Events Calendar

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

12:00 noon - 1:30 pm  Quaker Meeting House, Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester, CH1 3LF. This is the fourth 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 “Big Shift” is part of Christian Aid’s campaign on climate change, with the big banks seen as a major part of the solution if they can stop funding fossil fuel developments. “Big Shift” is focussing on HSBC as one of the biggest banks in the world, and CA aims to get the message delivered […]

This is the final lunch 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 “Big Shift” is part of Christian Aid’s campaign on climate change, with the big banks seen as a major part of the solution if they can stop funding fossil fuel developments. “Big Shift” is focussing on HSBC as one of the biggest banks in the world, and CA aims to get the message delivered […]

Jamie Hauslay, a local teacher will talk about his recent visit to a number of schools in the West Bank. Come and bring a friend to hear of his experience. Further information   ChesterFriendsofPalestine@hotmail.com

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

The film is a documentary about migration and the treatment of refugees, following a trauma counsellor living on the remote Christmas Island. A member of Chester and Wrexham Amnesty group will give a short introduction to the film. Tickets £9.50, £6.00 under 26. 6.00pm,  at Storyhouse For further information or to book go to https://www.storyhouse.com/event/island-of-the-hungry-ghosts

Prior to our AGM we’ll hear from Shantele Janes, Director of  CHAWREC – the Chester, Halton and Warrington Racial Equality Council. Shantele will give a brief outline of  CHAWREC’s overall activities, then focus on their work with refugees and asylum seekers. The talk and discussion will be followed by the CWDF AGM, so we look […]

A "PALOVISION" Charity Concert. Music, comedy, ceildh dancing. Drinks bar. An ‘Alternative Eurovision’ Evening at St Columba’s Church Hall, Newton Lane Chester. For those wishing to avoid the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, this event will feature local musical talent and all proceeds will go to benefitting Palestinian charities Further details from Joseph O’Neill,  joseph.oneill777@gmail.com […]

Frack Free Dee & Upton have arranged a showing of this film: “A hopeful documentary about fighting with your whole heart, UNFRACTURED follows introspective biologist and mother Sandra Steingraber as she reinvents herself as an outspoken activist and throws herself into a an environmental war that many believe is unwinnable.” More details www.unfractured.com

A talk in the Chester Quaker Economic and Climate Justice Group series. Martin Wilkinson of The Equality Trust will speak on the subject of “A Convenient Truth: A better society for us and the planet”. "There are ways of moving towards environmental sustainability which would simultaneously bring real improvements in human wellbeing." If you would […]