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Hundreds of churches have signed up to a week-long ‘nature count’ occurring this month (June), which will encourage people to visit churchyards and record what they see. Churches Count on Nature, to run between 5th-13th June, is a citizen-science event covering churchyards across England and Wales. Communities and visitors will be asked to make a...

More than 4,000 Church of England parishes have stepped up their support to local communities in the face of rising levels of poverty, loneliness and isolation since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research. Church volunteers have delivered food, shopped, walked dogs and collected prescriptions this past year, according to a report by the Church...

The Church of England has recently launched a new ‘Vision for Further Education’, which calls for a major shift in its engagement with the sector. The report, Vocation, Transformation & Hope, highlights three themes, exploring how further education (FE) makes a significant difference to people’s sense of vocation, their personal transformation, and their hope for society. The...

It was “sobering and shameful” for the Church of England to be “confronted by the recent Panorama documentary”, which looked at “a number of shockingly specific instances where sisters and brothers in Christ have experienced racism in the Church of England.” So said the Archbishop of York in his recent Presidential Address to the General Synod. He...

The Church Commissioners for England have announced their goal to reduce the carbon intensity of their investment portfolio by 25% by 2025. The 25% reduction target, based on a baseline of 2019, is “a realistic goal in our mission to create real world change to transition to a net zero global economy.” The Church Commissioners...

The Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce recently published its report, From Lament to Action, which proposes a suite of changes designed alter the culture of the Church of England. It issues a warning to the Archbishops that a failure to act could be a “last straw” for many people of UK Minority Ethnic (UKME) or Global Majority...

– to support decarbonisation The Church of England will be supported in its ambitious aim of achieving net-zero carbon by 2030 through a new partnership with the Durham Energy Institute In February 2020, the General Synod voted for a new target for all parts of the Church to work to become carbon net zero by 2030....

The Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines, recently told General Synod that “human dignity and flourishing is diminished” when religious believers and atheists are persecuted. He also warned the Church of England’s decision-making body that it would be an “act of self-harm” only to speak up for persecuted Christians. Speaking in a debate on Freedom of...

Church of England backs VaccinAid campaign Majority of mourners during pandemic unable to say goodbye properly Leaseholders face crippling bills for problem they did not create – bishops react Bishop of London welcomes plan to make non-fatal strangulation a crime C of E to provide National Professional Qualification for school leadership C of E responds...

 – to ‘Give the World a Shot’ to help defeat Covid-19 The Church of England is supporting the ‘VaccinAid’ campaign which aims to help fund the biggest vaccination drive in history. Led by UNICEF UK, with the online fundraising platform Crowdfunder, the campaign offers people a practical way to give thanks for their Covid-19 vaccination,...

 – unable to say goodbye properly, research finds More than half of young adults have lost someone close to them over the past year, with this age group most active in helping to comfort the bereaved and organise funerals, according to new research by the Church of England on the impact of the pandemic. People...

  – bishops react The Bishop of St Albans, Alan Smith, together with the Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, and Bishop of Kensington, Graham Tomlin, have spoken of their regret at the recent vote in the Commons removing an amendment to the Fire Safety Bill, to protect leaseholders from the cost of replacing dangerous cladding....