St Mary’s News 10th May 2020

May 8, 2020 in news, Newsletters

Schools call for clarity about reopening
THE Government is under increasing pressure from all sides to set out a national emergency response to the impact of the pandemic on schoolchildren. There are also requests for some kind of timetable for when schools could expect to reopen to all ...
Church Commissioners sell stake in BP
THE Church Commissioners have sold their estimated multi-million-pound stake in the oil giant BP, it was confirmed on Monday. The sale, which was first reported in The Sunday Times this week, happened in February last year. The Church Times unders...
Philanthropist gives £1/2 million for cathedral crafts
THE Cathedrals’ Workshop Fellowship (CWF) has been awarded more than half a million pounds by the Hamish Ogston Foundation to support craft training for 21 students, from this month to August. CWF is an association of nine Anglican cathedrals: Can...
Darcey Bussell backs appeal to fight leprosy
THE former prima ballerina Dame Darcey Bussell is championing a new campaign to rid Mozambique of leprosy and the prejudice attached to it. The campaign, the Unconditional Appeal by the Leprosy Mission, has been recognised by the Foreign, Commonwe...