Christian Climate Action is running an exciting campaign urging cathedrals and diocese to switch to a bank that does not fund fossil fuels. A number of cathedrals and dioceses are either already banking ethically, or have committed to make the switch to a fossil free bank, and we have some exciting updates which have turned … Continue reading Rowan Williams Turns Up the Heat on the Ethical Banking Campaign
💰BARCLAYS AGM – WEDS 7th MAY💰 Save the date in your diaries folks - the 2025 Barclays AGM is scheduled for Wednesday 7th May. We will be meeting at the Gandhi statue in Parliament Square at 9:30 a.m. and will then be outside the AGM venue (QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster) at 10am until 11:30. … Continue reading Vigils Across the Country During Barclays AGM
This weekend CCA members held a pilgrimage from the site of the Sycamore Gap Tree to the National Trust AGM in Newcastle upon Tyne. At the start of the pilgrimage, time was taken to reflect on how the cutting down of the Sycamore Gap Tree can be seen as a metaphor for the tree of … Continue reading CCA go to the National Trust AGM
This month was the National Trust Week of Action - a series of colourful protests which took place from the 29th July to the 4th August. The focus of the week was to urge the National Trust to drop Barclays, the biggest funder of fossil fuels in Europe. Many National Trust members, volunteers and staff … Continue reading The National Trust Week of Action Was Huge
On the 29th July to the 4th August, CCA and a host of other organisations are holding a National Trust Week of Action, with a range of activities being carried out at National Trust sites across the UK. People are taking colourful, family-friendly actions, urging the charity to stop banking with Barclays – the biggest … Continue reading Some people can’t wait for the National Trust Week of Action
This summer, we are inviting people to hold colourful, family-friendly actions at their local National Trust sites, urging the charity to stop banking with Barclays - the biggest funder of fossil fuels in Europe. When? The week of action is from Monday July 29th to Sunday August 4th. You are invited to hold your action … Continue reading Week of Action Urging National Trust to Drop Barclays
Immediate release Photographs and video of the action available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PcHxHctGK2NDitN__GYywpQKUgRSVwXU?usp=sharing (Please credit Fossil Free London) Photos of Christians involved available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IBD9iMP3lAV4AqnlH99zgQj9ID1JBepR?usp=sharing (No credit needed) Contact: christianclimateaction@gmail.com Today, Thursday 9th May, campaigners, including Christians, sent Barclays annual shareholder meeting into chaos. They were calling out the bank's large investments in fossil fuel companies and also investments in arms, currently … Continue reading Half a dozen Christians are amongst those sending Barclays AGM into chaos
On the 24th April, we're going to be in London, focussing our efforts on two targets that can transform fossil fuel financing. Please do join us for any part of the day that you are able to. First stop - Lloyds Bank Head Office Meet time: 12midday Location: 25 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HN. Lloyds … Continue reading A Day Pushing For Fossil-Fuel-Free Finance
THE BIG FOUR UK BANKS In the UK, the market is dominated by the ‘Big Four’ banks: Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and NatWest, and many Cathedrals across the UK, have selected one of these as their bank. Our friends at JustMoney Movement outline why this is problematic. Each of these banks “provide finance to companies that … Continue reading Urging Cathedrals To Drop Dirty Banks
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