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We offer daily services and a creative programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
Come and celebrate the hope and light that Christmas brings each winter
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion. This is a place for everyone who’s wondering about life’s big questions and striving for a better world.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word, drawing on St James’s rich cultural history including artists, writers and musicians Mary Beale, Mary Delany, William Blake, Ottobah Cugoano and Leopold Stokowski.
We try to put our faith into action by educating ourselves and speaking out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, earth and racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
It costs us £3,500 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us
Your donation will help us restore our garden in Piccadilly as part of The Wren Project, making it possible for us to welcome over 300,000 people from all faiths and walks of life seeking tranquillity and inspiration each year.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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We are a member of West London Citizens. Together we develop local leaders, strengthen local organisations and create change.
Citizens UK is a Community Organising charity working with local people to campaign for justice on the issues that matter to them. There are 17 Chapters across the country, made up of alliances of local member organisations.
St James’s has been a member of West London Citizens for over 10 years, and our engagement with Citizens has been long-standing and varied. Citizens methodology increasingly informs our internal consultation and decision-making processes, as well as our external campaigning.
During 2021, more members of St James’s attended the 1-day and 3-day Citizens introductory training courses.
During the Covid-19 lockdowns, a group of us campaigned to ensure that public toilets in Westminster were opened for people going through homelessness. Another group of us were involved in the Just Transition campaign to help make London carbon-neutral by 2030 and ensure that the policies of a Green Transition prioritise low-income communities.
A further group of 11 people from St James’s completed a 9-month course in ‘Using Citizens tools for congregational growth’, which in turn prompted the formation of our Living in Love & Faith planning group.
Contact Claire Wright, one of our Churchwardens, to find out about our current Citizens activities.
The ‘International Group’ of refugees and asylum-seekers – offers support, solidarity and community and is at the heart of our work and ethos.
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A free drop-in counselling service in the St James’s courtyard
Monday & Tuesday 10am – 7pm
Wednesday to Sunday 10am – 5pm (Saturday closes at 4pm)
Wardrobe is our clothing service for people going through homelessness or living on low incomes. Donations of clean & good quality clothing are always welcome.
Every Sunday morning we serve a hot take-away breakfast to people going through homelessness or living on low incomes.
