Chester World Development Forum

Every Tuesday 7pm – “Tellus” : Eco-Communities Crowdcast
2021-04-06 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Zoom Session
Every Tuesday 7pm – “Tellus” : Eco-Communities Crowdcast
Chester FoE run Eco Communities TV on Tuesdays 7pm each week. If you have something you want to say, a community project you’re involved in, or you want to talk about or anything in the eco/ sustainable world you think people should know about get in touch. You can follow our Eco Communities TV Channel on Crowdcast- click here The Tellus TV April programme:

6th April – We look at the issues of palm oil, Chester as a Sustainable Palm Oil City and why more areas need to get involved. We will be joined by Faye Sherlock from Chester Zoo
13th April – Reasons to be Wild – Three sisters raising awareness of British wildlife through art and engagement. #LeftForNature, 10xGreener and #OneAcreaMeadow
20th April – Climate Change – We have Martin Land to talk about the Liverpool Tidal Project, plus more.
27th April – Then we are all about one of our favourite wild animals, the Hedgehog, we will be hearing from Hannah Khwaja, Field Conservation Assistant and look at Chester Zoo’s Hedgehog Project.

Mon 12th Apr - 'Mekong River' – Zoom talk by professional photographer Jim Holmes
2021-04-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom Session
7.00 – 8.00pm Jim’s illustrated talk is about the Mekong river and how climate change and hydro dam construction is affecting the livelihoods and sustainability of this great river and the people who rely upon it for their living and survival. For the Zoom link please email bernard.payne691@btinternet.com

This is the first of a number of potential Zoom events to be held on dates between the CWDF bi-monthly full Forum sessions. They will include presentation and discussion, plus a brief AOB item rather than full business agenda.

Every Tuesday 7pm – “Tellus” : Eco-Communities Crowdcast
2021-04-13 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-04-20 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-04-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom Session
Chester FoE run Eco Communities TV on Tuesdays 7pm each week. If you have something you want to say, a community project you’re involved in, or you want to talk about or anything in the eco/ sustainable world you think people should know about get in touch. You can follow our Eco Communities TV Channel on Crowdcast- click here The Tellus TV April programme:

6th April – We look at the issues of palm oil, Chester as a Sustainable Palm Oil City and why more areas need to get involved. We will be joined by Faye Sherlock from Chester Zoo
13th April – Reasons to be Wild – Three sisters raising awareness of British wildlife through art and engagement. #LeftForNature, 10xGreener and #OneAcreaMeadow
20th April – Climate Change – We have Martin Land to talk about the Liverpool Tidal Project, plus more.
27th April – Then we are all about one of our favourite wild animals, the Hedgehog, we will be hearing from Hannah Khwaja, Field Conservation Assistant and look at Chester Zoo’s Hedgehog Project.

Tues 4th May – “Tellus”: Eco-Communities Crowdcast
2021-05-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual
Every Tuesday 7pm – “Tellus” : Eco-Communities Crowdcast

Chester FoE run Eco Communities TV on Tuesdays 7pm each week. If you have something you want to say, a community project you’re involved in, or you want to talk about or anything in the eco/ sustainable world you think people should know about get in touch. You can follow our Eco Communities TV Channel on Crowdcast- click here
The Tellus TV May episodes:

4th –Ashton Hayes on Going Carbon Neutral, (Prof Roy Alexander UoC) why the Wombles came to Chester and more
11th – Green Infrastructure and Habitat Creation (Roger Goulding, CWAC) and for Vegetarian Week – Charlotte talks about growing your own (10xGreenerCH1)
18th – Nelson Reyes, Project Columbia and how it connects people across the world for better business innovation and sustainability.
25th – Carbon Footprint Friends and No Mow May update

10-16 May - Christian Aid Week: Virtual / hybrid events
2021-05-08 08:00 - 2021-05-18 17:00 | Zoom Session
10-16 May – Christian Aid Week: Virtual events
In, around and beyond CA Week, virtual or “hybrid” events include:

‘Mary taught her son a lesson that day’ Women’s voices in the Bible

This was held as a live event on Wednesday 12th May in St Mary’s-without-the-Walls, Handbridge, but still available to view on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCHvzYJ1wjdH8XXy_gtovCBQ
Trevor Dennis drew upon his young people’s Bible and his collections of stories and poems. Michael Reynolds, the organist and choirmaster at St Mary’s and another local musician provided some inspiring and uplifting music. Donations to Christian Aid.

