Events Calendar

 

Fri 26th Jan – CWDF Forum meets Chris Matheson MP

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

An informal meeting with Chester MP Chris Matheson. This is being arranged in association with the University’s International Development Society. (This is the session originally scheduled for 3rd October 2017.)

Sat 27th Jan – Silent vigil: Stop Weapons Sales to Saudi

The Cross Chester, United Kingdom

Chester CND invite you to join them in a silent vigil to highlight the plight of the people of Yemen and UK involvement. Wear black if possible and come along for as long as you can manage. chestercnd@gmail.com

Sun 28th Jan – Not the Daily Mail – Refugees Welcome here!

Chester Cathedral St Werburgh Street, Chester

Chester Cathedral Public Workshop. There is a huge humanitarian crisis affecting many countries across the world today, none more so than Syria. Come and learn about the work going on locally to support refugees both in Chester and internationally with speakers from Jacob’s Ladder (the cathedral awareness-raising group), P3 (providing housing support), CHAWREC (providing language […]

Fri 9th Feb – CAFOD talk, Tackling Hunger & Malnutrition in Zimbabwe

Our Lady's Parish Centre Enfield Road, Ellesmere Port

Livison Chipatiso is the Programme Officer from the CAFOD office in Harare. He will be speaking about CAFOD projects tackling hunger and malnutrition in Zimbabwe and will be sharing his personal stories of the need faced by families and the impact the projects are having on the whole community. Tea and coffee will be available […]

Sat 24th Feb – Stop Arming Saudi, Silent Vigil

The Cross Chester, United Kingdom

Stop Arming Saudi Silent Vigil Chester CND are holding a silent vigil on the Saturday  24th February, 12.30 until 1.30 pm at The Cross, Chester to highlight the plight of the people of Yemen and UK arms sales to Saudi.  Black dress is invited and you are welcome to join in for as long as you can manage. More info from chestercnd@gmail.com

Fairtrade Fortnight 2018

Various venues

The 2018 theme and resources for this annual celebration of the ideals and practical benefits of "Fairtrade" will be announced soon. See www.fairtrade.org Watch out for local events facilitated by the Fairtrade Steering Group

Mon 26th Feb – Film “In Between”

Garret Theatre, Storyhouse Hunter Street, Chester

This film showing is part of the 32nd Chester International Film festival Three Palestinian women live in an apartment in Tel Aviv. Very much differing in their outlooks, they all suffer from belonging neither to traditional Arab society nor to secularised western society: they are "in between".

£9.50

Wed 28th Feb – Film “I Am Not A Witch”

Garret Theatre, Storyhouse Hunter Street, Chester

This film showing is part of the 32nd Chester International Film festival. In a remote Zambian village, an 8 year-old girl is accused of being a witch following an accident. She is found guilty and sent to a’ witch camp’. Writer-director Rungano Nyoni, born in Zambia and part-raised in Wales, was inspired by real-life reports […]

£9.50