Events & Dates
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| 2009 | ||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Contact | Info |
| Saturday 30th January – Sunday 7th February 2010 | Poverty & Homelessness Action Week |  | Resources from www.actionweek.org.uk | Theme "Enough for All" |
| Saturday 6th February 2010 10.00am-4.00pm | Your mighty power is a light for all nations | All Hallow's Church, 24 Regents Terrace, Leeds, LS6 1NP | Leeds Diocesan Justice & Peace Commission Phone: 0113 261 8055 or 0113 248 5011 email: shelagh@leedsjp.org.uk | A day to explore scripture, social justice and spirituality, organised by Leeds Diocesan Justice & Peace Commission and the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds |
| Wednesday 10th February 2010 5.00pm registration 6.00pm start | Election Special: Who will you be voting for? | JSB Lecture Theatre, Richmond Building, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP | Booking essential email nasar.fiaz@bradforddistrictfaithsforum.org.uk by Monday 8th February to receive an E-Ticket | Speakers: Councillor David Ward (Liberal Democrats), Susan Hinchcliffe (Labour), Zahid Iqbal (Conservative). Organised by Bradford University and Bradford District Faiths Forum |
| Wednesday 10th February 2010 7.30-9.00pm | Churches Preparation Evening for Fairtrade Fortnight | St Peter's Church, Moorhead Lane, Shipley BD18 4JH | Please let Barbara Judd know that you are coming email: fairtrade@saltsvillage.co.uk | To help your church to be involved in Fairtrade Fortnight (details below) |
| Monday 22nd February – Sunday 7th March | Fairtrade Fortnight |  | Information and ideas from www.fairtrade.org.uk/thebigswap or www.traidcraft.co.uk/news_and_events/events/fairtrade_fortnight | Theme "The Big Swap" – Swap your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff (wine, sugar, or oranges) |
| Thursday 25th February 2010 9.30am-3.30pm | Region of Sanctuary Conference | Kala Sangam, St Peter’s House, Forster Square, Bradford BD1 4TY | Bookings to Phone: 0114 241 2780 email: bookings@nrcentre.org.uk | Conference for those working with refugee communities, explore the vision of becoming a "Region of Sanctuary" in Yorkshire and the Humber. Speakers include Inderjit Bhogal, the Chair of City of Sanctuary, Jonathan Ellis, Director of Policy with Refugee Council, and independent researcher and author Dr Hannah Lewis. Further information from Northern Refugee Centre, www.nrcentre.org.uk |
| Saturday 27th February 2010 | Fairtrade Tea Party | Pedestrian area on corner of Bank Street and Tyrrel Street, Bradford | Organised by Fairtrade Bradford Phone: 01274 438849 | Come and have a free cup of Fairtrade tea. A Fairtrade banana producer, Nioka Abbott from the Windward Islands, will be visiting at 2.00pm, with members of the Fairtrade Foundation. |
| Tuesday 9th March 2010 | Retreat on the Street | Bradford | To book, contact Hilary Elliott, Church Urban Fund Phone: 0207 898 1654 email: hilary.elliott@cuf.org.uk | A powerful activity that enables you to spend a day in the city with just 50p and a small wooden cross in your pocket. Freed from most material comforts, possessions, preoccupations and the busyness of work and life, there is the opportunity to take time out with God. Further information here |
| Wednesday 14th April 2010 9.45am-3.30pm | Measuring real success in your community work | St George's Centre, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3BR | To book, contact Ruth Smith, Livability Phone: 0113 350 8070 email: rsmith@livability.org.uk £20 incl. lunch payable on day | Why is it hard to communicate how good your project is? Does monitoring and evaluation have to be so daunting? What is ‘success’ anyway, and who decides? |
