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inclusion

January 25, 2014

Changing the tenor of the sexuality debate within the churches

Ekklesia has just published what Thinking Anglicans (http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk) is kind enough to call "a major commentary" on the Pilling report, written by our associate Savitri Hensman.
January 24, 2014

Edging towards accepting diversity: the Pilling Report on sexuality
May 21, 2013

Church 'issues' are about people, not abstract ideas

Ask anyone reporting or commenting on the 2013 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and they will tell you that proceedings this year are being dominated by two 'issues': the reception, or otherwise, of same-sex persons in the life and ministry of the Kirk; and later this week 'The inheritance of Abraham: A report on the promised land' (which has provoked a substantial preemptive assault by the pro-Israeli government lobby, on account of its advocacy of justice for Palestinians and Jews alike).
July 4, 2011

New databank of evidence on faith schools

The Accord Coalition which works for the reform of faith schools, and of which Ekklesia was a founder member, has published a comprehensive review of evidence on faith schools.
November 11, 2010

First UK Disability History Month

The first UK Disability History Month (DHM) will kick off in a couple of weeks time.
July 22, 2010

Lutheran leader challenges churches on women's ordination

Christians are called to inclusivity, says the head of the Lutheran World Federation. Without it, effective witness to social justice is undermined.
July 15, 2010

Debate on technology, SEN and schools in House of Lords today

Lord Rix will raise a question in the House of Lords today about how new technologies for children with Special Educational Needs will be provided, following the closure of a body which has previously
May 25, 2010

First blow struck against disabled children with Government's closure of Becta

The announcement yesterday that Becta (responsible for technology in schools) is to be scrapped as part of the Government’s £6 billion of efficiency savings is a huge blow to disabled children in mainstream schools.
May 20, 2010

Lib Dems and Tories have sold out disabled children

So despite David Cameron’s promise on national TV to meet with the parents of disabled children who attend mainstream schools, and Channel 4’s FactCheck which showed that the PM didn’t know the contents of his own manifesto with regard to the treatment of disabled children, the Lib Dem-Conservative agreement has taken on board the Tory pledge to “remove the bias toward inclusion” of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in mainstream schools
May 9, 2010

Voting reform, inclusion and the inherent goodness of children, BBC 1's Big Questions,