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Newsletter 4                23 November 2001

TIME FOR

ACTION

HELP US STAGE THE LARGEST EVENT YET

BY BEING AT

FOXHILLS GOLF CLUB

FRIDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 6  -7 PM

THERE WILL BE:

·       Presentation of prizes for the drawing competition by the legendary Woking FC Manager - GEOFF CHAPPLE

·       A minutes noise

·       Fireworks

We still need as many drawings as possible to take to Tony Blair on 30th November so keep them coming and send them to the address overleaf.

The Home Office will be monitoring the level of support!

PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT

WITHOUT YOU WE CAN’T WIN

Silverlands Action Campaign Protesters Hit Addlestone

A team from Addlestone have started campaigning each evening outside Woolworths from 5:30 pm.  Their feedback is that many in the local community think it’s been stopped, how wrong they are.  Turn out and help to support the cause, it will make a difference.

Home Office Meetings

A series of consultation meetings are being arranged with the council, schools in the immediate area, etc.  Members of the Silverlands Action Campaign have also been invited though details have not yet been finalised.  These meetings will provide an opportunity to ask specific searching questions of the Home Office that hopefully will begin to get to the bottom of how the decision was made and what were the criteria.  Once we know these we can begin to challenge specific points.

Home Office – Dodgy Dealings ?

One of the key reasons put forward by the Home Office for relocating the Wolvercote clinic from Epsom to Runnymede is that they want to retain existing staff and Runnymede is within commuting distance of Epsom.  The current Wolvercote Clinic is located within the Horton Hospital site (a former psychiatric hospital).  There are two further hospital sites within the immediate area that remain open and have more than enough space to house the Clinic.  Why are they not suitable? 

Information coming from Epsom suggests that the sale of Horton Hospital to property developers was dependant on relocating the Clinic out of the Epsom area.  If this is true then they are acknowledging that paedophiles should not be located in a residential area.  If not Epsom then not Runnymede either.

Some Good News

A local builders merchant heavily laden with building materials approaches the gate to Silverlands, realises what the materials are for and refuses to make the delivery.

Campaign Funds Required Now

To mount our legal challenge, keep this newsletter and other campaign activity going we need your financial help.  Please send your donations made payable to Silverlands Action Campaign to the address below. 

Wolvercote Clinic Epsom – Some Facts

·         It is a unique facility in Europe.

·         Since August 1995, 280 men have passed through the clinic.

·         Only 18 of the 280 were from Surrey.

·         13 residents returned to prison

·         4 residents have absconded, all have been recaptured within days.

·         14% of residents are known to have re-offended.

WITHOUT YOUR HELP WE FAIL!

Contact Us At:

Silverlands Action Campaign, Moorewell House, Lyne Lane, Lyne, KT16 0AJ

By phone on 07960 828113                  By Fax 01932 874547

e.mail to silverlandsgroup@hotmail.com

Internet -  WWW.silverlandsgroup.org

Everything in this newsletter is provided in good faith and we accept no responsibility for any inaccuracies in any information provided to us in good faith. If we have made any statement which is incorrect in any way please contact us and we will correct it as soon as possible.