Start planning now for next year’s special Platinum Jubilee celebrations. 

Up to half a million story books to be given to primary school-age children ahead of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by the Church of England and Thy Kingdom Come prayer movement.

Does your church have events planned to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee over the extended bank holiday? Do you use social media and other sites like A Church Near You to share the exciting events coming up at your church?

Here are six tips for promoting and sharing events online, with useful things to think about before, during and after the event. 

Resources aimed at helping churches mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee have been released by the Church of England.

Advice on the use of beacons for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations

Archbishop Justin and Bishop Graham plant a tree as part of Jubilee celebration

To celebrate a long-standing relationship with two of our farming tenants, Alan Smith, the First Church Estates Commissioner, visited our Navestock Estate in Essex earlier this week to present an English Oak tree to the respective families. 

Bishops of the Church of England have each been provided a tree by Forestry England which will form part of The Queen's Green Canopy.

The Hyde Park Estate is owned by the Church Commissioners for England and is the secret corner of London’s West End, located within a stone’s throw of the glorious tranquillity of Hyde Park.