A picnic for the Refuge in Winchester was hosted by St Swithun’s School last Sunday 26th June. The weather held so that the picnic could take place outside as planned. SI Winchester members volunteered to help and to provide the food. St Swithun’s provided the venue in the Junior School playing field and pupils from 5th and 6th years welcomed mothers and children, including a baby, at the gates. The highlight for 2 boys of 10 and under was the climbing frame and playing ‘soldiers’ in the long grass. Later they joined their teenage sisters and the pupils in ball games on the netball courts. The picture shows SI Winchester volunteers with St Swithun’s chaplain, Katrina Dykes, who coordinated the event successfully in every detail.
