W elcome to Lefkara Association  of Great Britain Website. 

     Registered  Charity Number 295494

Please look through this website and let us have your thoughts as to how best we can improve our site.

Under the Gallery you will find news of some of our activities.

 Under Lefkara Village there is something about the village in  Cyprus that bears the name of our Association. 

Our activities are varied and complex and among our work and activities help people  in all walks of life and our involvement with  the needs of the youth and the elderly are one of the best. We do try to address issues and problems by holding seminars by having articles in the press, local radios and local television. All our members are volunteers and some of them have  become full time helpers and advisers. Our relationship  and partnership  with the community is excellent.

Under "Lefkara Association"  we have set  up a brief history of its 25 years of activities and contribution to society.

Please see the pages Seminars and New Views  for the forthcoming events and seminars in September and October. If you are coming please phone 020 8351 1385 or email gsavva49@hotmail.co.uk. All these seminars  are free.   Funding has been received from the Be Safe Feel Safe and National Lottery Awards For All.

Please also mention if you are Vegetarian, or prefer halal food or kosher orany other diet. 

On the YOUR VIEWS  page you may want to send us your thoughts and any constructive ideas how best our website can be improved and what other information you may want to have  and see and how the association can improve to serve better.

You can also give us an idea on what the Association can do more to help all in the community and elsewhere. You may wish to see the photos of our dinner and dance under Diner and Dance and our many supporters and sponsors under thank you in which we urge you to give your support to these companies if you can.

On the page MARFIN LAIKI BANK YOU CAN READ THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS BY THIS BANK AND THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE BANK. WE WARMLY CONGRATULATE MARFIN LAIKI FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

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WE WILL LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE SEMINARS  TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK YOU ARE MOST WELCOME  TO ATTEND.  

ON WEDNESDAY 07/10/09 SEMINAR TAKING PLACE AT ENFIELD CIVIC CENTRE SILVER STREET EN1 3XF AT 6.30 P.M.

FREE ENTRANCE FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS.

ON THURSDAY 08/10/09 AT ENFIELD CIVIC CENTRE COUNCIL CHAMBER   

EDUCATION TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS.

FREE ENTRANCE FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS.  PLEASE SEE PAGE FREE SEMINARS AT ENFIELD CIVIC CENTRE  FOR MORE DETAILS.

OR PHONE 020 8807 7824 .

 PLEASE NOTE THIS WEBSITE  AND THE ASSOCIATION  IS RUN INDEPENDENTLY AND IS NOT AFFILIATED TO ANY POLITICAL PARTY.

We trust you will find something of interest and again if you can send us your  thoughts and any constructive ideas we will be happy to  publish them and most important take notice and act upon if possible. 

Our pages on this  website are updated on a regular  basis.

► If you like to advertise  on our website please contact us on 020 8351 1385 or email gsavva49@hotmail.co.uk  or by fax 020 8379 3417. Reasonable prices. Our website has a large number of visitors on a daily basis.

 There is a great demand from companies to advertise on our website.

If you like to have your  adverts  shown on our website please get in touch with us at Lefkara Association Great Britain on gsavva49@hotmail.co.uk

or by phone on 020 8807 7824

or by fax on 020 8379 3417

Recently we held 3 seminarswith the the help in form of sponsorship from the National  Lottery Awards For all Funding and the Safer Stronger Communities Board. Be Safe Feel Safe .

The seminars were  around the topical issue on Violenve and Crime followed by Drugs and Alcohol Abuse and the Third Around Education Training and Apprenticeships. All were very well attended and it  is hoped we will be holding further seminars and conferences during 2010 

 You can contact me on 020 8351 1385

or emai: gsavva49@hotmail.co.uk

fax 020 8379 3417

This  website is updated at regular intervals

Blue plaque for missionary Gladys goes back on wall

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Job done: Councillor George Savva with Gladys Aylward deputy head Paul Phillips

By Nick Tarver

A NEW blue plaque commemorating a missionary made famous in a Hollywood film will replace the original which had been ripped down.

The original plaque, which commemorated Gladys Aylward, was taken down by tenants of a house in Cheddington Road, Edmonton, in April, causing outrage among other local residents.

Despite repeated appeals for it to be replaced, the landlady of the property has finally agreed that another plaque can take its place.

Haselbury ward councillor George Savva led the original protest and Gladys Aylward School, in Windmill Road, Edmonton, and the Enfield Society have agreed to share the bill for a new plaque at a cost of just under £700.

Mr Savva said: “After a long campaign I’m glad the owner has agreed to allow us to put the plaque back. The plaque is something that Edmonton should be proud of and we should look after these things because it’s our heritage.”

Born into a working class family in 1902, Gladys grew up in Edmonton, but travelled to China in the 1930s to work as a missionary.

When the Japanese invaded in 1938 she helped evacuate nearly 100 children over the mountains. Her life was immortalised in the Ingrid Bergman film, The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness.

Paul Phillips, deputy headteacher at Gladys Aylward School, said: “We’ve a small legacy of artefacts from her life and times. We want to do more work with the community and she’s a good role model. It’s also good to show that Edmonton has a history. The owners have agreed to keep it there and let us know if there’s any damage.”