Only nine days until our Life to the Full Conference in Birmingham! Join us to explore together issues relating to asylum seekers and people who have been trafficked.

In the past week, two cases of Child Sexual Exploitation, or internal trafficking, have hit the press.

Sometimes tasks are too big for one person or organisation to complete alone...

A reflection on women in the asylum process

Visiting student groups can be really inspiring...

Giles is the vicar at St John’s Waterloo and involved in the Anglican group Inclusive Church.  Giles spoke at the first Just Space event in London and has kindly turned his talk into a blog.

At Bible Study in my teens, I remember being told that there were different kinds of love, for which there were different Greek words.

“Teacher”, he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“What is written in the Law” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all of your strength and with all your mind and love your neighbour as yourself”.

Luke 10: 25- 27

The idea of having a meeting with your MP can seem scary, but it really isn’t.  As part of Enough Food For Everyone IF SCM was asked to lobby some MPs and we sent John, our Events and Campaigns Intern, to visit Robert Buckland, his MP. He had a very encouraging meeting and below he has compiled some advice from his own experience, the IF guidelines he used to prepare and the workshop on lobbying your MP run by Progressio at Seeds of Liberation.

Reflecting on finishing my placement early working with destitute asylum seekers.

SCM Canada was one of the SCMs that we contacted as part of our fantastic Seeds of Liberation conference. Sheryl from the SCM group at the University of Toronto reflects on the Seeds of Liberation themed meeting they held.

My name is Sheryl Johnson and I am the Coordinator of the SCM local unit at the University of Toronto. The University of Toronto is a large public university located in Toronto, Canada's largest city. We have a diverse group of students including undergrads, post-grads and staff.