Blogs

A Level Results Day: When Plans Change

By Ruth N on 15 Aug 2024

Jenny Cavendish from Youthscape reflects on trusting God in the midst of an uncertain future.

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A Level Results Day: What Does Success Look Like?

By Ruth N on 14 Aug 2024

Revd Jane Speck reflects on the nature of success in light of A Level results day 2024.

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Sports and Protest

By PhoebeE on 2 Aug 2024

It’s the Olympics! And so this month’s Creative Protest is looking at those times when sports and protest have walked hand in hand.  From competing in sports being a protest itself, to sports being a platform we use to get messages across- there is no denying that the sporting world gets a lot of attention, and so it’s only right we use it for promoting peace, love and justice… 

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A Letter to Wes Streeting MP: Trans* Rights Campaign

By Ruth N on 1 Aug 2024

A letter from the Student Christian Movement to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting MP. 

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Template Letter to MP: Trans* Rights Campaign

By Ruth N on 31 Jul 2024

A template letter to send to your MP regarding Labour's recent proposal to extend the ban on puberty blockers for trans young people. 

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Comedy as Protest

By PhoebeE on 12 Jul 2024

sat·ire

[ˈsatʌɪə]

noun

the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues:

 

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Prayers of Lament for Creation (from National Gathering: Theology Day)

By Ruth N on 1 Jul 2024

At the 2024 National Gathering: Theology Day, John Cooper from the Fellowship of Reconciliation led a workshop on the links between war and climate justice. As part of the workshop he tasked the participants with writing prayers of lament for creation, and for our part in the destruction of the planet.

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Refugee Week 2024- Call to action!

By PhoebeE on 18 Jun 2024

This week is Refugee Week, and it so happens that this year it is falling right in the middle of the general election campaigns. So, here is your call to action: write to your local candidates!  Using the email template attached, write to your local candidates and encourage them to prioritise the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in their campaign. This email template was created from a workshop we ran with Exeter SCM, on the themes of standing up for refugees and asylum seekers. The discussions we had informed the creation of this template for you to use.

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How Would Jesus Vote? General Election 2024

By SCM on 13 Jun 2024

SCM Member Josie explores how we can have political values shaped by Jesus as we approach the 2024 General Election. 

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Voting: A Brief History of Theology and Democracy

By WilliamG on 11 Jun 2024

            Democracy is a concept that many of us take for granted, especially those of us who live in the West. Each year the Economist releases their democracy index that provides a full report on the state of democracy around the world. According to their 2023 report, 45.4% of the world live in a democracy, and 39.4% live under some form of authoritarian rule. They conclude that only 7.8% of people live in a full democracy after the US was downgraded to a flawed democracy in 2016.

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