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  • October 24, 2014
    The DWP's Fit for Work Service: Who benefits?
  • July 15, 2014
    Assisted Dying, or Assisted Living?

    Giles Fraser recently wrote that "assisted dying is the final triumph of market capitalism" and concluded, "When the moral history of the 21st century comes to be written, I predict we will look back with horror at how the word choice became a sort of cuckoo in the nest, driving out all other values…The moral language of the supermarket has become the only moral currency that is accepted."

  • January 21, 2013
    Review: Dazzling Darkness - Gender, sexuality, illness and God

    Jill Segger reviews Rachel Mann's account of her journey through gender dysphoria, sexuality and chronic illness from "a false self and a false God" towards wholeness.

  • December 1, 2012
    Scottish carers delighted by support services victory

    After online and in-person pressure, the Scottish Government has announced regulations to ensure that carers are not charged for support services.

  • November 28, 2012
    Unpaid Scottish carers concerned about financial charges

    Today (28 November 2012) MSPs in the Scottish Parliament are debating the Social Care Scotland Bill that will determine the support offered to unpaid carers for those with debilitating illnesses or disabilities.

  • November 13, 2012
    How many more seriously ill people must suffer before the government acts?

    Since the Work Capability Assessment fit-for-work test (which in large part determines eligibility for Employment and Support Allowance) was introduced in October 2008, more than 400,000 people with serious illnesses and profound disabilities have appealed against the decision to strip them of state support.

  • November 6, 2012
    Launch of Rachel Mann's 'Dazzling Darkness'

    Rachel Mann's passionate and thoughtful new book Dazzling Darkness: gender, sexuality and God, published by the Iona Community's Wild Goose imprint, is being launched at Manchester Cathedral, in the Nave, today (6 November 2012) at 7pm. The bookshop will be provided by St Denys' Manchester, and the launch price is £9.50. Ekklesia sends warmest wishes for the launch.

  • September 5, 2012
    Work-or-starve plans for seriously ill welfare claimants might backfire

    The UK government’s ‘work capability assessment’ for sick and disabled people has been revealed to be blatantly unfair, and decisions are frequently overturned on appeal.

  • August 8, 2012
    A thoughtful evening with dementia

    The recent performance at the Festival of Spirituality and Peace of 'An Evening with Dementia', a one-man play written and performed by Trevor T. Smith, was followed by a fascinating discussion led by Professor June Andrews from the University of Stirling, says Katie MacFadyen.

  • January 30, 2009
    Faith leaders join call to end the stigma around leprosy

    Religious leaders have joined the World Health Organisation in calling for an end to the common misuse of the word "leper", which they believe has become a deeply discriminatory and damaging term.