Community group related articles

A food bank founded by a church has seen demand surge by 500 per cent during lockdown as elderly and vulnerable people unable to get to shops because of shielding and self-isolating receive help.

More than 33,000 social action projects are run or supported by churches, according to figures setting out for the first time the full scale of the Church's service to communities.

A weekly ‘taster’ video placed on the village Facebook page has helped attract a growing number of people who have never been to church before to online services broadcast by St Michael and All Angels in Bishop’s Cleeve, Gloucestershire.

FEATURE / Two years ago there was scepticism that volunteers could provide effective support to Syrian refugees coming to Britain. 

FEATURE / On Saturday afternoon, around and during the England football match (!), the Digital and Church House Publishing teams updated General Synod on how we’re supporting local churches and encouraging people into worshipping communities.

More than seven million people have had contact with their local church for community support services such as food banks, parent toddler groups and lunch clubs, new figures published today suggest.

A Covid-19 recovery grant from the Government has been a catalyst for the renewal of a village church. 

Ascension Church in Newham, East London, started a food bank within days of the lockdown which now serves around 100 people a week, and is growing