Monthly Archives: April 2018

The United Reformed Church is pressing the British government to avoid participating in any further military action in Syria and instead to urgently work with international partners to pursue peaceful solutions. Early on the morning of Saturday 14 April 2018, the UK joined the US and France in bombing government sites in Syria, targeting chemical… Continue reading →

The Methodist Church View this email in your browser News release 13 April 2018 Statement and prayer about Syria from the President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference Facebook Twitter We lament the continuing violence in Syria and remember the … Continue reading →

The Methodist Church 12 April 2018 Can’t read this? Click here  The Week Ahead   Hi everyone, and welcome to The Week Ahead. We will be marking the third week of Easter and looking forward to this weekend’s Methodist Council and the many Synod meetings … Continue reading →

According to White Fright: Divided Britain, a BBC Panorama programme aired in January 2018, Blackburn is a community segregated along ethnic and religious lines. Panorama first visited the Lancashire town, made up of around 100,000 British white people and 40,000 British Asians, in 2007 to report on how the community was integrating. It returned 10… Continue reading →

According to White Fright: Divided Britain, a BBC Panorama programme aired in January 2018, Blackburn is a community segregated along ethnic and religious lines. Panorama first visited the Lancashire town, made up of around 100,000 British white people and 40,000 British Asians, in 2007 to report on how the community was integrating. It returned 10… Continue reading →

A special gathering was held on 11 April for staff from the United Reformed Church’s London office to meet all the residents of ‘The Nest’ – the top floor of Church House. Greenbelt moved into The Nest in September, followed by The Trussell Trust’s external affairs department in January, and have since been joined by… Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Universal Credit: DWP tries to lie its way out of trouble Posted: 11 Apr 2018 01:13 AM PDT Paul Morrison explains why the debate around Universal Credits shows politics at its worst. The evidence that … Continue reading →

The Methodist Church View this email in your browser News release 6 April 2018 Statement from the London District Chairs on the recent murders in London Facebook Twitter Recent spate of murders in London affecting largely young people and inflicted … Continue reading →

The Methodist Church 5 April 2018 Can’t read this? Click here  The Week Ahead   Hi everyone, and welcome to The Week Ahead. This week we will be marking the second week of Easter. I will be staffing the out-of-hours support line this week … Continue reading →

On 5 April 1968, Britain awoke to the shocking news of the Revd Dr Martin Luther King’s assassination. Fifty years later, staff at the United Reformed Church’s London office, joined the thousands worldwide in commemorating the eminent civil rights leader’s life, in the wake of the anniversary of his untimely death. Read More … Continue reading →