Children’s Society

The Children’s Society is a national charity that works with vulnerable children and young people in the UK.

Bishops back retaining Universal Credit uplift

BISHOPS have echoed calls for the coronavirus-inspired increase in Universal Credit (UC) to be retained, after MPs voted to extend the £20-a-week uplift

21 Jan 2021

Charities find new ways to raise funds in run-up to Christmas

CHARITIES are counting the cost of the pandemic at a time when the demand for their services is greater than ever, but when limited opportunities for fund-raising are predicted to result in a £10-billion shortfall

10 Dec 2020

Cathedrals and churches plan ‘alternative’ Christmas carol services and festivities

PLANNING Christmas carol services amid the ongoing uncertainty about levels of restriction will mean managing expectations and “working from possibility-plus rather than wishful-thinking-minus”, the director of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM), Hugh Morris, suggests

20 Nov 2020

Winter support for families welcomed

11 Nov 2020

All Souls’ Day adapted to the 2020 bereaved

30 Oct 2020

Children should not go hungry

30 Oct 2020

Extend free school meals to all families on Universal Credit, says Children’s Society

26 Oct 2020

Children’s Society backs transitioning children

09 Oct 2020

UK news in brief

25 Sep 2020

UK teenagers are most troubled, says Children’s Society

28 Aug 2020

Children must be put at heart of recovery plan, Children’s Society warns

07 Aug 2020

Tributes flow to John Hume, ‘epic’ Northern Irish peacemaker

03 Aug 2020

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Church Buildings Adviser (DAC and Pastoral Secretary)

East Anglia

Suffolk has some of the most remarkable historic church buildings in the country.

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Director of Ministry Development

North West

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London and Home Counties

Unique and exciting opportunity to establish a new congregation with a passion for environmental issues that will have an impact locally, across the capital, and nationally.

Director of Contextual Training (0.6FTE) New Testament Tutor (0.5FTE)

East Anglia

Westcott House is an open, inclusive and hopeful Anglican theological college in the heart of Cambridge. We seek to appoint two part-time tutorial colleagues to join us in September 2021

Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Vocations

East Anglia

We are looking for a new Director of Ordinands and Vocations who will oversee the strategic encouragement of vocations in the Diocese,

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Grieving our beloved pets

Simon Buckley reflects on the death of Betty, his companion in ministry

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Post-Covid restart will focus on the local

New work patterns and changing economic realities could provide opportunities for mission, says Mike Booker