CW80 Online Exclusive: New housing area in Coventry Diocese
Since 1926 the rural eastern edge of Rugby has been marked by the 1170-acre Rugby Radio Station. Although formally considered a ‘brown-field’ site due to its technological heritage and 57…
Since 1926 the rural eastern edge of Rugby has been marked by the 1170-acre Rugby Radio Station. Although formally considered a ‘brown-field’ site due to its technological heritage and 57…
Up and down the country thousands of new houses are being built, many in large new housing areas. From proposed Garden Villages of several thousand houses to small add-on estates…
Trebullett Methodist Chapel, just south of Launceston in Cornwall, has a small congregation of about twenty people. Several community-based activities take place in the chapel hall but we wanted to…
It’s official: good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Rural churches play a key part in enhancing the well-being of local communities. As well as encouraging social connections, churches help…
I have just been writing a detailed response to a public consultation about the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC). There are a whole host of issues related to the impact of…
Swinton Village Choir started with a simple premise: meet for a few weeks before a community Christmas event and prepare a few songs to supplement a programme of sing-a-long carols…
Historically, church buildings were not just places for worship but a space for the wider community to come together and use. Going back to these community roots can offer today’s…
When people think of Leicester, many immediately think of a Midlands ex-industrial red-brick city with a multi-cultural flavour. These days they also recall a King found in a car park…
Ponsanooth lies halfway between Redruth and Falmouth, Cornwall. A Wesleyan society was established in the late eighteenth century but struggled until the arrival of William Carvosso in 1788 as the…
Captain Gordon Banks CA from the Diocese of Lichfield thinks that it is important for the local church to put in place a strategic plan as part of its thinking…