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  • 30 Aug
    2008
    Changing faith schools for the better

    To coincide with Ekklesia's involvement as a founding member of the Accord coalition, this paper contains a cross-section of documents and media articles from Ekklesia and other sources (2205-2008) to resource the ongoing debate about the reform of faith schools. These cover a range of issues concerning current policies of – and towards – religiously sponsored state-funded schools, in the light of the principles and practice of fully-inclusive schooling. They remain the copyright of their originators and contain the original link. We begin with the Accord principles and the case for them; then four documents from the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) with whom we cooperated on their very helpful Faith Schools Position Paper; Populus polling data on the public and faith schools; then a selection of media articles and research (including LSE, Institute of Education and National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), in chronological order.

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  • 30 Aug
    2008
    New coalition for inclusive schooling to be launched

    A new coalition called Accord, which will be launched officially on Monday 1 September 2008, is calling on Children, Schools and Families Secretary of State Ed Balls to stop publicly-funded faith schools from discriminating against students and teachers on the grounds of their beliefs.

  • 26 Jun
    2008
    Close discrimination loopholes for faith groups in welfare, government urged

    The British Humanist Association (BHA) has said that the government should close the discrimination loopholes for religious organisations involved in public service provision, and should ensure that all services are fully inclusive.

  • 12 Jun
    2008
    Prime Minister to meet Faithworks award winners at No 10

    As the debate on church and welfare continue, the Prime Minister and other senior government figures today host a reception with the winners of the 2008 Faithworks Awards at No 10 Downing Street.

  • 2 Feb
    2008
    Black campaigners say UK mental health services are failing

    Churches, faith groups, racial justice campaigners and civic and community organisations need to work together more determinedly in the face of continuing serious failures in mental health provision, says Black Mental Health UK.

  • 1 Nov
    2007
    Don't misuse religion to suppress women, says Cherie Booth

    Religion and culture are abused when they are employed illegitimately to justify the suppression of women and the denial of their equal humanity, human rights lawyer Chrie Booth argued yesterday in a lecture at Chatham House in London.

  • 21 Sep
    2007
    UK Christians Worry About Implications of New Equality Laws, Cybercast News Service, 21 Sept 2007
    Ekklesia comments on the forthcoming Single Equality Bill, urging churches to embrace equal access and rights in the public sphere with greater enthusiasm.
  • 16 Jul
    2007
    Continuing concern about faith schools' policies

    The think-tank Ekklesia has said that it will continue to raise concerns about the policies and practices of faith schools in areas such as access, equality and employment - on grounds both of fair

  • 1 May
    2007
    New anti-discrimination legislation comes into force

    Controversial new legislation came into force yesterday providing protections from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation as well as on the grounds of religion or belief.

  • 23 Mar
    2007
    Partnership yes but marriage no, Swedish church tells gays

    The Church of Sweden, which has been criticised by other Lutherans for blessing civil partnerships, says the state should not redefine marriage.

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