Lichfield Cathedral helped 30 unemployed young people find work last year, by making six-month job placements available for 16 to 24-year-olds, as part of the Government’s Kickstart Scheme. 

More than £10m in grants have been awarded to 66 churches and cathedrals across the country. 

An estate church has provided £5,000 worth of supermarket vouchers to a primary school.

A second food bank has been opened by a church during lockdown as demand for food parcels has risen eight-fold in its area during the pandemic.

Henry Akingbemisilu was ordained as a Deacon earlier this year. He serves as a Self-Supporting Minister in Thamesmead, London, in the Diocese of Southwark – alongside working in Data Science.

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Tens of thousands of seafarers are on board ships that dock at UK ports every day. For Sea Sunday, we hear from a lay chaplain working in London ports

A housing advice surgery and a church-based cleaning company employing people who have been homeless have been awarded £30,000 each to expand their work in a competition backed by the Church of England.

The Church Commissioners for England has received planning permission for a mixed-use community in Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln.

Dame Rachel de Souza, Children's Commissioner for England, spoke at the National Education Conference 2023.