Diocese of Portsmouth

Social Justice Issues


Information on Mission and Society related issues. This index is work in progress and new issues are regularly added. We welcome any new information.

Eco-Congregation:
ecocongregation.org
An ecumenical project designed to help churches consider environmental issues from a Christian perspective and respond with spiritual, practical and community-orientated steps.
Asylum:
Operation Noah:
operationnoah.org
A church campaign calling on world leaders and every person to act to cut carbon emissions to a safe level in a way that is fair for all the world’s people. Operation Noah is a major contribution by churches to the Stop Climate Chaos coalition.
Broken Families:
Care for the family
A Rocha:
arocha.org
An international Christian conservation organisation with a UK reserve at Southall, London.
Bereaved Parents:
Care for the family
Christian Ecology:
greenchristian.org.uk
Responsible for our impact on God’s creation as a whole. Green Christian helps members to understand and relate these responsibilities to their faith. Members can then encourage others in their local church to think seriously about these issues.
Church Action on Poverty:
church-poverty.org.uk
The C of E supports Church Action on Poverty and other agencies working for social justice in the UK.
John Ray Initiative:
jri.org.uk
An educational charity that develops and communicates a Christian understanding of the environment.
Churches’ Criminal Justice Forum:
ctbi.org.uk
Seeks to raise awareness of criminal justice concerns, and encourages church-going people to get involved in practical ways.
European Christian Environmental Network:
ecen.org
A network with many church traditions that addresses policy issues like climate change and water, promotes an awareness of God’s creation in worship and liturgy and practical environmental management in churches.
Church Urban Fund (CUF):
cuf.org.uk
Fair Trade Fortnight:
fairtrade.org.uk
Credit Unions:
Church of England website
Homelessness:
housingjustice.org.uk
Housing Justice, the national voice of Christian action to prevent homelessness and bad housing.
Disability:
disabilitysunday.org
Human Trafficking:
stopthetraffik.org
Just Share: www.justshare.org.uk
A coalition of churches and faith-based agencies which takes the debate about globalisation and social justice to the City.
Make Poverty History:
makepovertyhistory.org
A major campaign to fight poverty.
Nuclear Weapons:
ctbi.org.uk
The Churches have compiled a briefing to inform public debate.
One World Week:
oneworldweek.org
Seeks to enable groups to work across cultural, ethnic and religious boundaries to achieve a recognition that we are all part of one world in combating inequality and discrimination
Prisons Weeks:
prisonsweek.org
During the third week in November churches are encouraged to focus upon criminal justice issues.
Prostitution:
beyondthestreets.org.uk
Beyond the Streets is a UK charity working to end sexual exploitation and has been working on behalf of women exploited through prostitution since 1995.
Racial Justice:
ctbi.org.uk/rjsunday
Slavery:
setallfree.net and antislavery.org
March 25th, 2007, marked the bicentenary of the Parliamentary Act which abolished the slave trade in the British colonies.
Sunday trading:
keepsundayspecial.org.uk
Tobin Tax:
tobintax.org
Otherwise known as ‘Stamp out Poverty’ the campaign for a ‘Tobin Tax’, a small levy on currency transactions which would raise revenue to support development in low-income countries.
Trade Justice Movement:
tradejusticemovement.org | christian-aid.org
A coalition of faith groups and agencies committee to securing a change to the rules of world trade in favour of the poor.
Gamble Aware:
gambleaware.co.uk
GamCare:
gamcare.org.uk
Christian Aid:
christianaid.org.uk
Fellowship of Reconciliation:
for.org.uk
Campaign Against Arms Trade:
caat.org.uk
Scottish Churches’ Parliamentary Office:
actsparl.org
Christians in Politics
christiansinpolitics.org.uk
Housing Justice:
housingjustice.org.uk
Church Action on Poverty:
church-poverty.org.uk
Action of Churches Together in Scotland - ACTS:
acts-scotland.org
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland - CTBI:
ctbi.org.uk
CYTUN - Churches Together in Wales:
cytun.org.uk
Churches Together in England - CTE:
cte.org.uk