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Dear Editor, This year’s theme for Holocaust Memorial Day on Saturday 27th January is‘the power of words’.
This January, at around 8000 events across the country, hundreds of thousands of people will gather to reflect on the power of words, and how they were used in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides, in propaganda to incite hatred, in slogans written in resistance, and in memoirs to record survivors’ experiences.
Holocaust Memorial Day is about remembering the atrocities of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur, but also about finding ways to make sure they can never happen again. Recognising the power our words have is an important first step. On Holocaust Memorial Day I ask you to choose to use your words for good.
For more information on how you can get involved with this year’s events, go to www.hmd.org.uk
Olivie Marks-woldman, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Dear Editor, On May 2019, Nightrider Glasgow, a moonlit charity cycle ride, will be taking place.
I would like to invite your readers to take part and help us to raise vital funds for Combat Stress, the UK’S leading charity for veterans’ mental health.
As the director of income generation at Combat Stress and a former serviceman myself, I’m proud to work for a charity that helps veterans with mental health problems rebuild their lives.
Each year we receive more than 2000 referrals from former servicemen and women struggling with their mental health.
It’s really important that we raise funds for the charity to ensure we can continue to provide support to every veteran who comes to us for help, so events like Nightrider are a great way for us to do this.
We’re keen to have lots of people join Team Combat Stress at the event to help us raise as much money as possible for the charity.
There are two routes available, either a 100km or a 50km ride, and it will be a fantastic way to see the sights of Glasgow at night whilst raising money for a really worthy cause.
Readers can sign up or find out more information on our website – combatstress.org.uk/nightrider.
Robert Marsh, Combat Stress