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Blog, Politics and Elections · 8 October, 2018

Conservative Party Conference: the pastoral and the political

Send your spirit upon them Lord, strengthen them for the task to which they are called. But let us not forget, that though others may do the task, we cannot abandon it to them, that we must support them.   This is an extract of a prayer from our Faith in Foodbanks resource. …

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Asylum and Migration, Blog · 21 August, 2018

Should the government’s power ever be used to create destitution?

Twenty Church leaders have written to Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, to call for an end to the Government’s hostile environment immigration policy because “it is inhumane to use destitution, or the threat of destitution, as a policy tool to encourage people to leave the country.” As we outline in …

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Asylum and Migration, Blog · 21 August, 2018

Church leaders ask Home Secretary for end to hostile environment

Twenty Church leaders have called for an end to the hostile environment in an open letter to the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP. The hostile environment is the web of government policies designed to make life so difficult for people who cannot prove they have the right to live in the UK that they …

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Blog, Environment · 26 July, 2018

Can we talk about climate change?

Oh! We're having a heatwave, a tropical heatwave The temperature's rising, it isn't surprising... Irving Berlin Climate change is not only a challenge of the future. We are already observing changes in the UK climate, with average temperatures having risen by around 1ºC over the last …

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Asylum and Migration, Blog · 1 July, 2018

Ed’s story

We spoke to Ed at a drop-in centre run by a United Reformed Church:  Ed sought asylum in the UK as a victim of torture. Her first asylum application was denied and Ed was taken into detention: “they came in the night and arrested me… it was like more traumatism in me… I was crying crying crying … …

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Action, For Study, Peacemaking · 29 June, 2018

Peace Resources for Youth Groups

This set of four interactive bible studies are designed to be used by Christian youth groups to enable discussion and reflection on peacemaking and Christianity: Download youth sessions Download extra resources Download powerpoint …

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Blog, Briefings · 16 May, 2018

Asylum Applications and Christian Belief

A briefing for ministers called to give evidence in support of asylum applications. This briefing was originally published in May 2017 but has been updated in May 2018 in order to provide the most up-to-date and accurate information Many people seek asylum in the UK on the grounds that they fear …

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Blog, Environment, Prayers · 24 January, 2018

Reconciliation with the Environment

At the end of last year I joined a two week pilgrimage to India led by the Revd Inderjit Bhogal. We travelled from Delhi to the Punjab, then drove up through the foothills of the Himalayas to a small town called Dalhousie. Our purpose was to explore reconciliation in the context of the Punjab …

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Blog, Briefings, Gambling and Alcohol · 15 November, 2017

Minimum Unit Pricing is Legal in Scotland

The UK Supreme Court has ruled it legal for Scotland to introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP), a policy which targets harmful and hazardous alcohol consumption. This briefing explains what minimum unit pricing is, why it is necessary and encourages individuals and churches to encourage England to …

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Blog, Politics and Elections · 20 September, 2017

Party Conference Season: LibDems

This month we have a delegation of church leaders attending each of the four biggest party conferences, alongside The Salvation Army and Quakers in Britain. Watch this pace to hear about what we get up to. In this blog Paul Morrison tells us about the LibDem party conference. You can also click …

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