Joint Public Issues Team – Matrix of activity – 12 October 2006

Issues / Church / Team member / Output / Deadline
Monitoring and responding to Government’s legislative programme / All / Alison
Rachel + Geoff / Responses, briefings and media releases as required. /

Ongoing

Faithful Cities / Methodist
URC / Rachel
Stuart + CRCW staff / Papers to Methodist Council
Mission Council /

10 October - Done

February
Committees/
Councils/
Structures / All / Alison
Stuart / Papers for project justifying/scrutinising all work in MCH
Paper going to URC Mission Council 3/5 Oct re Team + questions to address in next year / 27 Sept + mid-Oct

Done

BNP / All / Rachel
Alice Lu / Organising residential with members of NM31 Group / 24 October
Team newsletter / All / Stuart + Wendy to co-ordinate / All three churches to provide information / Suggested copy dates: 25 October and 6 December
Trident / All / Steve
David / Resolution to BU Council (identical to Methodist)
Radical resolution at URC Mission Council
Monitor developments and keep team informed. PowerPoint Presentation (for BU Council and website). Thinking about advice for people wanting to write to MPs.
Approach churches to write to MPs / Done

Done

Mid/late October
End November
Review of work of Team / All / Alison / Terms of reference to be put to Management Group
Review report / End October
End February
Green electricity / Methodist / Steve
Steve / Consider responding to government consultation on green electricity
Investigating bulk green electricity contracts for the Meth. Church (and possibly others) / ??
Ongoing; Leeds District pilot to take place in Nov.
Stop Climate Chaos / All / Alice La
Steve / Stop Climate Chaos rally 4 Nov (publicity, service, placards, etc) / 4 November
Abolition of Slavery/Human trafficking / All / Wendy / Set All Free networking meeting
Promote anniversary in support of Racial Justice officers / 6 November
March 2007
Briefing / All / Alison
Alison / For Church leaders for Cenotaph reception 12 November
For Methodist President visit to European Parliament 13-15 November / 8 Nov
8 November
Peacemaking / All / Steve / Consider how to publicise and use “Peacemaking: a Christian Vocation”
Determine whether and how engagement with Afgh. should be taken forward along with CTBI IALG / ?In connection with Remembrance Sunday?
6 Dec IALG
Ethical investment / Methodist
URC / Steve
Alison
Stuart / Steve and Stuart meeting with John Ellis
Taken over as secretary of URC Ethical Investment Advisory Group / JACEI Meeting 15 November
Tax Havens / Methodist
(+ all?) / David / Prepare Factsheet / short briefing on issues to do with offshore tax havens and ethical implications, following on from Christian Aid report and discussions in CI and IoM / 17 November
Criminal justice / All / Stuart / Publicising Prisons Week / 19-25 November
‘Creation Challenge’ newsletter / Methodist
URC / Alice La / Next issue
Set up website under new name and discussion forum / mid- November
?
Environment / Methodist / Steve
Alice Lambert / Support for Operation Noah
Interviews for Executive Director / 20 Nov
Civil Partnerships/
Sexual orientation regulations / All / Stuart / Still responding to queries from concerned churches. Attending meeting at St. Andrew’s Canterbury with Southern Synod Moderator / 23 November
Asylum and Immigration / Methodist / Alison
David / Terms of reference of Methodist Review Group
Proposals for Team engagement / End November
Assisted dying / URC / Stuart / Paper for URC C&S committee meeting January 07 / December 22
Lottery/Heritage Lottery funding / URC / Stuart / Paper for Church and Society committee meeting Jan 07 / December 22
Nestlé / All / Stuart / Paper for Church and Society Committee meeting January 07. Hopefully that prepared for Methodist Conference 06 will suffice / December 22
UK Poverty / All / Geoff / Proposal for Team involvement in light of Welfare Reform and CAP Just Church campaign / Before Christmas break
Party Conferences / All / Graham
Alison
Alice Lundsten
Stuart / Produce evaluation / By Christmas
Material for House Groups / All / Rachel / Studies on importance of Public issues / Christmas
Investigate Carbon monitoring / Methodist
URC / Steve / A potential Methodist/URC/Baptist version of Shrinking the footprint. / For discussion
Israel/Pal / Methodist / Steve / Possible visit in December. Bring together Methodist working group. Produce bible study resource. Get website updated with local church links. / Ongoing
Gambling / Methodist / David
Alison / Response to Government consultations on implementation of Gambling Act 2005 / Ongoing
Parliamentary Liaison / All / Rachel / Ongoing
Trade justice / All / Steve
David / Work with EYCE. Toolkit, Policy Paper Prep / Ongoing.
Team Website / All / David / Consulting team and passing suggestions to Dave Webster / Ongoing.

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