Ditchling

Ditchling Downs WI: The speaker for the January meeting was Dai Thomas who spoke about the work of the charity Sussex Search and Rescue. Working as a primary source for Sussex Police, they are a team of professionally trained and equipped volunteers all of whom are able to employ highly specialist skills in the search for vulnerable, missing people.
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Working in teams of four, they can assemble a dedicated team of searchers with an hour of being called out. The charity was developed in response to the disappearance and murder of 8 year old Sarah Payne in 2000. The volunteers who are self-funded provide a vital resource to the police. There is no government funding, so fundraising is a high priority for the charity. Their website is www.sussar.org.uk.

The February WI meeting is being held in the Old Meeting House in The Twitten on Tuesday 5 February. The speaker for this meeting is Dorothy Porter talking about The Samaritans. Doors open at 7pm and the meeting starts at 7.30pm. Guests are very welcome.