Song of the Prophets Join us on Wednesday 9 June 7-8pm to witness the debut performance of a new orchestral work Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate. There will be an address from Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, and a panel discussion with climate campaigners. Christian Aid has collaborated with Chineke! Orchestra – Europe’s first majority-BME orchestra – and St Paul’s Institute, on this new piece of music based on Christian Aid’s climate change work.

Further details: www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/christian-aid-week/virtual-events
Here is the link for the Chester Christian Aid Group’s Just Giving page, set up because the usual collections during Christian Aid Week were curtailed again this year. Please circulate in case there are people who would like to make a donation:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/chesterchristianaidgroup2021

Tues 11th May - CWDF Forum-by-Zoom (AGM)
2021-05-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom Session
Tues 11th May – CWDF Forum-by-Zoom (AGM)
7.00pm Speaker Henry Sidsaph on the theme Miténgo coffee, – tree planting through ethical coffee?
Henry is a PhD researcher at the Business Research Institute at the University of Chester.
Further details TBA. The AGM is an important opportunity to consider the overall work of the Forum and to appoint/ confirm membership of the Forum committee

Wed 12th May - ‘Mary taught her son a lesson that day’ Women’s voices in the Bible
2021-05-12 19:30 - 21:00 | St Mary’s Without-the-Walls, Overleigh Road, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7HL
An in-person event for Christian Aid in CA Week, an evening of storytelling, poetry and music. People are invited to reserve seats in the church, and it will also be available on Zoom and Facebook.
Trevor will draw upon his young people’s Bible, The Book of Books, on four of his published collections of stories and poems, and on a story preached in Lichfield on Easter Day in 2013. Michael Reynolds, the organist and choirmaster at St Mary’s and another local musician will provide some inspiring and uplifting music.
We will not be selling tickets, but for those who come to the church there will be a chance to put donations to Christian Aid in envelopes, while those who watch the evening on Zoom or Face Book will be able to give online.
If you wish to reserve seats in St Mary’s, please email Trevor on trevordennis11@gmail.com or ring him on 01244 638441. He will need your email address and your telephone number, and if you are coming with others, please tell him whether you can sit together, or will need to be socially distanced.

Sat 15th May – Chester Friends of Palestine Street Vigil
2021-05-15 14:00 - 16:00 | The Cross, Chester
2pm to 4pm at The Cross, Chester. The vigil is to commemorate Nakba Day, the day when 750,000 Palestinians were driven out of their homes in 1948.
If anyone would like to join us please contact Brian Rowe on 07752 949832.

Tues 25th May – Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law (Day 1)
2021-05-25 15:45 - 18:45 | Webinar event
Tues 25th & Wed 26th May – Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law
Free online conference on the afternoons of these dates, organised by the Balfour Project. Exploring the distance between international law – which Britain has pledged to uphold – and the lived reality in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Speakers include Baroness Hale, Dominic Grieve, Philippe Sands, and a range of parliamentarians. Balfour Project: working for Peace, Justice and Equal Rights in Israel/Palestine, acknowledging Britain’s historic role and current responsibilities.
Register at https://balfourproject.org/rule-of-law

Wed 26th May – Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law (Day 2)
2021-05-26 14:00 - 18:00 | Webinar event

Tues 1st June - "Tellus" TV - Eco Communities Crowdcast
2021-06-01 19:00 - 21:00
Every Tuesday 7pm – “Tellus” : Eco-Communities Crowdcast
Chester FoE run Eco Communities TV on Tuesdays 7pm each week. If you have something you want to say, a community project you’re involved in, or you want to talk about or anything in the eco/ sustainable world you think people should know about get in touch. You can follow our Eco Communities TV Channel on Crowdcast- click here
Here’s the June programme:

1st June – Eric Greenhalgh, the Green Doctor will be with us. The role of the Green Doctor is to support the community with energy concerns, debt, and provision of guidance away from Fuel Poverty. By virtue of saving money and reducing the use of energy within the home, this in turn is providing guidance towards a more sustainable life and carbon reduction.
8th June – We will be joined by Rachel Mountain from Ethex to talk about how you can make your money do good by tackling some of the biggest global issues today, then Richard Dowling will talk to us about why he started a petition to make the use of AstroTurf a planning requirement.
15th June – Food Waste Special Olio and Hubbub’s Community Fridge Project We have Rachel Mountain from Olio on its Food Sharing app, so far the project has shared over 13 million portions of food, and in December they saved 1610 tonnes of CO2. We will also be joined by Liam Sweeney from Hubbub, the organisation has lots of fantastic campaigns, such as a Community Fridge project aimed to reduce food waste.
22nd June – Holiday!

