How Wirksworth folk are ‘making a difference’ – in the Middle East

A Derbyshire group is backing some ‘amazing’ projects helping Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries.

THE PROBLEMS of Middle East conflicts and the difficulties faced by Syrian refugees might seem a world away from a market town in the Derbyshire Dales. But the people of the Wirksworth area are making a huge difference to the lives of many young people who have escaped from conflict in Syria and to young mothers who have lost their husbands and their homes in the conflict…