Events Calendar

 

Wed 20th Feb – #ShowTheLove Climate Change Debate

The Custom House Watergate Street, Chester

  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  

Sat 23rd Feb – Fair Trade Coffee Morning

Hoole URC Hoole Road, Chester

 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.

£1.00

Sat 23rd Feb – “Stop Arming Saudi” Silent Vigil

The Cross Chester, United Kingdom

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.

Mon 25th Feb – Sun 10th Mar – Fairtrade Fortnight 2019

Various venues

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 […]

Tues 26th Thurs 28thFeb – Resumed sessions, I Gas Public Inquiry

Chester Town Hall Square Chester

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 […]

Wed 27th Feb – Chester Friends of Palestine

Storyhouse Hunter Street, Chester

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

Wed 27th Feb – Chester Friends of Palestine

Storyhouse Hunter Street, Chester

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 […]

Tues 5th Mar – Talk by Nick Dearden “Rising National & Personal Debt & Impact on Aid”

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

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

Sat 9th Mar – International Women’s Day

Chester Town Hall Square Chester

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.

Sat 9th Mar – Quiz Night with Palestinian Buffet

Wesley Church Centre St. John Street, Chester

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

£8.00

Mon 11th Mar – Christian Aid Lent Lunch

Quaker Meeting House Chester Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester

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.

£5.00

Tues 12th Mar – CWDF Forum

The Unity Centre Cuppin Street, Chester

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.