Press releases
Synod supports safeguarding apology and commitment to tighten procedures
07/07/2013
General Synod voted today to acknowledge and apologise for past safeguarding wrongs. It also voted to endorse work on legislative and non-legislative changes to tighten procedures which have been identified following the Chichester Commissaries interim and final safeguarding reports.
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Archbishop issues call for church revolution
05/07/2013
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby gave his first presidential address at General Synod in York.
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Thanking ‘Windrush generation’ for enriching UK
25/06/2013
The CofE's National Adviser for the Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns (CMEAC) has thanked older members of the UK's African Caribbean communities for all their generation and previous ones have done to enrich life in the UK.
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Agenda for the July 2013 General Synod
14/06/2013
The General Synod meets in York on 5th - 9th July for the first time since the rejection of the draft legislation on Women Bishops last November.
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Victims of human trafficking and vulnerable prisoners could be denied legal aid
06/06/2013
Victims of human trafficking and domestic abuse, asylum seekers and prisoners with learning difficulties or mental health issues could be denied legal aid provision under Government proposals, according to a submission from the Church of England to the Ministry of Justice consultation Transforming legal aid.
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