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Title	World Development Advisor
Name	Peter Yates
Address	Church House St Martin’s East Leicester LE1 5FX
Phone	0116 248 7424
Mobile	07760 152 577
Fax	0116 248 7446
eMail	Peter.Yates@LecCofE.org
Diocesan Webpage	www.leicester.anglican.org
Home Webpage	www.leicester.anglican.org/diocesan-info/subsite/social-responsibility.aspx
Link Dioceses	Diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro. Tanzania Province of Japan Diocese of Trichy-Tanjore Church of South India.
Areas of Work	World Development group exists to challenge the churches to campaign on, direct resources to and theologise about the persistence of poverty as an affront to the dignity of humankind. As a part of this the diocese attained Fairtrade status in 2005 and gained recertification in 2008. We also run a 1% appeal “The Penny in the Pound Appeal” which supports water aid projects in Zimbabwe, El Salvador and Afghanistan. This has raised over £230,000.00 We work on HIV/AIDS in conjunction with “Faith in People with HIV” and have organised conferences and events to raise the profile and decrease the stigma of this issue. In 2009 the subject of the Bishop's Lent Appeal is to support work in our link diocese of Trichy-Tanjore CSI for HIV testing and support. In 2007 we have been part of the Anti Slavery group which organised a conference on Modern Day Slavery. In 2009 we hosted a performance of Voices From The Edge in association with Actors for Human Rights. We have recently produced an environment strategy resource for the parishes. In 2008 we hosted a pre Lambeth event which focussed on Climate Change around the world and an abridged video may be seen here. Video link and following the God's Fragile Earth service video. We organise monthly Café discussion events around issues such as Climate Change, Trade, HIV, NGO’s, Ethical Tourism & Slavery.

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