Capital Mass aims to engage and support every parish in the Diocese of London in tackling poverty and inequality.
You are invited to a celebration of the churches work around Winter Night Shelters, at St Paul’s Cathedral, hosted by our friends Housing Justice and Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP.
In this guest blog, Jenny Sinclair, founder of Together for the Common Good shares wisdom on how Christians can read the signs of the times and work towards the “Common Good”- for the healing of our society, across tribalism and divides.
Sacred Heart RC Church in Kilburn set up a simple savings club through the credit union within their church activities, with the aim of transforming their community’s attitudes and behaviours to saving.
When a team from the Hackney Parish came to a session on how they could respond to Universal Credt, it ended up meaning they took a very brave step: Talking about money with the whole congregation- on a Sunday morning!
An evening helping support volunteers and workers helping homeless guests this winter, who may be refugees, migrants or asylum seekers.
On International Anti-Slavery Day, Dr Julia Tomas of The Passage shared how those of us running homelessness provision need to be aware of the risks of falling into Modern Slavery for our guests.
Wednesday 12th February 2020, 5pm
St Paul’s Cathedral, Housing Justice and the Rt Hon Stephen Timms invite you to a service in thanksgiving for the work of night shelters in response to the rise in rough sleeping in London.
Tuesday 3rd March, 2020, 2.30pm-5.00pm
A 2-hour interactive workshop providing advice and guidance for churches on how to fundraise for social outreach in their local communities.
Tuesday 19 May 2020, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
An evening hearing from churches & organisations working to help support those in the community with mental health, isolation and loneliness; an evening to share ideas, good practice and network.
In partnership with Livability.
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Powerful long-read about loneliness at the weekends. I really hope the church can provide support.
— Kate Pellereau (@whatkatepdoes) January 16, 2020
I've found Sunday afternoon to be the loneliest time, seeing families leaving together from church and I go home to lunch for one. Let's invite others in.
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17 guests who have been in our shelter since October are now into more permanent accommodation! We are delighted that 1 guest this week moved into the GrowTH housing! pic.twitter.com/hdxRGJzSWx
— GrowTH (@GrowTHshelter) January 10, 2020
