Ahead of COP26 in November 2021, the interfaith initiative Make COP Count gathered faith leaders and parliamentarians together to explore the role of faith communities in encouraging an ambitious and effective climate summit, in partnership with the all-party parliamentary groups (APPG) on Climate …
The ‘genocide amendment’ could help bring an end to the forced labour of Uyghur Muslims in China
Today, the House of Lords will discuss the addition of the ‘genocide amendment’ to the Trade Bill. This amendment would give the UK high courts powers to decide if a potential trading partner is committing genocide, forcing the Government to refer to this decision before making any free-trade …
Homeless Outreach in the Winter of Coronavirus: Looking to the Future
This is the third in a series of three blogs addressing the homelessness crisis and the changing response of churches to homelessness during coronavirus. You can read the first blog, on the contexts of changing need and changing policy, here. You can read the second blog, a round-up of our webinar …
Homelessness in the winter of coronavirus
This blog series accompanies our webinar in partnership with Housing Justice. Coronavirus has completely changed the way homelessness in the UK is experienced. At the same time, it has dramatically altered the church’s capacity to respond to the needs of people experiencing homelessness in …
Nestlé confirms Fairtrade KitKat decision
Despite a widely supported and passionate campaign over the summer, the world's largest food company, Nestlé, has confirmed its June 2020 decision to drop the Fairtrade Mark from KitKat chocolate bars. We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who supported the #KeepKitKatFairtrade …
Women of Churches in Cameroon call for an immediate halt to Violence
On 21 September, International Day of Peace, women from a wide coalition of churches in Cameroon released a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire after violent conflict in the Anglophone region [1]. Women from churches in Cameroon’s Anglophone region have called on both the …
Introducing Meg
I’m Meg, and I’m so excited to start work as a JPIT / House of Commons intern. I’ve just graduated from the London School of Economics with a politics degree. I spent my time at university playing sport, working part time for a South London MP and volunteering with my church’s compassion ministries. …