Bishop responds to ‘Blue Monday’ with post-Christmas prayer selection box
18 January 2010
A Church of England bishop will today take to the streets of Oxford to offer hope to city residents and workers facing up to the 'gloomiest day of the year'.
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Church of England supports moves to enforce Groceries Supply Code of Practice
13 January 2010
The announcement that the Department for Business Innovation and Skills has accepted the Competition Commission’s recommendation for a body to enforce the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) has been warmly welcomed by the Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Revd Michael Langrish, and the Chairman of the Church of England's Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG), John Reynolds.
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Church of England contributes further to dialogue on death and dying by joining Dying Matters Coalition
11 January 2010
The Church of England has joined more than 1,000 organisations in the national Dying Matters Coalition. Led by the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC), working closely with the Department of Health (DH) and other key stakeholders, the coalition aims to promote public awareness around death, dying and bereavement.
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Wake up with the CofE on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show
11 January 2010
Church of England priest the Revd Rob Gillion will take to the airwaves this morning (Mon 11 Jan) to present the first ever Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Radio 2.
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Church welcomes alcohol report
08 January 2010
The Church of England has today welcomed the report on Alcohol published by the Commons Select Committee on Health.
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How wild is your churchyard?
05 January 2010
Manage, don’t mow your churchyard and give space to endangered plant species. That is the message from the CofE’s national environmental campaign Shrinking the Footprint which has signed up to the United Nations’ International Year of Biodiversity (IYB).
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