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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
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.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
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.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Wednesday 8 October 7pm on Zoom
Talk and discussion with Oceanographer, Prof Geraint Tarling
The polar oceans are inhospitable, inaccessible and remote. They remain the least studied of all ocean regions. They also play a crucial role in how our planet operates. Data and samples from these regions are hard won by scientists who have toiled over many decades to obtain them. What has been revealed is an underwater world, teaming with life, containing species with adaptations found no-where else on Earth. The ecosystems they are part of have a global influence on both the productivity of all other ocean regions and the levels of CO2 in our atmosphere. The polar regions are also experiencing some of the most rapid environmental changes on Earth and there are big questions on how quickly its biology can adapt. In this talk I will describe the latest research we are carrying out in ice-edge environments and consider the future fate of these globally important ecosystems.
Professor Geraint Tarling has been a biological oceanographer for over 25 years, and has carried out research at the National Oceanography Centre, the Scottish Association for Marine Science and the British Antarctic Survey, where he now heads the Ecosystems team. Over his career, he has tackled a number of issues considering how influences on marine organisms at small scales have major impacts on large-scale processes. His research has contributed particularly to our understanding of how carbon (C) is transported through the marine system and sequestered (i.e. taken out of the system), which is important to regulating global climate. Most recently, he is the Principal Scientist for BIOPOLE, a £9M multi-institute UK programme that is determining how marine ecosystems in both polar regions regulate the balance of carbon and nutrients in the world’s oceans and their influence on global fish stocks and carbon storage.
