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'Wake Up to Trade Justice' Transport Notice Board

How to get to 'Wake Up to Trade Justice'

Car Parking in the area of the event is severely restricted. We would strongly advise against travelling to the event by car unless you know of somewhere to park it.

By Train The nearest train stations to the event are London Victoria, Charing Cross and Waterloo. However, it is possible to get to the event from all London mainline stations via the London Underground. For train timetable enquiries call 08457 48 49 50.

By tube There are two underground stations in easy walking distance of the event. These are Westminster (Jubilee, Circle and District lines) and St James Park (Circle & District Lines).

By coach Below you will find details of coaches travelling from your region along with messages from other people co-ordinating transport to the event. If you would like to organise a coach, please check the transport organisers page {link} and please let us know of your plans (e-mail coaches@tjm.org.uk). If there isn't a coach leaving from your area please check this website again soon (the website is updated as soon as new information arrives).

Select your region to contact people organising transport in your area

West | N. West | N. East | Scotland | Wales | N. Ireland | E. Midlands | W. Midlands | London | Beds, Herts & Bucks | E. Anglia | S. West | S. East

NB. If you are organising transport please click here for important information. It is essential that you let us know you are organising transport to London.

West

 

Please note: The phone number for the Christian Aid West office if you do not have access to email is 01452 309 115.

 

Area: Bath

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Fiona Remnant

Email: fairtradebath@yahoo.co.uk

 

Area: Bridgwater

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Ruth Jones

Email: 2thebarn@tiscali.co.uk

 

Area: Bristol East

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Sophie Shirt

Email: soapyshirt@hotmail.com

 

Area: Bristol North West

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Max Khanna

Email: mkhanna@christian-aid.org

 

Area: Bristol South

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Richard Heading

Email: heading@surefish.co.uk

 

Area: Bristol West

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Hilary Farey

Email: hfarey@blueyonder.co.uk

 

Area: Cheltenham & Gloucester

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Leo Guttridge

Email: Tradejustice@Gracevine.Freeuk.com

 

Area: Cotswold

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Kate Newman

Email: fairshares@northcots.fsnet.co.uk

 

Area: Forest of Dean

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Anne Bull

Email: bull@fish.co.uk

 

Area: Kingswood

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Mary Evans

Email: nigelmary@goodevansabove.freeserve.co.uk

 

Area: Northavon

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Diane Barnard

Email: navoncoach@yahoo.co.uk; northacoach@yahoo.co.uk

 

Area: Shrewsbury

Details: As follows

Friday 15 April

·         3.30pm   Leave Four Crosses (near Oswestry,Shropshire)

·         4pm       Shrewsbury Abbey

·         4.20pm   Telford Bus Station

·         5pm       Kidderminster (precise pick up point yet to be determined)

·         5.30-6.15pm Warwick Services on M42,and driver's break

We aim to get to Westminster for 9:30 pm in time for the 10 pm service in Westminster Abbey, and to depart after the vigil has ended, at on Saturday 16 April at 8.30am.

Cost: £25 per person, seats still available. If more seats are filled,the cost will go down.

Contact: Either Pauline Derwas (01743 357 271) or Jo Pattison (01743 232 670), (kenandjo@fish.co.uk).

 

Area: Somerton & Frome

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Dinah Bardgett

Email: Dinah.bardgett@which.net

 

Area: Stroud

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Frances Watson

Email: frances@watsonjf.fsnet.co.uk

 

Area: Taunton

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Jan Cave

Email: cavejan@yahoo.co.uk

 

Area: Tewkesbury

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Jerry Barr

Email: barrjerrysue@aol.com

 

Area: Wansdyke

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Penny Garrett

Email: pjmgarrett@onetel.com

 

Area: Wells

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Roy Ellis

Email: royellis@fish.co.uk

 

Area: Weston-super-Mare

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: John Jackson

Email: johnwsm@fish.co.uk

 

Area: Woodspring

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Karen Gardner

Email: karen.gdw@ntlworld.com

 

Area: Yeovil

Organisation: Christian Aid West

Contact name: Dick Sinden

Email: monrich@tinyworld.co.uk

 

 

N. West

 

Area: Liverpool

Organisation: Christian Aid Liverpool

Contact name: Becky Hurst, Youth and Student Worker

Email: bhurst@christian-aid.org

Tel: 0151 709 0148

 

