St Andrew’s received an award at the Oxford Diocese Environmental Awards in June 2024, which was attended and accepted by Marion Lyon. Action towards our Silver Eco-church Award, including allowing wild plants to flower and seed to provide food and shelter for pollinators and Creation Crew’s litter pick, pre-loved clothes swap event and working with Chiltern Rangers led to the nomination in the Advocacy section – Communities & Global Connection.
Oxford Diocese Environmental Programme Manager, Hannah Mann and Ruth Valerio, speaker, author and activist on climate justice and faith, led the day, high-lighting churches and church schools across the area who had made real progress in caring for creation.
Marion noted that en route to the ceremony, she stopped at the Damascus Rose café, a partnership with the Old Fire Station, supporting refugee women which not only served delicious Middle Eastern food, but the menu included the carbon cost of each dish, linking our everyday consumption to the global climate crisis. Thoroughly recommended if you are ever in Oxford!
