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     Registered  Charity Number 295494

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 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.

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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 

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Blue plaque for missionary Gladys goes back on wall

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

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.”

 

 

 

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