People are being urged to join and show support for the local residents whose family and friends have had their lives devastated by the deadly earthquake.
Excavators work at the site of buildings that collapsed during the earthquake . .
Families will gather at the war memorial in the Quarry from 1-2pm to show their support for all those who have lost their lives and their homes.The gathering has been organised by Shropshire Supports Refugees. Kariman Yakhoul from the charity said that the Syrian and Turkish communities in Shropshire had been deeply saddened and affected by the earthquakes.
"Many have extended family, friends, people they know who have lost their lives or who are know having to live in tents with little food or help," she said. "It brings back all the trauma of the war in Syria that they fled in 2017 and there is a great sadness among Syrians now living here.""They ran away from war and now they see people run from the earthquakes and it brings everything back to them."
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