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Friends from far and wide congregated in Sheffield to join a tremendous expression of gratitude for the founder ofASSIST and Sheffield Conversation Club โ€“ Myra Davies, who died after a short illness in May. Myraโ€™s family listened as people queued to pay their own tributes to someone many described as a โ€˜saintโ€™. The memorial event was organised byASSIST, together with Myraโ€™s family and was attended by around 200 people, many of whom had personal stories to tell about how Myra had helped them or their loved ones as they sought โ€“ and fought for โ€“ sanctuary in Sheffield. Tears and laughter intermingled with memories and music, ending with songs for Myra by Body of Sound choir, pictured. Read Azizehโ€™s poem to Myra on our blog here.