A talk by Dr Tom Gillespie, Lecturer in International Development, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester. Forum members are very welcome to attend this lecture. Contact Gill Miller, 07941 629236. 5.00 – 6.00pm Best Building, University of Chester, Parkgate Road campus
The 'Peace Train' is an event being organised by the Hereford Peace Council to ask Parliament to ensure that the UK becomes a signatory to the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty. A number of the Hereford Peace Council and supporters will ride a regularly scheduled Arriva train on the South Wales/North Wales line from Chester to […]
Wirral Trade Justice Group present the film "Seed: the Untold Story", a documentary concerned with the future of our food: seeds are vital for life on earth, who controls the supply of seeds today? The evening will include refreshments and a Fair Trade stall. All welcome.
This day for Palestine, organised by Stop the War Coalition, Chester, will involve speakers from a wide variety of political, religious, media, academic, social justice, NGO and civil society backgrounds, who help explore ways to promote peace and justice for the Palestinian people. Ample opportunities for networking and workshops will be included in the programme. […]
The second of our Autumn 2018 meetings. Speaker local firefighter Anthony McCarthy on his ongoing work with the project in Nepal, “Classrooms in the Clouds”. www.classroomsintheclouds.org
Craft Fair organised in aid of Chifundo UK, in support of their projects empowering girls and women in Malawi. Free admission. With refreshments. “Come and find Christmas presents with a difference and help change the world”. If anyone would like to book a stall for only £10 and sell crafts they are welcome. Contact 01244 […]
At this meeting Chris Matheson MP will be speaking on his recent visit to the West Bank. The meeting will be in Room 301 of Riverside Building. For further information email ChesterFriendsofPalestine@hotmail.com
Presented by Theatre in the Quarter in collaboration with City of Sanctuary, Walk My Journey is a film and live musical event involving over 700 young people. Performed in the gardens of Chester Cathedral, (and incorporating the city’s Lantern Parade) “Walk My Journey” explores the stories of young displaced people from across the world told […]
The annual 'Write for Rights' campaign is the world's biggest letter-writing event. Chester and Wrexham Amnesty Group are arranging a public event. You have the opportunity of exercising the 'power of the pen' by sending a card with a message of hope and support to those facing violence, threats, intimidation and even death. When? Saturday 1st December 2018: […]
Sun 2nd Dec - Sustainable Chester Winter Fair 11.00am, INDUSTRY, 1 Overleigh Rd, Chester, CH4 7HL Chester Friends of the Earth would love a good attendance so they can again put on an event like this in the future. Anyone who has a business or organisation with a Sustainable theme please come along. Email chesterfoe@hotmail.co.uk […]
7.00pm, Westminster Community Centre, Church Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 2ER This event is organised by the Frack Free Dee group in connection with the January 2019 Inquiry into the I Gas proposals for gas well testing at Portside, Ellesmere Port. Further information from outreach.frackfreedee@outlook.com Refreshments provided.
Human Rights Day To mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Chester & Wrexham Amnesty Group have organised a showing of the film ‘A Cambodian Spring’. This film is an intimate and unique portrait of three people caught up in the chaotic development that is shaping modern-day Cambodia. When? Monday 10th […]
