Hope not Hate

Redbridge Residents are invited you to join "Hope not hate" in the Holocaust Memorial Garden at the southern corner of Valentines Park, Ilford at 10.45am on Sunday 8 November, Remembrance Sunday.

At 11am the community will stand in silence for two minutes to recall the sacrifices of all those who fell fighting Nazism, whether they served in the armed or the auxiliary services. We will also remember the millions of civilians who were murdered in the Nazi Holocaust and those who died at the hands of Hitler’s Japanese allies.

What more fitting place to gather than the memorial to the late Leon Greenman, our neighbour and friend, who lost his family in the Holocaust and survived the brutal death and concentration camp regimes.

Leon spent every day since the war bringing the story of those terrible years to children and others all over the country, under the slogan Never Again.

"We who stand against the hatred and intolerance of those in our country who have taken on the mantle of nazism and racism will reconfirm our commitment to use every bit of our strength to resist and fight back against these twin evils."

The event is being held under the twin auspices of the national HOPE not hate campaign and Redbridge and Epping Forest Together. It is hoped that people of all communities will join them on this day and commit themselves to the fight against racism and fascism.

If you would like to learn more about REFT and HOPE not hate’s work, please visit them at 7.30pm on Tuesday 27 October in the Churchill Room, Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead E11 2RQ. The nearest tube station is Wanstead (Central Line) and several buses pass nearby.