Events Calendar

 

Mon 2nd Mar – Christian Aid Lent Lunch

Quaker Meeting House Chester Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester

Mondays in Lent:  2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 Mar  – Christian Aid Lent Lunches Arranged by City Centre Churches Together. Please join us for a simple meal. £5 donations to Christian Aid: “Working to end poverty and injustice worldwide”. 01244 375606.

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Mon 9th Mar – Christian Aid Lent Lunch

Quaker Meeting House Chester Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester

Mondays in Lent:  2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 Mar  – Christian Aid Lent Lunches Arranged by City Centre Churches Together. Please join us for a simple meal. £5 donations to Christian Aid: “Working to end poverty and injustice worldwide”. 01244 375606.

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Tues 10th Mar – CWDF Forum

The Unity Centre Cuppin Street, Chester

6.45pm – 9.00pm The Unity Centre, Cuppin Street, Chester, CH1 2BN Speakers: Linda & Stewart Shuttleworth, talking of their personal involvement with the charity “Jamie’s Fund”, supporting the development of mental health care in Uganda. http://jamiesfund.org.uk

Mon 16th Mar – Christian Aid Lent Lunch

Quaker Meeting House Chester Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester

Mondays in Lent:  2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 Mar  – Christian Aid Lent Lunches Arranged by City Centre Churches Together. Please join us for a simple meal. £5 donations to Christian Aid: “Working to end poverty and injustice worldwide”. 01244 375606.

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Sat 21st Mar – Sustainable Chester Fair – Sustainable Fashion – NOW POSTPONED

Rowton Hall Hotel & Spa Rowton Lane, Chester

Organised by Eco Communities/ Friends of the Earth Chester & District  as their fourth Sustainable Fair. This event will have an extra Sustainable Fashion theme, working with Cheshire West & Chester Council, with talks and workshops throughout the day. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/eco-communities-friends-of-the-earth-chester-amp-district-20117717104  

Mon 23rd Mar – CA Lent Lunch – NOW CANCELLED

Quaker Meeting House Chester Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester

NB: Lunches on 23 and 30 March NOW CANCELLED Mondays in Lent:  2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 Mar  – Christian Aid Lent Lunches Arranged by City Centre Churches Together. Please join us for a simple meal. £5 donations to Christian Aid: “Working to end poverty and injustice worldwide”. 01244 375606.  

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Fri 27th Mar – Q & A Session with Chris Matheson MP – NOW POSTPONED

The Unity Centre Cuppin Street, Chester

This is the Forum's first opportunity to meet Chris Matheson since his re-election as MP for the City of Chester at the December 2019 General Election. We'll meet at the Forum's usual venue, The Unity Centre, 6.00pm for 6.15pm start, with Chris Matheson able to be with us for about 1 hour.    

Chester Friends of Palestine – West Bank visitors + AGM – NOW POSTPONED

Room 204, Riverside Building, University of Chester Castle Drive, Chester

CFOP's March meeting will be held on Friday 27th at 7.15pm in the Riverside Building in Castle Drive. We have changed the date because we have visiting speakers from Bel'in in the West Bank and this was the date which fitted with their itinerary. That meeting will conclude with our AGM.

Mon 30th Mar – CA Lent Lunch- NOW CANCELLED

St Mary's Handbridge Centre Overleigh Road Handbridge, Chester

NB: Final two lunches NOW CANCELLED Mondays in Lent:  2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 Mar  – Christian Aid Lent Lunches This is the last in the series of Lent Lunches, for which we move across the river to St Mary's Handbridge Centre Arranged by City Centre Churches Together. Please join us for a simple […]

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Tues 21st Apr –  “Is Africa developing? Challenging some popular perspectives?” – NOW CANCELLED

Best Building, University of Chester Exton Park Campus, off Parkgate Road, Chester

A lecture by Prof Tony Binns, University of  Otago, New Zealand, drawing on his long standing interest in African community development and the livelihoods and wellbeing of Africans. Lecture arranged on behalf of the Geographical Association. Visitors welcome. Further information: Gill Miller (GA President 2019-20) 07941 629236

Tues 28th Apr – Film “On Her Shoulders”- CANCELLED or POSTPONED

Storyhouse Hunter Street, Chester

 The documentary film "On Her Shoulders" is about Nadia Murad a young Yazidi woman who escaped from ISIS and has helped to publicise the plight of the Yazidi and women and children victimised by genocide and mass atrocities. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018. Further information www.storyhouse.com  or  amnesty.chester.wrexham@gmail.com

Tues 12th May – CWDF Forum AGM – CANCELLED, AGM POSTPONED

The Unity Centre Cuppin Street, Chester

Prior to our AGM business we’ll be hearing from Stephen Maund, providing an update on community development projects in Malawi. 6.45pm – 9.00pm The Unity Centre, Cuppin Street, Chester, CH1 2BN