New Resource & Training for Church Leaders on Equipping Families to Nurture Faith at Home
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Families
£20 Million To Provide More Early Help For Vulnerable Families
Thousands of vulnerable or low-income families in England will benefit from a multi-million-pound investment to
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Families Across England To Receive Better Support To Adopt
Thousands of families are to receive better support when adopting children through a new strategy
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Jerusalem & Gaza: End this violence that is quickly spiralling out of control
We call upon all to pull back from the brink of horrific life-threatening violence. We condemn any violence from any side that targets civilians indiscriminately.
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Pray in May with Mary’s Meals
This month the charity Mary’s Meals is inviting individuals, churches and faith groups to pray for its work feeding hungry children in some of the world’s poorest countries and to ask for God’s continued blessing for its mission, as part of a new campaign called Pray In May.
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Church Steps Up International Giving Following India Crisis
UK-based charity, Feed The Hungry, have seen an incredible response to their “Oxygen for India” campaign, raising over £9,000 in just four hours.
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COVID scientists issue urgent call for help from UK’s black communities
Scientists involved in a ground-breaking COVID-19 genetic research study have issued an urgent call to Londoners who caught the virus to donate blood at special ‘pop up’ centres that are staring to open across the capital.
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Myanmar: Christians ‘hiding in the forest for safety’
Myanmar’s Christians have been telling Open Doors partners of how they are living in constant fear, following February’s coup. With the internet shut down, communications from the country have been few
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Foster a child – You may have more to offer than you think
Foster carers play a vital role in looking after children and change lives with their love and support. Your care really makes a difference and helps young people achieve their best.
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Youth violence prevention week – “Hard Calls Save lives”
The Metropolitan police have launched a new campaign called “Hard Calls Save lives”. This is a hard-hitting awareness-raising campaign against serious youth violence led by five mothers who have lost their sons to knife crime.
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Boko Haram and the Nigerian Conscience By Martins Agbonlahor
The aim of this write-up is not to catalogue the butcheries of this sect, but to ask the question any rational individual would ask: Why has the Nigerian government been unable to nip Boko Haram’s notorieties in the bud?
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Unregulated accommodation to be banned for vulnerable children
A ban on placing vulnerable children under the age of 16 in unregulated accommodation will come into force in September, the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced, as part of a series of reforms to drive up standards in children’s social care.
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New Teaching School Hubs to be rolled out across the UK
Every school in the country will have greater access to expert teacher training and development, under plans announced by the Department for Education this week.
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Mothers’ Union plans to offer Grenfell families support through its Away From It All Holiday scheme
As part of a united and co-ordinated response from members in Dioceses across the country,
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OBE for PACT’s Chief Executive Jan Fishwick
ADOPTION charity Parents And Children Together (PACT) is delighted to announce that its Chief Executive
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