Like many cash-strapped local authorities, Bury council, Greater Manchester, has been going for the libraries. I mean, who needs free-and easy access to warm dry spaces, good books, IT, and diverse local company, right? They closed ten out of 14 libraries according to one source. Ten! Now they have lots of empty buildings and desperately … Read more
Extremists and hate-preachers like Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins are being defended by their acolytes on social media. These are people who will defend the indefensible tirelessly and their war cry is always ‘free speech’. But freedom of speech is not what they think it is. Here’s why. Freedom and Power Let’s start first with … Read more
Sheffield Church Action on Poverty, Sheffield University Chaplaincy and the Urban Theology Union came together yesterday (4th May 2017) with food bank volunteers from across the city with a big question: how do we go beyond food banks? A big thanks to Jeremy Clines, from the University Chaplaincy for bringing us all together. The event was … Read more