Looking back over the last year, the scale of student climate strikes seems to only be growing. A call from many of these young people is “Adults. Use your power!” Young people are striking for their future. For political change that will put sustainability at the centre. Over the past year, …
The Power of Seeing People Complexly: reflections after visiting Calais
In the latest blog in our series on creating a welcoming environment, Bethan writes about her experience of spending a week in Calais with a group from St Ethelburga’s Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, working with the organisations Help Refugees and Refugee Community Kitchen. In recent weeks, …
Jesus the migrant: a reflection for the Feast of the Holy Innocents
Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by …
A New Chapter – Introducing Bethan
The new JPIT/House of Lords Intern for 2018/2019 introduces herself: I am utterly delighted to have started my time with the Joint Public Issues Team as the JPIT/House of Lords Parliamentary intern for the next year. I am a recent graduate from the University of York where I studied Politics. As …