Name: Ebor Lecture: Steve Chalke
Start: 2025-11-05T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-05T19:00:00+00:00
Location: CC/101, York St John Creative Centre

A Manifesto for Hope – Creating Opportunities for Children, Young People and Their Families
About this Event

Steve Chalke will deliver a talk titled 'A Manifesto for Hope – Creating Opportunities for Children, Young People and Their Families'.

5.00 - 6.00pm Talk by Steve Chalke with Q&A

6.00 - 7.00pm Drinks reception for in-person attendees

This event can be attended in person on campus, or online via Zoom.

Hosted by the Centre for Religion in Society at York St John University and jointly sponsored by York Minster, The Methodist Church (Yorkshire North & East District), The C. & J.B. Morrell Trust and the York Area Society of Friends (Quakers).

About the Speaker

The Reverend Canon Steve Chalke (MBE,FRSA) is a British Baptist minister, founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust, social activist, author, and former United Nations' Special Adviser on Human Trafficking.

Born in South London, Chalke was ordained a Baptist minister in 1981, and founded the Oasis Trust in 1985 with the aim of setting up a hostel for young people experiencing homelessness. Oasis has developed into a family of charities and major voluntary sector provider operating internationally, aiming to deliver housing, education, training and healthcare. A subsidiary charity of Oasis, Stop the Traffick, works to raise awareness of and prevent human trafficking.

Chalke is an author, broadcaster, Guinness World Record holder, and regular contributor to media.

About the Centre for Religion in Society

The Centre for Religion in Society (CRiS) at York St John University is a forum for scholars and practitioners to come together to examine the role of religion in the cultural, social and political life of society.

About the Ebor Lectures

The Ebor Lectures in Theology and Public Life were established in 2006 in York, UK, to promote conversation across a diversity of religious beliefs and issues of public concern.

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