Palestine solidarity group to host charity cricket match next month

A film screening and charity cricket match hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign is on offer to Slough residents.

The East Berkshire branch of the national organisation is raising awareness of the ‘injustices faced by Palestine and the Palestinian people’, by fundraising for Gaza.

East Berkshire PSC will host a charity cricket match at Burnham Cricket Club on Tuesday, June 18.

The event will feature stalls selling Palestinian merchandise, food products, cakes and crocheted items. 

East Berkshire PSC branch secretary Sue Sibany-King said: "We were so pleased to be asked by Burnham Cricket Club to take part in this massively important fundraising event for Gaza.

“With over 70% of homes destroyed and almost two million people displaced and facing an enforced famine, Gaza needs our support to rebuild their homeland and lives. Please come along to help us to help them".

Products from Zaytoun – a social enterprise committed to supporting farmers in Palestine, will be available, with all profits reinvested into their work in the region.

Summa Sweets from Langley will provide an extensive range of halal, vegan and vegetarian sweets, and a barbecue will be catered for by Adam’s Fruits from Slough.

Donations and all funds raised will be sent directly to Gaza, where they will support agencies such as UNRWA and MAP who are doing vital frontline work on the ground.

East Berkshire PSC thanked officials and volunteers at Burnham Cricket Club for making the event possible, sponsors Anderson Estates and Burnham Cricket Club chairman Adnan Shabbir, who first approached the group with the idea.

The event begins at 5.30pm and entry and parking will be free.

The widely acclaimed 2022 film ‘Tomorrow's Freedom’ will also be screened at The Curve tonight (May 31) for the nominal ticket price of just £3. 

The film by the Scott sisters explores the future possibilities for peace in the Middle East, a subject the group says ‘all eyes are currently focussed’ on.

Tomorrow’s Freedom captures a new call for Nobel Peace Prize nominee and politician Marwan Barghouti’s freedom; by his family, human rights activists and key interviewees.

Marwan is often described as the "Palestinian Nelson Mandela" and with what many consider an unlawful imprisonment, his time has been spent reading, lobbying and continuing the fight for freedom and peace for his country. 

Combining unfolding events on the ground, in-depth interviews and archive footage spanning over 30 years – the film explores Marwan’s evolution from activist to learned politician, and ‘captures the spirit of a man that could be elected the next Palestinian president’.

Tickets for both events can be purchased from: www.eastberkshirepsc.uk