“The Methodist Church values every human being as part of Creation. Everyone has the right to fair treatment and protection from harm.”
Posters outlining the Methodist Church’s Safeguarding commitment may be downloaded from the Posters page.
You will also find there the new poster about Domestic Abuse.
The Scottish Government has set up a new website outlining the various forms of help available to many varied sections of the population. It is worth a visit!
The Revd Canon Graham Thompson, President of the Methodist Conference, wrote in his blog this week
Responding to criticism of the Government’s historic tax cuts last week, a Treasury minister said they would not worry about the ‘politics of envy’. I’d challenge any Government minister to come to one of our churches this winter and seek out the envious. They will be hard pressed to find them.
The President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference have joined a coalition of over 50 faith and charity leaders calling on the Prime Minister to prioritise support for the poorest in their cost of living announcements, ahead of Friday’s fiscal statement.
Leaders from faith communities, charities, front-line support organisations and trade unions have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Liz Truss, urging her to “ensure that people on the lowest incomes have enough to live in the months ahead”.
The letter reads:
“As faith groups, charities, trade unions and front-line organisations we have seen the cost of living emergency escalating not only in the statistics but in the lives of people we meet day to day, in foodbanks, debt centres and in our places of worship. The least well off in our communities are facing the sharpest end of this crisis, and without substantial support will be dragged into destitution.
It is the urgent, moral responsibility of the Prime Minister to ensure that people on the lowest incomes have enough to live in the months ahead. Spiralling costs are affecting everyone, but for those who were already fighting to keep their heads above water, this winter’s challenges will be a matter of life and death.”
Do you want to be a climate champion in your community? Would you like to help make where you live greener, safer and more pleasant? Are you looking for local ways to act on your environmental concerns? Then Net Zero In My Neighbourhood is just what you’re looking for!
These resources will help churches to support their communities in holding councils accountable over their climate action plans. The campaign encourages us to build relationships with our councils and facilitate meeting spaces for our communities to come together and discuss how we can achieve a just transition from fossil fuels where we are.
Read the blog published by JPIT on a new way of looking at economics. Should we be trying to reduce consumption when so many people already cannot afford the basics?
The theme of the latest edition is Open to the Spirit
A report commissioned by the Joint Public Issues Team (including Methodists) has been endorsed by many faith leaders in the UK, calling on the government to take immediate action to bridge the shortfall and ensure families have enough to live.
There is still time to sign up for the on 10th August 2022, 7-8pm. Register to attend here: https://fal.cn/3qIFJ. It’s free!
But you can also read the report any time.
