Many NWR members will be familiar with script writer and NWR member Linda Messham and her murder mystery plays.
The NWR office received an email from Linda thanking all NWR members who have hired out her plays over the last year. See enclosed copy of thank you email to Linda from Medecins Sans Frontier at the bottom of this page.
Linda donates the money raised to charities supporting third world countries. Last year Linda raised £1170, which was donated to Medecins Sans Frontier – Doctors Without Borders who will use it to help people affected by conflict and natural disasters, having access to surgery and medical care.
Last year’s donation brings the total directly raised from hiring the plays to just over £14,310. Most years Linda has managed to get matched funding which means the total received by the third world charities she supports is now over £24,000. NWR groups continuing to hire the plays makes this possible. She says “There are some wonderful groups who have supported me since the start and have done all ten plays – number 11 is now available. Thank you again for your part in making the donations to charity possible”.
Click here to find out more about the plays. Interested in performing it with your group? Contact the NWR office at office@nwr.org.uk and ask to be put in touch with Linda. The covering picture shows NWR group Cox Green performing the ‘Semitones Murder Mystery’.
Copy of THANK YOU email –
Subject: Linda, thank you for your donation
From: Medecins Sans Frontieres UK <news@mail.london.msf.org>
Date: 19/02/2026
Your reference for your donation is WC00440660
Dear Linda,
I want to say a huge thank you for your donation of £1170.00 to Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
We are deeply grateful for this extremely generous gift. It will make a real difference. Your donation means we’ll be there when it matters. In the right place, at the right time, and with the right equipment.
Right now, we are operating in over 70 countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Our expert teams are saving lives in conflict zones, natural disasters and epidemics.
Since joining MSF last year, I have been humbled by the generosity and loyalty of our supporters who are there for us, wherever we are. In the last few months, the MSF teams have kept hospitals running in Gaza under extremely dangerous conditions, provided life-saving medical care and clean water in Afghanistan in the wake of devastating earthquakes, and responded rapidly to an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.
We receive no government funding, so this work depends entirely on private donations like yours.
If you have any questions about MSF or our work, please get in touch with my colleague Sarah Smith (sarah.smith@london.msf.org).
On behalf of our staff and patients, thank you again.
Alan Gosschalk
MSF UK Director of Fundraising – https://msf.org.uk/