On Wednesday 15th December, Revd Sue Parfitt, a 79-year-old Anglican priest, was given a two month prison sentence suspended for two years after being convicted of contempt of court for breaking the government’s M25 injunction. She was also ordered to pay £5000 in court costs. Sue took action on the M25 as part of Insulate Britain. She … Continue reading Revd Dr Sue Parfitt’s Court Statement
On Wednesday 15th December, Ruth Jarman, a 58-year-old mother of three and a charity worker, was given a two month prison sentence suspended for two years after being convicted of contempt of court for breaking the government’s M25 injunction. She was also ordered to pay £5000 in court costs. Ruth is a Christian and an Anglican. … Continue reading Ruth Jarman’s Court Statement
Monday 6th December 2021, 9:30am For immediate release Photos here / Interviews available Contact: 07954 377569 /christianclimateaction@gmail.com Five Christians are in court in London at 2pm on Monday 6th December for the start of a trial after they stood on top of train in April 2019 in peaceful protest to challenge the financial district to … Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Five Christians on Trial over Climate Emergency Train Action
Ahead of an action at St Pauls Cathedral on Sunday 29th August, CCA sent the following letter to Church of England Dioceses with investments in the fossil fuel industry. Dear …… SUBJECT: ACT NOW - DIVEST IMMEDIATELY FROM FOSSIL FUELS At this time of climate and ecological emergency, we stand at a defining moment for … Continue reading Letter to Dioceses investing in fossil fuels
How much worse do things have to get before governments around the world make an emergency response to the Climate Crisis? Join us in London from Monday 23rd August onwards for the Impossible Rebellion in London. We'll keep pushing the government to meet Extinction Rebellion's demands: Tell the Truth about the climate emergencyAct as it it is … Continue reading Join the Impossible Rebellion
On the 30th of August 2021 the “coat of hopes”, a traveling work of community-created performance craft, instigated by Lewes artist Barbara Keal, and brought into being by several fellow members of CCA (Vanessa Elston, Tim Dendy, Rachie Ross as well as Tara Kunert and Susy Mundy) will set out from Newhaven East Pier on … Continue reading The Coat of Hopes: a coat made by all for all
On 5 September 2021, 40 walkers from across the country will set off from London, and from Bristol a few days later, on a 500 mile journey to the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. The walk has been called “Camino to COP” in reference to pilgrimages made since medieval times. … Continue reading Camino to COP: CCA joining multi-faith group walking to Glasgow
Pull up a chair, grab a cuppa and gather around the table. Tables are places of sharing life, of conversation, of listening and learning. Ideas are sparked as we gather around the table. Communities grow and welcome people in around tables and talking and tea. You are invited to the table. More than that, you are invited … Continue reading Could You Set the Table for a Crisis Talk?
Our two long-awaited sessions on Biblical and Spiritual Perspectives on Prison (which we’ve had to defer twice from their original scheduled dates due to personal circumstances) will now be on the next two Saturdays 14th and 21st August from 11am to noon. The talks will explore themes of Creation care, justice, faith and discipleship, and why … Continue reading Biblical Perspectives on Prison
Members of CCA are invited to join Extinction Rebellion in their Weekend Uprising, Saturday June 26th and Sunday June 27th. Saturday June 26th - National Demonstration and March On Saturday, XR will join a National Demonstration and March in London, led by the People's Assembly Against Austerity in London, to demand that there is no … Continue reading Join the June Rebellion
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