Churches Together in Britain and Ireland brought together key people from across the Church and society to discuss significant contemporary issues. These are the recordings of the webinars which were originally streamed live.
This is the much-anticipated follow-up to our Black and Blue webinar from last year. It explores the police’s engagement with local communities and young people, and concerns of racism, “stop and search” and related law and order issues.
5 Jul 2021
A Moment of Dishonour? Racism, Sewell and the Christian Response
The UK Government’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (Sewell) Report has generated a great deal of debate within society and the Church since aspects of it were launched on 31 March 2021.
This webinar, first live streamed in April 2021, was a fantastic opportunity to hear from some of the keenest minds in Church and society on this report, and for participants to share their opinions on these issues.
30 Jun 2021
What does Racial Justice look like in Church and Society?
What steps need to be put in place to turn all the conversations we heard last year into palpable, significant action toward justice, equity and inclusion?
18 May 2021
Black and Blue
This is the recording of the much-anticipated webinar, streamed live on Wednesday 2 December 2020, which featured present and former serving black police officers about their views on the Black Lives Matter movement, institutional racism, ‘stop and search’ and related law and order issues.
29 Apr 2021
Accompaniment for justice and peace
Discover the latest about EAPPI, an international programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches (WCC), in a recording of the webinar which took place on 13 October 2020. The EAPPI programme brings people from around the world to the West Bank to serve for three months as human rights monitors, known as Ecumenical Accompaniers.
29 Mar 2021
Reset the Debt
An estimated six million people in the UK have fallen behind on one or more household bills as a result of Covid-19, and those trapped in poverty have been hit the hardest.
This episode explores a new campaign to respond to the household debt crisis.
10 Mar 2021
Grenfell Tower Fire Tragedy
This webinar, originally streamed live on 8 September 2020, discussed the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy and the ongoing struggle for justice.
4 Mar 2021
The Windrush scandal
This episode explores the Windrush scandal, and how a plethora of Black Britons, who had lived and worked in Britain for decades, were threatened with deportation because they did not appear to have the right papers.
22 Feb 2021
Immigration Issues in Britain and Ireland
Explore how the COVID-19 crisis has changed the narrative of immigration issues in Britain and Ireland.
17 Feb 2021
The Hostile Environment: Distrust, Discrimination and Deprivation
This episode explores how the policy of the Hostile Environment created distrust and increased discrimination and deprivation among those with an unsecure immigration status in this country.
12 Feb 2021
Asylum and Refugee Issues in Britain and Ireland
Find out how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting the lives of refugees and people seeking asylum in Britain and Ireland.
This one-hour webinar, originally streamed live on 1 July 2020, featured speakers from across Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England.
1 Feb 2021
Power, Privilege and Pandemic: The Toxic Case of Brexit
This episode explores how Brexit, one of the most important decisions taken by the British electorate in over 40 years, was underpinned by privilege and prejudice. The original webinar was hosted in partnership with the Baptist Union of Great Britain. It was recorded on 23 June 2020.
28 Jan 2021
Asylum and refugees in Europe during COVID-19
How is the COVID-19 crisis impacting refugees and asylum seekers across Europe? Find out what is happening in Calais and northern France; Lampedusa and Sicily in Italy, and what churches are doing to address this crisis across the continent.
12 Jan 2021
Climate Change: Church and Green Recovery
How can Church communities play their part in shaping and campaigning for a ‘Green Recovery’ to address Climate Change? First recorded on 9 June 2020.
16 Dec 2020
Impact of COVID-19 on BAME communities
First recorded on 26 May 2020, the Standing Together coalition explored how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities in Britain. It featured the Ascension Trust’s Les Isaac OBE; General Practitioner and Ascension Trust Chair, Dr Chinyere (Chi-Chi) Ekhator; and Dr Joan Myers OBE, Board Member of the Royal College of Nurses and Director of the Florence Nightingale Foundation.
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