Mon 7th June – CWDF “Extra”: TED Zoom talk & discussion “How Africa can keep rising”
2021-06-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
Mon 7th June – CWDF “Extra”: TED Zoom talk & discussion “How Africa can keep rising”
7.00 – 9.00pm. A TED talk is a short video created from a presentation at the main TED (technology, entertainment, design) conference or one of its many satellite events around the world. Listening to/watching a TED talk gives us the opportunity to hear expert leaders who communicate effectively, concisely and with passion for their subject.
For this CWDF “Extra” session we have selected this talk as a stimulus for discussion: ‘How Africa can keep rising’ given by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in 2016. She is a Nigerian-American, a respected global economist and international development expert who took up her post as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation on 1st March 2021 – the first woman and first African to hold the office.
For the Zoom link email bernard.payne691@btinternet.com

Tues 8th June -“Tellus” : Eco-Communities Crowdcast
2021-06-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual

Wed 9th June - "Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate"
2021-06-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
Join us on Wednesday 9 June 7-8pm to witness the debut performance of a new orchestral work Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate. There will be an address from Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, and a panel discussion with climate campaigners. Christian Aid has collaborated with Chineke! Orchestra – Europe’s first majority-BME orchestra – and St Paul’s Institute, on this new piece of music based on Christian Aid’s climate change work.
To sign up for this free event go to https://www.christianaid.org.uk/song-prophets-sign

17-20th June - Walking Together during Refugee Week 2021
2021-06-14 12:00 - 2021-06-20 17:00 | Chester Cathedral Gardens, Chester, CH1 2HU
Walking Together during Refugee Week 2021
During Refugee Week 2021, June 14th – 20th, Chester City of Sanctuary group are creating a unique public art installation entitled ‘Walking Together’ in Chester Cathedral gardens, to show support to those forced to flee violence and persecution.
We are hoping that over 1,000 people will ‘walk together’ with those seeking sanctuary by coming along Thursday 17th – Sunday 20th June, between 12 – 5pm, ‘planting’ one of our free flags and seeing our path of ‘welcome to Chester’ grow. Please come and join us on any of these dates and be part of creating this path of welcome in Chester.
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On Sunday 20th June at 1.15pm Storyhouse will be showing the film Midnight Traveller introduced by a member of the City of Sanctuary group. Tickets and further information available via Storyhouse website.
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On Sunday 20th June at 10.00am Chester Cathedral will be holding a special service for Refugee Week. The guest speaker will be Inderjit Bhogal co-founder of the City of Sanctuary movement. Prebooking required –available via Chester Cathedral website.

Tues 15th June - “Tellus” : Eco-Communities Crowdcast
2021-06-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual

Tues 22nd June - “Tellus” : Eco-Communities Crowdcast
2021-06-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual

Sun 11th Jul - ‘Critical Mass’ bike ride
2021-07-11 14:00 - 17:00 | Chester Town Hall Square, Northgate Street, Chester, United Kingdom
Sunday 11 July: ‘Critical Mass’ bike ride starting at 2pm from Chester Town Hall
This will be a community event for cyclists who are interested in promoting low carbon / ‘active’ transport in Chester.

Tues 13th Jul - CWDF Forum-by-Zoom: “Fair Tax Now”
2021-07-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom Session
7.00pm Speaker Justin Thacker, Director of the campaign Church Action for Tax Justice. The Fair Tax Now campaign calls for fairer national and global tax systems, and puts forward a range of policy proposals designed to make the tax system fairer for all.( CATJ is one of the programmes of ECCR, the Ecumenical Council for Corporate responsibility.)
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of the Fair Tax Now report

Wed 14th Jul - Andrew Feinstein’s film “Shadow World”
2021-07-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom event
Wednesday 14 July at 7pm online screening: Andrew Feinstein’s film “Shadow World”
As part of the campaign to stop the Liverpool Arms Fair in October, Chester Friends of Palestine are joining in the showing the inspirational film by Andrew Feinstein about the murky world of the global arms industry. UK, US, Israeli and other arms manufacturers are profiting from war and human misery, and contributing to large scale destruction of the environment.
The showing will conclude with a Q&A session with the director. You can register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdeytrj8qGtxh3ycd0SlZzXbR3qJgpN6i

Sat 17th Jul - “Future Coastal Path Ramble”
2021-07-17 11:00 - 14:00 | The Bandstand, The Groves, Chester
Saturday 17 July 11am to 2pm: “Future Coastal Path Ramble”
This event plans to begin with a 21st century version of the traditional Punch and Judy show at the Bandstand in the Groves, followed by a structured walk clockwise round the City Walls starting from the Old Dee Bridge with 4 picnic stops. XR intends to publicise the effect that global warming causing sea level change will have in a very local context.

