Events Calendar

 

  • Mon 16th Mar – Christian Aid Lent Lunch

    Quaker Meeting House Chester Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester

    Mondays in Lent:  2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 Mar  – Christian Aid 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.

    Donation
  • Sat 21st Mar – Sustainable Chester Fair – Sustainable Fashion – NOW POSTPONED

    Rowton Hall Hotel & Spa Rowton Lane, Chester

    Organised by Eco Communities/ Friends of the Earth Chester & District  as their fourth Sustainable Fair. This event will have an extra Sustainable Fashion theme, working with Cheshire West & Chester Council, with talks and workshops throughout the day. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/eco-communities-friends-of-the-earth-chester-amp-district-20117717104  

  • Mon 23rd Mar – CA Lent Lunch – NOW CANCELLED

    Quaker Meeting House Chester Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester

    NB: Lunches on 23 and 30 March NOW CANCELLED Mondays in Lent:  2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 Mar  – Christian Aid 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.  

    Donation
  • Fri 27th Mar – Q & A Session with Chris Matheson MP – NOW POSTPONED

    The Unity Centre Cuppin Street, Chester

    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.    

  • Chester Friends of Palestine – West Bank visitors + AGM – NOW POSTPONED

    Room 204, Riverside Building, University of Chester Castle Drive, Chester

    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.

  • Mon 30th Mar – CA Lent Lunch- NOW CANCELLED

    St Mary's Handbridge Centre Overleigh Road Handbridge, Chester

    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 […]

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  • Tues 21st Apr –  “Is Africa developing? Challenging some popular perspectives?” – NOW CANCELLED

    Best Building, University of Chester Exton Park Campus, off Parkgate Road, Chester

    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

  • Tues 28th Apr – Film “On Her Shoulders”- CANCELLED or POSTPONED

    Storyhouse Hunter Street, Chester

     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

  • 11-17th May – Exhibition and Conference “Our Journey to Sustainability” – NOW 9 – 16 NOV

    Chester Cathedral St Werburgh Street, Chester

    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 […]

  • Tues 12th May – CWDF Forum AGM – CANCELLED, AGM POSTPONED

    The Unity Centre Cuppin Street, Chester

    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

  • Mon 18th May – Workshop “Money Makes Change” – POSTPONED

    Quaker Meeting House Chester Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester

    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.