We've had a hectic but brilliant time at New Wine the church family event at Shepton Mallet in Somerset. The response to our new Ugandan campaign was tremendous, and we were delighted that the Archbishop of Uganda visited our stand and signed the petition to 'end child sacrifice'.

We were regularly featured on the radio and our Ugandan team members, Samuel Waako and Vincent Mugisha, were extremely popular. Someone driving to work locally, in Somerset, heard us on New Wine FM Radio talking about the petition we had launched to 'end child sacrifice'. He stopped his car, headed to the exhibition grounds, located our stand, and told Vincent, 'I heard you on the radio and was so moved that I had to come and find you. I must do something to help. Where's the petition?'

Our friends at Ethic Trade donated £200 in prizes for a Free Prize Draw open to all guests and delegates at new Wine. This was to celebrate the success of our new online fair trade shop. The winners have now been drawn and we’re pleased to announce them here:

1st prize £100 voucher to spend at our online shop goes to John Rowbotham of Aylesbury.
10 prizes of £10 vouchers will go to ten others.

Do browse our online shop. Please sign the online petition and encourage your friends and church to do the same.



Samuel Waako and Danny Smith at New Wine 2010