Chester World Development Forum

Public Prayers for Climate Justice
2021-10-26 12:00 - 12:30, 2021-10-12 12:00 - 12:30, 2021-10-05 12:00 - 12:30, 2021-09-28 12:00 - 12:30, 2021-09-21 12:00 - 12:30, 2021-09-07 12:00 - 12:30 UTC | 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.

Sat 23rd Oct - Youth Climate Conference
2021-10-23 13:30 - 15:30 | Chester Cathedral, St Werburgh Street, Chester, CH1 2DY
Saturday 23 October, 1:30 to 3:30pm at Chester Cathedral: Youth Climate Conference
Chester Youth Climate Change Conference is an opportunity is to raise awareness of Climate Change Issues in Cheshire, and to give a platform for under 25’s to engage with the issues by hearing from international and local speakers of a variety of ages.
Free event but booking essential : https://chestercathedral.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173613302
Chester Youth Climate Conference

Public Prayers for Climate Justice
2021-10-19 12:00 - 12:30 | Chester Town Hall Square, Chester

Ceilidh for Colin
2021-10-09 19:30 - 22:30 | St Columba’s Church Hall, 1 Newhall Road, Plas Newton, Chester, CH2 1JJ
Saturday 09 October, 7:30 to 10:30pm at St. Columba‟s church hall: “Ceilidh for Colin‟
Catherine Green Watson has organised an evening in honour of her husband Colin Watson.
There will be memories of Colin, dancing to live music from “A Band on Ship‟, and a light
vegan supper provided by Chester Tandoori. Bring your own beer! Friends of Colin and
people who worked alongside him on various environmental and justice issues can register
at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ceilidh-for-colin-registration-169864269603

18-26 Sept - Climate Coalition’s ‘Great Big Green Week‘
2021-09-18 - 2021-09-26 | Various venues
18-26 September: the Climate Coalition’s ‘Great Big Green Week‘
Communities across the UK will join together for the ‘Great Big Green Week’. It aims to be the biggest event for climate and nature ever held in the UK, taking place just five weeks before COP26 is held in Glasgow. There are plans for a Great Big Green Week in Cheshire West and Chester, to raise the profile of groups taking action on climate change and to encourage more, from communities and politicians alike.
The ‘Great Big Green Week’ will link up with some existing events, such as the annual Chester Zoo Wildlife Connections on 18 &19 September. The Sustainable Chester Fair is being planned the following weekend in Grosvenor Park. Northwich will have art installations around the town, and more.
CWDF would like to hold an event of our own, and is open to suggestions from members – contact us by email at chester1wdf@gmail.com. We might, for example, lobby at local branches of the major banks that are still heavily involved in financing fossil fuel projects and driving global warming, even though their stated investment policies have branded such activities as “unsustainable”.
If you’d like to be involved in our local ‘Great Big Green Week’ or want more information, please send an email to helenchesterfoe@hotmail.com.

God Treads Softly Here
2021-09-15 19:30 - 21:00 | St Mary’s Handbridge Centre, Overleigh Road Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7HL
‘God Treads Softly Here: You do not Hear Her Coming’
An evening of words and music for Christian Aid
Trevor Dennis, Brian Heald and Lionel Clarke,
St Mary’s Handbridge, Wednesday, September 15, 7.30pm – 9.00pm

This is the fourth and last in a series of evenings of words and music that have been held in St Mary’s Church, Handbridge for Christian Aid since the middle of last December. We’ve had evenings to do with Christmastide, Passiontide, and Women’s voices in the Bible. This time the theme is simply God!
Trevor Dennis will read six of his published stories or poems on that theme, while Lionel Clarke and Brian Heald, two highly celebrated Chester musicians, will be playing six pieces for cello and piano. The mood will be less sombre this time – it will be quietly reflective at times, at others positively playful. And Trevor assures everyone that this programme will easily fit within the 90 minutes.
We will find ourselves at the gate of heaven, on the bank of one of the rivers of Eden, in the silence of the Sinai desert, or with the marks of God’s floury hands on our backs. And there will be Dvŏrák, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Bach and more.
Thanks to the Methodist Book Centre at Hanley, and their wonderful manager Julie-Ann Ellis, there will be a bookstall and at the end of the evening a chance to buy copies of some of Trevor’s books, including three of the collections he will have been drawing upon. Julie has promised to donate 10% of the profits to Christian Aid.
No tickets are being sold, but as before there will be a chance to give to Christian Aid, either in the church or online. Astonishingly, the first three evenings between them raised £8,850. Let’s see if we can bring the grand total to over £10,000! The need is so great, and so urgent.
If you wish to reserve seats in the church, please email Trevor on trevordennis11@gmail.com , or telephone him on 01244 638441. You will be more than welcome. If you prefer, you can watch the evening on Zoom, or catch up with it afterwards on the St Mary’s Handbridge YouTube channel, and you will be given a link to an online-giving page, set up by the Chester Christian Aid Committee. Cheques made out to Christian Aid can be posted to ‘Christian Aid, c/o The Parish Administrator, St Mary-Without-the Walls, Overleigh Road, Handbridge, Chester CH4 7HL’.
Trevor Dennis

Tues 14th Sept - CWDF Forum on “2021 - a Year of Summits”
2021-09-14 19:00 - 21:00 | The Unity Centre, Cuppin Street, Chester, CH1 2BN
** Tuesday 14 September at 7pm: CWDF Forum on “2021 – a Year of Summits” **
CWDF member and University of Chester Senior Lecturer Emerita Gill Miller will provide an overview of the major international gatherings that have taken place (and are still to take place) over the course of 2021 – including the G7 and G20 gatherings and, not least, COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change ‘Conference of Parties’ being held in Glasgow from 01 to 12 November.

Public Prayers for Climate Justice
2021-09-14 12:00 - 12:30

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
2021-08-24 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 Christian Aid
2021-08-17 11:30 - 12:30 | Chester City Centre
Public prayers info July 2021

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 1st June - "Tellus" TV - Eco Communities Crowdcast
2021-06-01 19:00 - 21:00
