7:30-9:30 pm, Custom House, 65 - 67 Watergate Street, Chester, CH1 2LB A ShowTheLove event hosted by Chester & District Friends of the Earth and Chester Deva WI. Further information chesterfoe@hotmail.co.uk
10.00am to 12.00 noon Hoole United Reformed Church, Hoole Road, Chester CH2 3NT Organised by Chifundo UK. Tickets £1 coffee/tea and biscuits. Proceeds for women’s tailoring courses in Malawi.
12.30 - 1.30 at The Cross, Chester. All are welcome to join - please wear black if possible. Organised by Chester CND. Further information chestercnd@gmail.com Unless otherwise advised, the Vigil is held on the last Saturday of each month.
Each year Fairtrade Fortnight is a big opportunity for campaigners, businesses, schools and places of worship show their support for the farmers and workers who grow our food in developing countries. The Chester Fairtrade Steering Committee have secured a prime location stall in the Chester Market for the entire fortnight. The stall will be shared […]
9.30am, Chester Town Hall, Chester, CH1 2HQ This is the continuation of the Public Inquiry concerning the Appeal by I Gas into the planning refusal for gas well testing at Portside, Ellesmere Port. The scheme raises broad issues of climate change as well as significant local environmental and amenity concerns. The Frack Free Dee group […]
This meeting is in the informal atmosphere of Storyhouse, to allow those who wish to attend the 6.00 pm screening of the documentary film The Judge which offers a unique portrait of Palestinian lawyer Kholoud Al-Faqih’s brave journey as a lawyer, and her tireless fight for justice for women. See www.storyhouse.com/event/the-judge
This meeting of Chester Friends of Palestine is in the informal atmosphere of Storyhouse, to allow those who wish to attend the 6.00 pm screening of the documentary film The Judge which offers a unique portrait of Palestinian lawyer Kholoud Al-Faqih’s brave journey as a lawyer, and her tireless fight for justice for women. For […]
Nick Dearden is Director of “Global Justice Now” (formerly World Development Movement). Their campaigns include Aid issues – urging the adoption of a new progressive vision for UK aid, focused on principles of social justice and the redistribution of economic and political power in the world. Nick Dearden 5-3-19
Chester Women’s Aid’s annual celebration of IWD to be held on Saturday 9th March in the Town Hall and Storyhouse, 11.00am - 3.30pm. With live performances, market stalls, information stalls 7 raffle.
This Quiz Night is a fund raising event in aid of the Amos Trust West Bank Home Rebuild Project 2019. The evening includes a Palestinian Buffet. For information or tickets contact Andrew on andrewherbert1967@gmail.com or 07930 639246
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Quaker Meeting House, Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester, CH1 3LF. This is the first in the series of 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.
The second Forum gathering of 2019. Open session on local responses to the concerns of climate change and climate justice. It will include an update from Jude Limb on Christian Aid’s “Big Shift” campaign (away from fossil fuels) and the lobby of HSBC. (Details to be confirmed). 01244 350323.
