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Talking to Natalie Bennett
Green Party leader, Natalie Bennett, spoke at ‘Circle Business Breakfast Club’ event at Northampton Jesus Centre on 23 September 2014. Afterwards, James Stacey, a Jesus Army leader, asked her some questions about the Green Party’s take on faith and social engagement.Published: 1st Dec 2014
Thank you for giving me this opportunity to ask some questions, Natalie. Some Christians are drawn to the Green Party because of its emphasis on social justice and environmental issues. But some might worry that the Green Party carries an aggressive secularising flavour. Does it?
We have principles I think many people of faith can sign up to. We believe everyone should be able to access the planet’s resources and have a decent life, taking hold of and developing life’s opportunities as a result. Everyone has a right to these things.
We respect people’s private beliefs. Many of the food banks that I have visited over the past couple of years are run by faith groups and we are very happy to...
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Two Projects Turning Around Unemployment
Exploring how two projects, both motivated by a passion to follow Jesus’ example to reach out to the poor and marginalised, are making a marked impact.Published: 17th Jun 2013
WE HAVE become accustomed to bad news: faltering banks, a double-dip recession, once-firmly established businesses folding up, large scale redundancies in the public sector and the resultant increase in unemployment, house repossessions, homelessness and child poverty. And that doesn’t include the unrecorded psychological damage inflicted by the loss of jobs and the uncertainty, even hopelessness, it brings both to individuals and family life. Political parties wrangle about new benefits introduced and many accuse the government of letting down the poor.
“Work doesn’t seem to exist anymore,” said Salome, 21, one of a million unemployed young people aged 16-24. Salome left college at 18 and has been...
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Debt
How do I get out of this?Published: 1st Jul 2010One sixth of the UK population has trouble repaying its debt. According to the UK's leading debt charity, Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) people are finding it increasingly difficult to get out of debt.
But nearly half the people coming forward for help wait for a year before facing up to their problems.
Contact these agencies for help:
01274 760 720 Christians Against Poverty
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0800 138 1111 Consumer Credit Counselling Service
0808 808 4000 National Debtline
0800 074 6918 Bankruptcy-Insolvency.co.uk Debt Advice Service
(local numbers only) National Association of Citizen's Advice Bureaux
0800 328 1813 Student Debtline
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