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Engaging Issues, 2025-26

Engaging with issues relevant to today

Church Stretton's Engaging Issues is an annual series of talks to inform, with opportunities to consider and respond.

Now in its 21st year, Engaging Issues brings expert speakers on subjects relevant to today, to challenge and inspire.

We're on a mission to listen, learn, and contribute. Join us! Selected Tuesday evenings, October to February, in Church Stretton, Shropshire.

7 October 2025

Sami Gichki

The UK asylum system

An insider’s view

21 October 2025

Nick Spencer

What are humans for?

Science, religion,
and the future of humanity

4 November 2025

Sarah Donaldson

Protesters and the law

Are you free to protest?

18 November 2025

Janet Scott

Creeds

Defending the faith
or spotting the heretics?

2 December 2025

Liz Bryan

A time and place to die

You matter to your last breath,
because you are you

6 January 2026

James Foster

The circular economy

Systems that make
the world go round

20 January 2026

Nicholas Jepson

Into the Chinese century?

Separating myth from reality

3 February 2026

Tim Johnson

Plane talking

The costs and benefits of aviation

17 February 2026

Ben Warren

What are schools for?

Where and when

All events take place at the URC Church Hall, High Street, Church Stretton, SY6 6BY. See map.

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