About 200 young people came together for the first Leeds Peacejam Conference (there has been a previous one in Bradford) on the weekend of the 25-26 November. Peacejam is an international organisation founded in 1996 by a group of Nobel Peace laureates. It is specifically aimed at young people and is about encouraging them to […]
Social Action
taking actions on issues of social justice
30 Oct – First World Day of the Poor 19 Nov 2017
Pope Francis has instituted a new ‘World Day of the Poor’, inviting us “to embrace the culture of encounter” and to understand that sharing with those living in poverty “enables us to understand the deepest truth of the Gospel”. In his message for the first World Day Pope Francis asks all of us, whatever our […]
23 Oct – Medaille Trust appoints Leeds Diocese Rep
The Medaille Trust is a charity which supports men, women and children who have been freed from human trafficking. It has been operating for eleven years and now provides safe houses throughout the country for the victims of 21st century slavery. The Trust has recently appointed a new Diocesan Representative for the Leeds Diocese: Liz […]
Open Commission Meeting in Skipton 26 Nov 15
This write up also appears in the December 2015 Newsletter Commission members, at the moment, mainly come from Leeds. To ensure that we understand better what social justice campaigning and other activity is going on around the diocese we are planning on having meetings across the diocese over the course of the next 12 months. […]
Commission Meeting of 15 Sep 2015 – Key Points
The Commission agreed that it should start to make more details of its meetings available via this website. So here they are! – but rather than present the minutes per se we will attempt to convey the key points of each meeting so you can get a flavour of what was discussed. New website Our […]
07 July 2015 – Leeds Citizens Founding Assembly
Around seven hundred people gathered at the Centenary Pavilion of Leeds United to join in the Founding Assembly of Leeds Citizens. The Diocese of Leeds is a founding partner of Leeds Citizens and the Justice and Peace Commission is also a member. The date was deliberately chosen to show how people in Leeds have come […]