If it were not for the coronavirus lockdown we would have held an entire day at Ripon College Cuddesdon, near Oxford, on Saturday 18th April. When it was obvious that the day would have to be cancelled we thought that was all there was to it. But then CRES tutor, …
Sir John Houghton, the President of JRI, died on 15th April 2020, and it was later confirmed that this was due to complications from infection with Covid-19. Sir John’s achievements were many, and he touched the lives of a large number of people. Here I will briefly outline Sir John’s …
JRI is pleased to announce the publication of Briefing Paper No. 41, “Communicating the Environment”. In this paper retired management consultant Rob Hitchcock and Methodist Presbyter Philip Wagstaff look at the ‘how’ of effective campaigning for a fairer world. They consider the challenges and restraints to communication, and then the …
March 2020 has been the strangest and most unnerving month of my life. It began in Guernsey as I had been invited by A Rocha UK to speak at various churches on the island on the weekend when February turned to March. Everyone was aware of coronavirus then and hand …
As we reported earlier this year St Mary Redcliffe (SMR) in Bristol have kindly made JRI their Lent Appeal Charity for 2020. A whole lot of activity is now underway. A whole section of the latest SMR Parish Magazine is devoted to the project which they have called “A Ray …
Our long-standing and faithful Honorary Treasurer, Claire Ashton, has announced that she is wishing to stand down as JRI Treasurer this year. We are very grateful for her service. So the JRI Board is now searching for a new Honorary Treasurer. JRI has a fairly small turnover, and so the …