Area: Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester

Contact name: Margaret Clarke

Tel: 0161 485 8909

 

Area: Manchester
Organisation: Christian Aid Manchester (+ Greater Manchester TJM)
Contact name: Eunice Vic Akoto

Address: Christian Aid, St Peter's House, Precinct Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9GH                                                    

Email: MVolunteer@christian-aid.org

Tel: 0161 273 3647

Details: 2 coaches. Departing Manchester Friday April 15 4pm, from the lay-by on Booth Street East, just past the Aquatics Centre, between Oxford Road and Upper Brook Street (close to parking); pick-ups en route south might be possible. Aiming to arrive in London at 9pm for a 10 pm start. Leaving London Saturday April 16 at 9am.  

Price: £20 (£8 unwaged), cheques to “Christian Aid North West Reserve”.

 

Area: Preston

Organisation: Christian Aid

Details: As follows

Friday 15 April

The coach will be stopping at the following points between Lytham St Annes and Preston:

·         4:45pm                       -           St Annes Square

·         5:00pm                       -           Lytham Baths

·         5:15pm                       -           Pickwick

·         5:20pm                       -           Plough

·         5:45pm                       -           Preston Flag Market

The coach will leave London at 8am on Saturday 16 April.

Cost: £20 per booking (£10 concessions) please make cheques payable to ‘Christian Aid North West Reserve Fund’

Contact: Matt Johnson at Christian Aid for more information and to make your booking on 01772 726 770.

 

Area: Southport

Organised by: Victoria Methodist Church

Contact name: Daniel Hardiman

Email: victoriachsp@aol.com

Tel: (01704) 220170

Cost: £20 

N. East

Email coaches@tjm.org.uk  if your coach is not on the noticeboard

Scotland

 

Area: Glasgow

Organisation: Christian Aid Glasgow

Contact name: Valerie Hutcheson

Tel: 0141 221 1627

Email: vhutche@christian-aid.org

 

Area: Glasgow

Organisation: SCIAF

Contact name: Matthew Marr

Tel: 0141 354 5555

Email: MMarr@sciaf.org.uk

Details: Departs North Hanover Street, Glasgow on Friday 15 April at 12 noon (direct to Whitehall), returns from London on Saturday 16 April at 10am, expected arrival 7/8pm). 49-seat bus booked - please book seats early to avoid disappointment.

Price: £21 per person (Fairline Coaches)

 

Area: Glasgow

Details: ‘Youth bus’ leaving Glasgow at 12 noon, Frdiay 15th April returning by late afternoon, Saturday.

Cost: £30  (includes meal)

Organised by: Christian Aid

Contact name: Naomi Keeling

Email: nkeeling@christian-aid.org  

Tel: 0141 221 1627

 

Wales

Email coaches@tjm.org.uk  if your coach is not on the noticeboard

N. Ireland

Email coaches@tjm.org.uk  if your coach is not on the noticeboard

E. Midlands

 

Area: Northampton  

Organisation: Diocese of Peterborough

Contact name 1: David Wiseman

Tel: 01604 887046

Contact name 2: Jenny Dawkins

Tel: 01733 230 847

 

Area: East Sheffield (M1 junction 31)

Organisation: Central Methodist church, Aston

Details: Leaving 6pm (earlier if all agree) from Central Methodist, Lodge Lane, Aston. Returning approx 12 noon.

Cost: Maximum £20, depending on numbers. Under 16s welcome (cost only £5) but must be accompanied by an adult.

Contact: David Gee

Email: david_gee@tesco.net

Tel: 0114 287 6642

 

W. Midlands

 

Area: Birmingham

Organisation: Christian Aid

Contact name: Sue Clark

Email: sclark@christian-aid.org

Tel: 0121 200 2283

Details: Leaving Carrs Lane, 6.30pm, Friday 15 April. Probably arriving back in Birmingham about 10.30 am on Saturday.

Cost: £15 (£12 concessions)

 

Area: Shirley, Solihull

Contact: Mrs Mary Carroll

Email: mrsmarycarroll@blueyonder.co.uk

Tel: 07711 814 523

Details: Departs from Our Lady of The Wayside Church, Stratford Rd Friday on Friday 15 April at 6pm, returning to Shirley approx. 12 noon Saturday 16 April; mixed group from local churches.

