Do you have a heart for prayer? Do you want to deepen your prayer life in Prisons Week?

If you have a heart for prayer and seek to deepen your prayer life, why not join us on 20th July for an exploration of the prayer materials and resources for Prisons Week? This will be a thought-provoking and inspiring opportunity for us all to preview the resources and help guide and encourage our church and community engagement in Prisons Week.

The event will be hosted online on 20th July (10.30-11.30 A.M.) for church and community leaders to explore the theme and resources for this year's Prisons Week (which takes place in October): Journeying from Despair to Hope…

“This is an exciting opportunity for Prisons Week and church and community leaders to meet and hear about this year’s campaign, its theme and the prayer resources available, and to consider how we can best encourage others to pray.

— Prisons Week

Prisons Week raises awareness and generates prayer. It motivates volunteers to step forward and give their time and gifts, in prisons and in their own communities. It provides an annual focus and reason for Christians to work together, building capacity and motivation to make a difference for people who are out of sight and often out of mind.

Prisons Week – a week of prayer - 10th - 16th October 2021

(cover photo courtesy of Amaury Gutierrez at Unsplash)

Event: 20th July:- for church & community leaders, exploring resources for this year's Prisons Week

There will be an online event on 20th July (10.30-11.30 A.M.) for church and community leaders to explore the theme and resources for this year's Prisons Week (which takes place in October): Journeying from Despair to Hope…

Find out more information and register for this event

“This is an exciting opportunity for Prisons Week and church and community leaders to meet and hear about this year’s campaign, its theme and the prayer resources available, and to consider how we can best encourage others to pray.”

— Prisons Week

(cover photo courtesy of Olia Gozha at Unsplash)

Health Care Chaplains study conference - coming up on 6-7th October

2021 College of Health Care Chaplains (CHCC) Annual Study Conference
October 6th 13:00-16:00 and October 7th 9:30-12:30

Coming up in the autumn - save the date!

The CHCC conference this year will have the theme “What does good look like?” - taking stock of what we have learnt in recent years and looking to the future together.

More details will follow, but it will be online and booking will be via Eventbrite and will be open from September.

(cover photo courtesy of Nathan Lemon at Unsplash)

Public Panel Discussion: "No Child Left Behind: Digital Poverty & Roma Child Poverty" on 2nd June

As part of a British Council some years ago, I was privileged to be able to work alongside teachers working with Roma families and saw the life changing work being done by Christian groups with other agencies, to ensure equality of access to education. The work I undertook was in UK, Spain and Romania, as part of a Grundtvig project (Sara Iles, FCG media support officer).

This Europe-wide panel discussion, coming up next week, will highlight some of the key issues facing Roma children today with regards to lack of access to digital and other technologies which are used in educational delivery (event on 2nd June starting at 9am UK time, 10am Europe time)

(cover photo by Christian Wiediger at Unsplash)

Public Panel Discussion: "No Child Left Behind: Digital Poverty & Roma Child Poverty" 2nd June

On 2nd June, Eurodiaconia are hosting a Public Panel Discussion on Zoom on the vital and timely topic of: "No Child Left Behind: Digital Poverty & Roma Child Poverty."

As part of a British Council some years ago, I was privileged to be able to work alongside teachers working with Roma families and saw the life changing work being done by Christian groups with other agencies, to ensure equality of access to education. The work I undertook was in UK, Spain and Romania, as part of a Grundtvig project.

This Europe-wide panel discussion, coming up next week, will highlight some of the key issues facing Roma children today with regards to lack of access to digital and other technologies which are used in educational delivery. (NB - event starts 9am UK time, 10am Brussels time)

Sara Iles, media support officer