A selection of news and stories from churches across the country on how they are serving their communities.
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Church serves 200 meals a day during pandemic
13/05/2020
A church in Eastbourne has become a radically different kind of church since the UK lockdown.
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Church supporting positive mental health: Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
14/05/2021
Churches are marking the annual Mental Health Awareness Week amid a year of intense pressure on mental health services.
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Church supports young people’s mental health at schools and places of worship during lockdown
22/07/2020
Children and young peoples’ mental health has been supported by a ground-breaking, large-scale project from the Diocese of Manchester.
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Church to broadcast service to prisons on Easter Day
31/03/2021
A former inmate at Winchester Prison will speak of how the Christian faith changed his life in an Easter Day service streamed into cells across the country this weekend.
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Church transforms unused land into biodiverse community garden
15/02/2023
An urban church community has developed an abandoned patch of church land into a thriving garden, teeming with wildlife and benefitting the locals.
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Church-based antenatal course expands to help families amid Covid-19 restrictions
07/01/2021
A pair of NHS healthcare professionals are revolutionising provision of free antenatal support across the South West of England in an innovative church-led project.
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Church-run football academy triples in size
31/03/2023
The number of children taking part in a football academy run by a church has increased more than three-fold.
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Church-run group provides parcels and phone support to people living with dementia
25/01/2021
A church-run group for people with dementia and their carers has adapted to the coronavirus restrictions by setting up a Whatsapp network and phone support during the pandemic.
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Churches and schools help keep rural communities alive
25/11/2018
COMMENT / The Church of England's Chief Education Officer warns that schools must not be run on the same logic as supermarkets, ahead of a symposium at Lambeth Palace.
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Churches deliver essentials to hundreds of families across the North Pennines during lockdown
14/05/2020
Parish churches on Alston Moor have been delivering essentials to residents across the North Pennines since the coronavirus pandemic lockdown began in March.
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