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Ekklesia weekly digest

by Archive | Mar 31, 2016

In this issue


In this issue

  • Is Europe really ‘under attack’?
  • Manifestos, vigilance and liberty
  • Spring Appeal – Another Easter Rising
  • Government spending on disabled people
  • UK ‘still complicit’ in destruction of Yemen say campaigners
  • Amnesty calls for reform of Northern Ireland abortion law
  • New Christian Aid framework for empowering poor communities
  • Access for All – Why Libraries Matter
  • Ten years after Iraq: Norman Kember reflects
 

30 Mar 2016

Is Europe really ‘under attack’?

Much as it is an understatement to say that I was shaken by the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015, so it is the case with the terrorist assaults on Brussels earlier this month.

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26 Mar 2016

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’?

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Launch of ‘Foxes have holes: Christian reflections on Britain’s housing need’

April 14, 2016

 

Foxes draft cover

 

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Thursday 31 March 2016

21 Mar 2016

Spring Appeal – Another Easter Rising

Ekklesia launches its Spring Appeal

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29 Mar 2016

Government spending on disabled people

Since the Budget, the issue of spending cuts affecting disabled people has been given some long-overdue media attention.

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28 Mar 2016

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.

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25 Mar 2016

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 It was announced yesterday that the Northern Ireland government will finally publish the long-awaited draft guidance.

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25 Mar 2016

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.

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29 Mar 2016

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

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25 Mar 2016

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.

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