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Democracy isn’t working

Fewer people are voting. As we hurtle towards the next general election, how many of you will actually vote, believing your vote can make a difference? Come and hear from Extinction Rebellion's Clare...
Speaker(s): Clare Farrell

Compassion

Many of our churches deliver compassion through programmes and networks. Dave explores what it means to live in compassion and to centre our churches on connection with our neighbourhoods. He will...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Becoming A Weirdy, Beardy, Kind-Old Elder

I don't want to merely become 'older' but become an 'elder' - not simply 'age-ing' but 'sage-ing' - nurturing regenerative engagement in our world on the margins of my own religion and other...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

White Supremacist Antichrist Poltergeist

David Dark believes the infrastructure of toxic conceptions of God, self, and others into which many Americans are born can be helpfully characterized as a poltergeist. We become what we host in our...
Speaker(s): David Dark

A country where poverty does not exist

Poverty in the UK is an avoidable, solvable problem - but it's one we have failed to fix for far too long. As a society we must do better. Former prime minister Gordon Brown will talk about our moral...
Speaker(s): Gordon Brown

Charity Begins At Home?

As the UK's finances struggle, cuts to the government's overseas development spending and increasing demand on foodbanks, debt centres and other services in the UK are pitted against one another....

Climate Assembly

Join Extinction Rebellion's Jamie Kelsey Fry has he facilitates a closing 'Climate Assembly' in the Hot House, together with three expert 'witnesses' to open the session - Clare Farrell (XR), Roberto...
Speaker(s): Jamie Kelsey Fry, Clare Farrell, Roberto Martinez, Greenpeace

Incarnation – The Great Denial

The Apostle's Creed manages to squeeze thirty three years of Jesus life into a comma separating the Virgin Mary from Pontius Pilate. St Paul speaks of the 'Gospel of Christ', but how much did he know...
Speaker(s): John Bell

Bringing Down Goliath: How Good Law Can Topple the Powerful

Our legal system often feels like it only works for the rich and powerful - for those who have the means to use the courts to enforce their will and defend their interests. But we can fight back....
Speaker(s): Jolyon Maugham

The Cost of Living

No mention of the FTSE, few statistics and little about the long-running, constantly re-scripted Westminster farce. But a sideways look at why we can't afford what we want, why we want what we can't...
Speaker(s): John Bell

Power to the green pound!

Money can feel like a taboo or complex topic, but we can't afford not to talk about it. The world's future is powered by financial decision makers, but you have power and agency too. Explore how you...
Speaker(s): JustMoney Movement

Scared to Death

What happens as we're dying? What's the best way to support a dying person? Is hospital the best place? Let's look at all the wisdom we've forgotten. Let's be curious about dying. Let's know more,...
Speaker(s): Kathryn Mannix

In the beginning, God made bisexuals

Mining the memories embedded in his acclaimed memoir, Out of the Woods, Luke Turner explores how forests can help us find new understandings and happiness in our human sexuality. Luke is a writer and...
Speaker(s): Luke Turner

It’s Not Me… It’s You.

How come so many of us have broken up with church? We take part less and less often. Or not at all. It used to be part of our lives… until it wasn't. What's your story? Why did you call time on the...
Speaker(s): Marika Rose, Dave Tomlinson

Living within the Doughnut: Business and social purpose

Doughnut Economics is being globally adopted by governments and communities. Chaired by Rebecca Harvey (editor of Co-operative News), hear from DEAL'S Enrich Sahan about the latest tool for...
Speaker(s): David Alcock