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Stakeholder Update April 2022
27/04/2022
The Commission is pleased to share its April update of activities, meetings and news.
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Could three simple concepts really help churches tackle the problem of loneliness?
13/04/2022
In this blog, Martin Dickson, Director of Church Relationships at Safe Families UK, describes the immense damage that loneliness causes to thousands of people and suggests that intentional proximity, hospitality, and reciprocal friendship enable churches to address the problem.
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Families Un-locked: Understanding Relationships Emerging from COVID-19 into the “New Normal”
13/04/2022
In this blog, Dr Gabriela Misca, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Worcester and Expert Adviser to the Commission, introduces current research into how lockdowns have impacted families in ways not seen before.
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Ways in which church communities support families
29/03/2022
In this blog, Commission Member The Rt Revd Bishop Sophie Jelley highlights some themes emerging from the Children and Young People’s workstream.
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Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households - Call for Evidence Briefing Papers
23/03/2022
The Commission launched its Call for Evidence in October 2021, inviting individuals and organisations to respond to a range of questions.
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Families and Household Commission Members reflections
14/03/2022
Commission Members Dez Brown and Dr Carole Kaplan share their thoughts on the Commission, what they have learned so far, and their hopes for the next stage of the Commission’s work.
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Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households - Stakeholder Update Number 5 (March 2022)
07/03/2022
On a windy London day at the beginning of February, the Families & Household Commission met in the surroundings of the new Lambeth Palace Library.
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Faithful and fruitful: hope for families and households
07/03/2022
Julie Gittoes, member of the Commission, provides an overview of the biblical narrative of families and households, and draws out themes and questions.
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Families & Household Commission meeting in York
01/02/2022
The fourth and final full Commission meeting of 2021 took place in the beautiful city of York.
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Measuring wellbeing as a policy instrument: why should the Commission be interested?
31/01/2022
David French, member of the Commission, outlines the growing policy interest in developing a metric for wellbeing as an additional contribution to the UK government’s analysis of prosperity, and explores why the Commission should be examining this issue and shaping its development.
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