Lifestyle - Advocacy

Free church leaders want decisive EU action against global warming

agency reporter — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:48:44 +0000

The Methodist Church, the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the United Reformed Church have urged the EU to agree carbon cuts of at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2020 and for these cuts to be made without extensive use of offsets.

Brit joins Christian Peacemaker Team delegation to Israel/Palestine

staff writers — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:43:05 +0100

A 30-year-old charity worker from North London is travelling to the Middle East as part of a delegation of peace activists from Christian Peacemaker Teams.

Amnesty International call for immediate release of prisoner of conscience

staff writers — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:28:29 +0100

Fujian-based legal activist Ji Sizun was originally detained in August 2008. He was handing in to a police station an application to protest at the Olympic games in Beijing.

Amnesty International calls for release of US death row convict

staff writers — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:18:38 +0100

Amnesty International has teamed up with other human rights organisations to campaign for a stay of execution. The protest concerns Troy Davis who is accused of killing a police officer in the state of Georgia, in the USA.

Sri Lanka needs your help says World Vision

staff writers — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:34:30 +0100

As civilians pour out of the war zone in northern Sri Lanka, seeking safety in temporary displacement camps, the need for medicines, food and shelter is growing quickly says World Vision.

A Mother's Day tale from Democratic Republic of Congo

agency reporter — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:36:13 +0000

Sixteen-year-old Esther* is a new mother – her daughter, Emma, is one week old. Esther and Emma live in a makeshift camp for people uprooted by the long-running conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. For women and girls living here, motherhood often results not from the wish to build a family, nor from intimacy, but from rape.

Amnesty calls on Northern Ireland to take freed Guantánamo prisoners

agency reporter — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:30:41 +0000

Amnesty International has called on Northern Ireland to help the United States in their stated aim of closing Guantanámo Bay by accepting prisoners who have been cleared for release. This would be following the lead of the Republic of Ireland, where the Taoiseach has told CNN in the United States that Ireland would take, 'a proportionate amount, a small number' of freed prisoners.

Pandas do it for Earth Hour - adopt a panda

staff writers — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:04:51 +0000

WWF have a released a short film on YouTube of a couple of Pandas getting cuddly, to publicise their upcoming Earth Hour campaign off the back of their programme of panda sponsorship

Join Amnesty's campaign to stop Iraq executions

staff writers — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:29:11 +0000

Amnesty international is urging campaigners to help stop the execution of 128 Iraqis. Amnesty International reports that the Iraqi government plans to execute as many as 128 people in the next couple of weeks.

Join the race for life and beat cancer

staff writers — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:01:37 +0000

Are you considering supporting the work of Cancer Research UK? Why not enter the Race for Life? It has been a the flagship event for cancer research fundraising in the UK since 1994, bringing together thousands of women and men each year to run, jog or walk 5k and raise money to beat cancer.

Join in WWF's Earth Hour

staff writers — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:53:58 +0000

From 8.30 to 9.30 pm on Saturday 28 March 2009, around a billion people will switch off their lights in an effort to convince the world’s leaders to get serious about climate change.

Earth Hour 2009

Kate Guthrie — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:48:52 +0000

Could you live without electricity for an hour? On 31st March 2007 2.2 million homes and businesses in Sydney proved that this is possible when they turned off their lights in a city-wide demonstration against climate change. This unusual event generated so much interest that just a year later the WWF initiative went international.

New web site to serve Middle East peace activists

staff writers — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:11:37 +0000

Friends of Sabeel-North America, a nonprofit group that works with Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land to educate American Christians on issues of justice and peace, has relaunched its peace activist web site, www.fosna.org.

A ‘dubbly’ good Red Nose fundraising idea for Red Nose Day

staff writers — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:47:21 +0000

If you are looking for an easy and quick idea to raise money on Red Nose Day for Comic Relief, then look no further!Get your Red Nose Day supporter pack here

Take action with Practical Action

staff writers — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:41:09 +0000

Development charity Practical Action has launched a campaign to remind UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown of his commitment to the Millennium Development Goal of eradicating poverty.