5th Newcastle Jubilee Development Lecture
sponsored by Newcastle University, the Diocese of Newcastle and Jubilee Debt Campaign UK
Saturday 8th Sept, 4.30-5.30pm, Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne
“The Injustice and Misery of Debt, at Home and Abroad – A Call to Action”
* Chair, Dame Vera Baird, Police & Crime Commissioner, Northumbria Police;
* Keynote Address by Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York;
* And contribution by Sarah-Jane Clifton, Director of Jubilee Debt Campaign UK.
Followed, at 6.00-6.30pm, after an interval for light refreshments:
Service of Blessing for the Great North Run
A service of Christian worship at which those of all faiths and none will be warmly welcome;
Led by Revd Bryan Vernon, Honorary Chaplain at Newcastle University; Preacher, Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York;
Sponsored by Newcastle University Chaplaincy and North East CALL TO ACTION
Special Guests:
Mrs Susan Winfield OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne & Wear; Cllr David Down, Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, and his companion; Chi Onwurah, MP for Newcastle Central
Professor Nigel Harkness, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Newcastle University; Revd Dave Herbert, Moderator, Northern Synod, United Reformed Church; Dr Philip McGowan, Director, Institute for Sustainability, Newcastle University; Rt Revd Mark Tanner, Bishop of Berwick.
‘Guest Runners’: StopAIDS UK, Mike Podmore (Director); Jubilee Debt Campaign UK, Sarah-Jayne Clifton (Director), Matt Gardner, Tim Jones