In this issue
In this issue
- Access for All – Why Libraries Matter
- Manifestos, vigilance and liberty
- Spring Appeal – Another Easter Rising
- UK ‘still complicit’ in destruction of Yemen say campaigners
- Government spending on disabled people
- Amnesty calls for reform of Northern Ireland abortion law
- New Christian Aid framework for empowering poor communities
- Ten years after Iraq: Norman Kember reflects
Access for All – Why Libraries Matter
Today the BBC are reporting today that since 2010, 25% of libraries have closed, including 132 mobile libraries, 207 building based and 4
Manifestos, vigilance and liberty
How did you vote in the general election? For what you believed in? Out of custom and loyalty? Holding your nose? For the ‘least worst’?
Launch of ‘Foxes have holes: Christian reflections on Britain’s housing need’
Wednesday 30 March 2016
Spring Appeal – Another Easter Rising
Ekklesia launches its Spring Appeal
UK ‘still complicit’ in destruction of Yemen say campaigners
In the year since the Saudi-led bombardment of Yemen began, thousands of Yemeni civilians have died and millions have been left without access to vital infrastructure, clean water or electricity.
Government spending on disabled people
Since the Budget, the issue of spending cuts affecting disabled people has been given some long-overdue media attention.
Amnesty calls for reform of Northern Ireland abortion law
Amnesty International has said it will study new draft legal guidance on abortion to be published by Northern Ireland’s Department of Health and has repeated its call for urgent reform of the region’s restrictive abortion law. It was announced yesterday that the Northern Ireland government will finally publish the long-awaited draft guidance.
New Christian Aid framework for empowering poor communities
International development agency Christian Aid has launched a new framework outlining one of its ‘priority approaches’ to tackling poverty – building the resilience of women, men and children in poor and marginalised communities.
Ten years after Iraq: Norman Kember reflects
Ten years ago, Norman Kember, the peace activist taken hostage in Iraq, returned home after being freed by SAS troops.
