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Arise Sheffield 2021: city-wide daily prayer walks

Arise Sheffield Team Member Beth Craggs shares this inspiring story of 150 churches uniting to prayer-walk and send 240,000 Easter cards across the city

Churches in Keswick work together to provide affordable housing

Churches in this Cumbrian town are actively working together to build affordable housing in their local community.

Firm Foundations: The Life of a Construction-Site Chaplain

Rev Ewen Huffman is the Chaplain on Europe's largest construction site at Hinkley Point C in Somerset.

Ecumenical Easter Eggs

Using Easter eggs from the Meaningful Chocolate Company, LEAF is providing Easter eggs with messages of Christian hope to all children on free school meals.

A Prophetic Word on Unity Kick-Starts a Partnership

Highworth Churches Together (URC, Methodist, Anglican and independent) now run a Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Debt Centre.

The not1 Campaign: Peterborough Churches Unite To Tackle Homelessness

Light Project Peterborough is coordinating the 'Everyone In' campaign to get people off the streets.

Carols by headlight

Salvation Army officer, Ian Haylett, from Thirsk in North Yorkshire shares how his local churches worked together this 'Covid Christmas'.

“We Need To Move Beyond Statements to Actions” – Luton Church Leaders Reflect on Racism Together

On 20 October, 19 church leaders from across the town of Luton gathered to reflect on the racism that exists in our society and within our churches.

Bringing Christians Together in Shared Prayer, Witness and Service in Their Communities

On 1 September 2020, Churches Together in England (CTE) celebrates the 30th anniversary of its formation. Here the Ecumenical Mission Officer for Staffordshire and the Potteries, Robert Mountford, celebrates how churches work together on a more local level...

Nottingham churches unite in prayer and action against racial injustice 

At 9.25pm on Monday 8th June, churches across Nottingham came together in a moment of prayer, reflection and solidarity.

Telling the Story

Telling the Story – the origin and development of LEPs has been reissued by the Council for Christian Unity to enable us to understand better these enduring structures.

Churches boost community wellbeing through partnering with Durham County Council

Hear how local churches are building relationships and establishing new community projects through workshops across County Durham…