Tues 3rd Aug - Public Prayers for Climate Justice
2021-08-03 11:30 - 12:30 | The Cross, Chester, United Kingdom
PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE:
As Christians concerned with justice, we should come together to pray for all those suffering from climatic changes, and for those in power who need to make decisions necessary to stabilise and protect our climate.
A small group from Christian Aid and Churches Together in Chester is planning weekly prayer meetings in public over the next couple of months, leading up to the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November.

Meetings will start on Tuesday 3rd August at 11.30 am at the Cross in front of St. Peter’s, then moving to repeat the prayers near the entrance to the Cathedral. Please join us in this important act of Christian witness in Chester.

For further information please contact Brian Rowe on 07752 949 832.
Public prayers info July 2021

Fri 6th Aug - Hiroshima and Nagasaki Flower Memorial
2021-08-06 20:00 - 21:00 | The Bandstand, The Groves, Chester
Friday 06 August, 8pm at The Groves, Chester: Hiroshima and Nagasaki Flower Memorial
This annual event is organised by Margaret & Dai Owen, to remember those who died and suffered as a result of the atomic bombs dropped in 1945, and in the firm belief that it must never happen again. All are welcome to meet at the Bandstand for readings, a period of quiet reflection, and the dropping of flowers on the river. Please bring white flowers if you wish.

Sat 7 Aug - Fairtrade Coffee Morning, Hoole URC - Chifundo UK
2021-08-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Hoole URC, Hoole Road, Chester, CH2 3NT
In aid of Chifundo UK, working with the women of Malawi. With coffee and refreshments and a variety of Fairtrade products from Malawi. Free admission, but there will also be a Flower Arranging Workshop for which book in advance but pay on the day, £3.50.
Further information from Susan: 01244 381490 chair@chanasachifundomalawi.org
Chifundo Coffee Morning 7-8-21

Public Prayers for Christian Aid
2021-08-17 11:30 - 12:30 | Chester City Centre
Public prayers info July 2021

Public Prayers for Climate Justice
2021-08-24 12:00 - 12:30 | Chester Town Hall Square, Chester
PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE:
People concerned about climate change may come together to pray for all those suffering from climatic changes and for those in power who need to make decisions necessary to stabilise and protect our climate.
A small group from Christian Aid and Churches Together in Chester is holding weekly prayer meetings in public over the period leading up to the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November.
The Meetings start at 12 noon each Tuesday in front of the Town Hall, praying there, then moving to repeat the prayers at The Cross at 12.15. Please join us in this important act of Christian witness in Chester. For further information please contact Brian Rowe on 07752 949 832.

Public prayers info July 2021

Public Prayers for Climate Justice
2021-08-31 12:00 - 12:30 | Chester Town Hall Square, Northgate Street, Chester, United Kingdom
People concerned about climate change may come together to pray for all those suffering from climatic changes and for those in power who need to make decisions necessary to stabilise and protect our climate.
A small group from Christian Aid and Churches Together in Chester is holding weekly prayer meetings in public over the period leading up to the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November.
The Meetings start at 12 noon each Tuesday in front of the Town Hall, praying there, then moving to repeat the prayers at The Cross at 12.15. Please join us in this important act of Christian witness in Chester. For further information please contact Brian Rowe on 07752 949 832.

Public prayers info July 2021

Public Prayers for Climate Justice
2021-09-07 12:00 - 12:30 | Chester Town Hall Square, Northgate Street, Chester, United Kingdom
People concerned about climate change may come together to pray for all those suffering from climatic changes and for those in power who need to make decisions necessary to stabilise and protect our climate.
A small group from Christian Aid and Churches Together in Chester is holding weekly prayer meetings in public over the period leading up to the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November.
The Meetings start at 12 noon each Tuesday in front of the Town Hall, praying there, then moving to repeat the prayers at The Cross at 12.15. Please join us in this important act of Christian witness in Chester. For further information please contact Brian Rowe on 07752 949 832.
