| 26th
March 2007 |
Over 200 sign Freedom Wall. Members of
St. John's Church Youth Group, The Rock, who meet in The Box on Sunday
mornings, highlighted the growing problem of people trafficking in the
world today when they staged a 'Freedom Day' event in Epping High Street
on Saturday.
 Members
of the public were invited to sign a freedom wall and petition which will
be sent to the government to encourage more action to be taken to prevent
people trafficking. Over 200 people, including Epping Town Mayor, Alan
Smith, and members of the local clergy signed the wall. Click on the
thumbnail above to see photographs of the event. Click here
to view coverage of the event in the local press.
The event took place as part of the national 'Stop The
Traffik' campaign. Coinciding with the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition
of Slavery, the campaign aims to raise awareness of the plight of
thousands of people, many of whom are children, who are being bought and
sold into terrible conditions across the world, including Britain and
Europe. Visit www.stopthetraffik.org.uk
for more information about the campaign and how you can take part.
For more information about St. John's Church youth
group, The Rock, visit www.eppinganglicans.org.uk |
| 12th
March 2007 |
Fairtrade
Fortnight Success.
The
Box has successfully promoted Fairtrade produce during Fairtrade Fortnight
(26th Feb - 11th March). With displays, information and an increased range
of products, Fairtrade snacks now account for 60% of sales from The Box
vending machine.
The
Box has already committed to providing exclusively fairly traded hot
beverages and will continue to promote a full range of snacks, with fruit
juices available in the near future. |
| 8th
March 2007 |
Press
Cuttings!
A
new feature on The Box website highlighting coverage of The Box in the
local press and other publications. More info... |
| 27th February 2007 |
Marathon Man running for The Box.
 On
22nd April 2007 Malcolm Austin, a long term supporter of The Box, will
be running the Flora London Marathon. This will be his 5th London
Marathon, the last being in 1999. His personal best time is 3 hours 24
minutes. If you would like to sponsor Malcolm and support The Box please
click here - please mark your payment
"Marathon". If you would like to collect sponsorship on behalf
of Malcolm please email The
Box with your name and address and we will be happy to send you a form.
Don't forget to Gift Aid your sponsorship
if you are a UK tax payer.
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| 27th February 2007 |
TeenAIM Counselling and Drop-in Service
From Thursday 8th March, TeenAIM will be providing a
counselling service in The Box from 2:00pm - 5:00pm on alternate
Thursdays.
 TeenAIM
have provided a counselling and drop-in service every Tuesday during the
after school session at The Box since June 2005 and have recently extended
this to cover alternate Thursdays as well. The TeenAIM website can be found at www.teenaim.org.uk
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| 26th February 2007 |
FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT - 26th February - 11th
March 2007
 The
Box is "a Christian organisation committed to social justice and
actively opposed to discrimination in society" (Equal
Opportunities Policy Statement, revised June 2005).
We believe that this extends to our purchasing choices
and we are committed to providing fairly traded options where this is
possible. The Box is committed to using Fairtrade Tea, Coffee, Hot
Chocolate and Sugar in our hot drinks vending and when catering for
meetings and other events. We have gradually introduced Fairtrade options
in our snack vending.
To mark Fairtrade fortnight, The Box is launching an
extended range of Fairtrade products in our snack vending machine. These
include more flavours of Geobar, Dubble, Raisins and dried fruit, Fairbreak wafers and chocolate cookies.
The Box is using the "See The Flip Side"
campaign to increase education and awareness about the impact of buying
Fairtrade products. Check out www.seetheflipside.co.uk
for more details.
To find out more about Fairtrade check out the displays
in the Box or visit the Fairtrade website at www.fairtrade.org.uk |
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| 22nd January 2007 |
Jazz night at The Box raises almost £400.
The Box was turned into a Jazz Club by Loughton's
vineyard church on Saturday evening to raise funds for The Box. The
church's resident jazz band entertained about seventy people by
candlelight after half of Epping was plunged into darkness by a power
failure. Many thanks to Vineyard's Epping House Group who organised a
wonderful evening. |
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| 4th January 2007 |
Recycle your old mobile phones and
printer cartridges and raise funds for The Box. We will be organising
collections within the next few weeks but in the meantime please drop any
empty cartridges or old phones into The
Box and raise valuable funds for our work with young people in Epping.
Please click here for other ways you can support
The Box financially.
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