Come and Meet Each Other - C.A.M.E.O.

All are welcome to join C. A. M. E. O. The group meet at the Church in the lounge area. The meetings are open top all who are able to come at 1.30pm or even 2pm and stay for and hour or so enjoying the fellowship and visiting speakers. The cakes are good too!

If you wish to know more please speak to Alan Skillicorn or any of those who come regularly to CAMEO.

We are always on the lookout for speakers, please tell Alan if you can recommend someone.

Programme 2012

• 17th January - Bob and Carol will come and visit and tell us about the Sri Shiny School in India. Our penny jar is helping to financially support some poorer families to enable their children to attend school.
• 21st February - The General Manager of Warwick Castle, Tim Harrison Jones, is coming to tell us about his work and some of the future plans for the castle and grounds.
• 20th March - Stephanie Smith from the wardrobe department of The Royal Shakespeare Company is going to bring some of the costumes from the store and share some of the stories behind them.
• 17th April - Mrs Hilary Newman from Stratford upon Avon is coming to tell us about the life of her Aunt, the late Kathleen Ferrier. She is to be accompanied by Sarah Cushing who will sing some of the songs of Kathleen Ferrier.
• 22nd May - John Burton from Barnacle will visit and talk about the author George Eliot, the connection with Nuneaton and the work of the George Eliot Fellowship.
• 19th June - The Chief Executive of Warwick Hospital, Glenn Burley, has agreed to come and talk to us about his work, the work of the hospital and what having Trust status means for the area served
• 17th July - Anne Deas who works for the charity "Guide Posts" will come and tell us about the work of the charity on behalf of dementia patients and their carers.
• 18th September - Mel Matthews from Hollywood will come and share some of the history behind the Royal Mail pillar boxes including the well known ones of Warwick.
• 16th October - Lady Elizabeth Hamilton from the Old Rectory Walton is going to visit the group and surprise us with tales from behind the walls of Walton Hall near Wellesbourne.
• 20th November - Robin Humphreys is a Deputy Judge in the county of Worcestershire and will come along and tell us "nearly all" about the work involved.
• 18th December - Christmas afternoon with some DIY time! We continue to meet at 1:30pm giving time for conversation, tea and those lovely cakes etc, before our visitor for the day takes over.

In 2011, from the monthly donations, of not less than 50p each for the privilege of meeting in our church, we have given £150 to the Ifakara Bakery Project in Tanzania.