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PASTORS PLEAD WITH UK’S LEADERS NOT TO SHUT DOWN CHURCHES AGAIN
TOILET TWINNED? NOW TWIN YOUR BIN Churches, households, schools and businesses in the UK are being invited to take part in a new ‘bintwinning’ campaign to support waste collection projects in Haiti, Pakistan and Uganda… It was launched… by Christian charity Tearfund, which also founded the toilet twinning campaign to improve sanitation in developing countries. Participants are being asked to donate £45 towards the projects, in exchange for a ‘bin twin’ sticker for their bin. Two billion people – almost a quarter of the global population – have no waste collection of any kind, Tearfund reports. In developing countries, it is estimated one person dies every 30 seconds of diseases associated with waste that is not safely managed.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES WARN OF RISE IN YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
Over 20 pastors have come together to urge the UK’s prime minister and first ministers to ‘refrain from socially damaging restrictions’ as the country faces the prospect of a second national lockdown... In an open letter to Boris Johnson and the first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, they say that keeping churches open is essential to the well-being of the nation... The church leaders argue that with strict hygiene measures and social distancing in place, public worship ‘presents a hugely lesser risk of transmission’ than pubs, restaurants, gyms, offices and schools, while being ‘more important than them all’. ‘Our God-given task as Christian ministers and leaders is to point people to Jesus Christ...’ they write… saying that they ‘must not be asked to suspend Christian worship again’. ‘For us to do so would cause serious damage to our congregations, our service of the nation and our duty as Christian ministers,’ they said. Signatories... include the Rev Dr William Philip, minister of the Tron Church, Glasgow, the Rev Dr Peter Sanlon, rector of Emmanuel Church, Tunbridge Wells, the Rev Tim Vasby-Burnie, vicar of St George’s, Shrewsbury, the Rev Reuben Hunter, lead pastor of Trinity West Church in London, and the Rev Paul Levy, minister of the International Presbyterian Church Ealing.
Courts in England and Wales have resumed hearings on eviction cases. A ban was originally brought in six months ago to protect people who were struggling to pay rent due to the Covid pandemic. The government has already introduced some changes such as extending the eviction notice period from two months to six, restricting evictions in areas that are in lockdown and giving a Christmas amnesty to avoid a wave of eviction notices. Jonathon Graham, policy adviser for… The Salvation Army told Premier that although these measures have arrived late… they will hopefully protect people in the short-term… Graham… suggests... three main areas of change... that should be introduced. ‘The government needs to bring forward its proposal to end Section 21 notices for eviction… when people can be evicted for no fault’... According to Graham, the government also needs to keep universal credit high... Finally, housing courts need additional investment following years of underfunding.
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Catholic charities have warned that youth homelessness is at the forefront of a significant rise in the number of people experiencing rough sleeping and other forms of homelessness. ‘If you care about homelessness, youth homelessness should be at the top of your agenda,’ George O’Neill, chief executive of the Cardinal Hume Centre, told The Tablet. London rough sleeping figures showed a significant increase in numbers of young people in the first three months of the lockdown, he warned. This should be a priority, ‘not only because it is a tragic threat to the potential found in every young person, but because there is so much evidence to show that too often homelessness at a young age is repeated in later life... we need a coordinated and preventative response.’
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