. Paul Blomfield’s offices were shuttered up

HOLD YOUR MPs TO ACCOUNT!

TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES TO DO THE SAME!

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) – 0114 272 2882

Gill Furness (Brightside & Hillsborough) – 0114 234 9079

Louise Haigh (Heeley) – 0114 250 8113

Clive Betts (Sheffield South East) – 0114 275 7788

News, Protest

Sheffield demands “Ceasefire Now!”

On November 11th, at lest 10 coaches, put on by various organisations, went from Sheffield to London; meanwhile at least 1500 people marched from Ellesmere Green to the Town Hall to demand a ceasefire and an end to occupation preceded by two minutes of silence at Ellesmere Green.

Some very good speeches from people from many different communities exposing the lie of this being a hate march.

We were lucky to start the rally with some magnificent and emotional singing from different Sheffield choirs.

The children are always ours

It was magnificent to welcome back Musheir El Farra who, with his son Qasem, did such a lot of amazing work while they were trapped in Gaza

Telling how it is