This is the Forum's first opportunity to meet Chris Matheson since his re-election as MP for the City of Chester at the December 2019 General Election. We'll meet at the Forum's usual venue, The Unity Centre, 6.00pm for 6.15pm start, with Chris Matheson able to be with us for about 1 hour.
CFOP's March meeting will be held on Friday 27th at 7.15pm in the Riverside Building in Castle Drive. We have changed the date because we have visiting speakers from Bel'in in the West Bank and this was the date which fitted with their itinerary. That meeting will conclude with our AGM.
NB: Final two lunches NOW CANCELLED Mondays in Lent: 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 Mar – Christian Aid Lent Lunches This is the last in the series of Lent Lunches, for which we move across the river to St Mary's Handbridge Centre Arranged by City Centre Churches Together. Please join us for a simple […]
A lecture by Prof Tony Binns, University of Otago, New Zealand, drawing on his long standing interest in African community development and the livelihoods and wellbeing of Africans. Lecture arranged on behalf of the Geographical Association. Visitors welcome. Further information: Gill Miller (GA President 2019-20) 07941 629236
The documentary film "On Her Shoulders" is about Nadia Murad a young Yazidi woman who escaped from ISIS and has helped to publicise the plight of the Yazidi and women and children victimised by genocide and mass atrocities. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018. Further information www.storyhouse.com or amnesty.chester.wrexham@gmail.com
By putting on this exhibition with Chester Cathedral, the Chester Sustainability Forum aims to display the wide range of responses to the climate emergency that are being planned and implemented by the many faith groups, environmental groups, businesses, and political parties which share the common objective of improving the environmental sustainability of Chester and its […]
Prior to our AGM business we’ll be hearing from Stephen Maund, providing an update on community development projects in Malawi. 6.45pm – 9.00pm The Unity Centre, Cuppin Street, Chester, CH1 2BN
A dance theatre piece created by Claire Henderson Davis, and run in association with the Cathedral Exhibition "Our Journey to Sustainability" More information + tickets available at www.storyhouse.com/event/all-creation-waits.
A workshop run by Chester Quakers as an event associated with the Cathedral Exhibition "Our Journey to Sustainability" Learn about how the way you spend, save and invest money can make a huge impact on the world around us. Free of charge but please register at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/money-makes-change-tickets-99010602377 if you would like to attend.
Our final Forum meeting before the summer break. Speaker TBA MEETING NOW CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
Here is the poster for this year's Hiroshima and Nagasaki Flower Memorial on August 6th at 8pm. Our usual pattern has been adapted to meet social distancing, so all the group events will take place on The Groves. If you and your friends then want to walk onto the bridge to drop flowers, or walk […]
Our first meeting of the 2020/21 period takes place in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and before restrictions and constraints have fully eased. This Forum will therefore be run as a Zoom session. Our speaker will be Namrata Bhattacharya-Mis (Namrata), giving a talk "Global Health Update" based on her current research. Namrata is Gill […]