Price: £13 

London

 

Area: Walthamstow

Details: Leaving St Patricks RC Church, Blackhorse Lane on Friday 15th April at 8pm, returning on Saturday 16th April around 10am.

Contact name: Diane Hackney

Email: diane.hackney@btinternet.com

 

Beds, Herts & Bucks

 

Area: Bedford (NOT A COACH)

Details: The Bedford Trade Justice Network will be travelling by Thameslink train to London for the Vigil. Meet 8.15pm at Bedford Station for the the 8.30pm train to London or join us at intervening stations. Don't forget to buy your Thameslink Tourist Tickets (one for Friday, one for return on Saturday) at £10 each from the Tourist Office, St Paul's Square, Bedford.

Contact name: Fiona McLeod

Email: fiona@mcleod31.freeserve.co.uk

Tel: 01234 350 030

 

Area: Stevenage, and other local towns

Contact name: Laurence Arnold

Email: larnold@fish.co.uk

Tel: 07740 552 813

Details: Departs Stevenage at 7pm, also possibility of other towns: Hertford, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Hitchin

Cost: £13 per person 

E. Anglia

 

Leaving from: Ipswich and Norwich
Organisation: Christian Aid Norwich
Contact name: Eldred Willey Tel: 01603 620 051
Details: Leaving at 6pm on Friday 15 April from the Post House Hotel, Ipswich Road, Norwich. Picking up from the Tesco car park on the Copdock roundabout at Ipswich at 7pm. Returning Saturday morning.
Prices: £15 from Norwich and £12 from Ipswich (return)

 

S. West

 

Area: Canford Heath, Poole

Organised by: St. Paul's Church

Contact name: Mike Oates

Email: oates@fish.co.uk

Tel: 01202 699 807

Details: Leaving Canford Heath on Friday 15 April at 5.30pm.

Cost: £13-15 per person (dependent on parking charges)

There are only 6 places left on this coach, so please get in touch soon.

 

Area: Poole

Contact name: Susy King

Email: susy_king@hotmail.com

Tel: 01202 676207

Details: 2 coaches, 1 leaving from Christ Church, Creekmore, the other from St. Mary's Catholic Church, Wimborne Road.

 

Area: Poole

Organised by: St Marys Longfleet

Contact name: Martin Shepperd

Email: mshepper@bmth.ac.uk

Details: Cost about £13

 

S. East

 

Area: Oxford

Organisation: Christian Aid Oxford

Contact name: Emma Forrester

Email: eforrester@christian-aid.org

Tel: 01865 246 818

Details: A group from Oxford will be meeting at Oxford coach station (Gloucester Green) at 7:30pm on Friday 15 April to travel on the Oxford Tube to London Victoria from where we will make our way to the vigil. All welcome to join us at Gloucester Green.

Price: £7 (£5 concessions)

 

Area: Reading

Organised by: St John & St Stephen's Church/Christian Aid

Contact name: Chris Jupp

Email: cjupp@westberks.org

Tel: 0118 961 6660

Details: Leaving from outside Arthur Hill Memorial Baths, Cemetery Junction, Reading at 8.30pm on Friday 15 April. Pick up from Central London 8 a.m. Saturday morning to return.

Cost: £8.50 return.

Please send cheques made out to C. H. Jupp to 39 Talfourd Avenue, READING, RG6 7BP. Please contact early.

 

Area: Southampton

Organisation: Southampton CAFOD

Contact name: Maria Malson

Email: malson64@ntlworld.com

Telephone: 023 8032 3229

 

Area: Waltham Chase, Hants

Details: Leaving Waltham Chase Methodist Church at 7pm on Friday 15 April, departing from London between 8-9am Saturday 16.

Cost: £10 return fare payable in advance

Contact name: Jane Baldock

Email: jane@baldock57.freeserve.co.uk

Tel:  01489 894 752

 

Area: Worthing (NOT A COACH)

On Friday 15 April, a group will be meeting at Worthing railway station at 7.15pm to travel to the overnight vigil in London.

Contact Dereck Prentis (WDM) on 01903 239244 or Rod Thick(Oxfam) on 01903 354607


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