Homeless, Unemployed, Addicted, Lonely & Hungry In Bath (and no doubt elsewhere) people gather every evening beside a bleak car-park. They receive hot soup and coffee, sandwiches, cakes and fruit from the hands of willing volunteers. The churches of the city and district give this free service to their neighbours on a rota. Elsewhere, Julian…
To see the events taking place during this week you can check the following website: http://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/parliament-week/
On two successive evening this week I went to meetings in London about churches of Iran and Egypt. These are the two states, with Turkey, that have the largest populations and are pivots of the region. At the Iranian meeting a young woman spoke who had been imprisonned for her faith. A moving letter was…
There are important questions that voters could put to candidates standing for election. These include: 1: Will they promote the use of restorative justice? This is a group of methods enabling offenders to repair the harm they have done to their victims and to the local community; 2: Will they reduce offending among children and young…
Following my blog of 12th October about next month’s elections for Police and Crime Commissioners, I have asked a Written Question on this subject, the answer to which can be seen here.
