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We have members in all parts of the UK. If you cannot find a member in your area contact SRN
(it may simply be that they have not yet supplied details for this site).
North West England
Blackburn Diocese
www.blackburn.anglican.org and then follow links to Social Responsibility
Within the website section you will find details of projects which we run centrally and the support and networks that we open up to parishes and Deaneries in the Diocese.
The projects tend to be centred upon Family Support, working with the families of offenders and ex-offenders to improve their life chances and health outcomes, providing support to families with young children who are in danger of failing in their school provision, providing both supported and supervised Child Contact sessions for separated and divorced parents, and providing Parenting Programmes for separating families.
The groupings cover a wide spectrum from Racial Justice and Cohesion to World Development, from Ecology and environment to inclusion and disability issues. The list is not to be considered fixed - it is a fluid list which responds to situations as they arise.
Diocese of Chester - Committee for Social Responsibility
The aim of the Diocese of Chester Committee for Social Responsibility is to resource and support parishes in mission, particularly their social action and outreach. CSR webpages reflect this aim by providing resources, information and links and specifically on our key areas of work; Disability and Deaf Awareness, Counselling and Mental Health, Family Life, Urban Mission and Ministry.
We have working groups focussed upon the following; Environmental concerns, Criminal Justice, World Development, Rural Affairs and Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns.
Currentwork includes; Life Expectancy Wirral (addressing the gap between rich and poor), Challenging Poverty.
Adrian is a recognised, approved and accredited provider of advice, consultancy, training and research to various social enterprises, charities, sector bodies and other organisations.
As you'll see from the examples listed on my website I work across various fields and I'm also a published commentator on policy and sector issues.
Wales
Diocese of Swansea and Brecon Board for Social Responsibility
The Diocese of Swansea and Brecon Board for Social Responsibility Ltd is involved in highlighting issues of social concern within the Diocese. It is a Registered Charity and works within the Diocese in co-ordination with the Bishop and the Diocesan Board of Finance and is also supported by the Diocesan Mothers Union.
The Board runs a number of Projects on behalf of the Diocese.
West Midlands
Diocese of Lichfield, Department of Transforming Communities
Serving areas in and around Walsall, Wolverhampton, part of Sandwell, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Telford & Wrekin and much of Shropshire.
www.lichfield.anglican.org - where the Transforming Communities webpages are currently being up-dated to include information about issues such as accessibility and disability; debt counselling; diversity and inclusivity; elderly; environmental concerns; family support; health, mental health and well-being; homelessness; offenders and prisons; interfaith relationships; issues of human sexuality; refugees, asylum seekers and migrant workers; rural matters; work and the economy. There are also links to HealthCare and Prison Chaplaincy and to other organizations with whom we work closely.
Diocese of Worcester Commission for Social Responsibility
Our website is www.cofe-worcester.org.uk
The website contains pages on:
- Social, Community and Economic Issues - who makes up the Commission's membership
- Commission for Social Responsibility (CSR) Work - a list of our current areas of concern
- Mission Development Officer
- CSR Publications - Just So and booklets on Carers, Mental Health, and being a Dad
- Knowing Your Place - a guide to accessing data and maps about your area
- Links to relevant organisations
- Open Church - advice and information about opening your church to visitors
- Diocesan Environmental Strategy
- Environmental Challenge and Oversight Group
- Green Electricity
East Midlands
Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham, Department for Development
Partnerships and Mission Team
Director of Partnerships and Mission: The Rev'd David McCoulough
www.southwell.anglican.org/DeptforDevPartnershipsandMission.html
The task of the Partnerships Team is to help raise awareness in the Diocese of the social and ethical challenges that face us as Christians today, and to encourage and support reflection and action in response to these challenges, witnessing to the Gospel in our public life and in our communities. Central to our mission is working with others in partnership to serve our communities.
On the website you will find sections on: Interfaith, Fairtrade, Environment, Debt, Deaf Church, Big Society, Older People, Rural community.
Faith in Action, Derby Diocese
Faith in Action supports parishes in their mission and is a strategic voice for community mission within the Derby Diocese and CT Derbyshire.
Current priorities include: developing Community Chaplaincy, a Mental Health conference on dementia, financial inclusion, Street Pastors and the environment.
FiA is also actively involved in support the development of parish Mission Action Plans, particularly community surveys.
Downloadable resources:
- Faith in Action: A Derbyshire Churches Guide to Community Mission (2008)
- Faith in Derbyshire (2006).
Contact: via the website or by email
Lincolnshire Chaplaincy Services
Lincolnshire Chaplaincy Services is fully ecumenical and was set up by the churches as a charity to provide and support all the non-statutory chaplaincies in Lincolnshire, North and North East Lincolnshire.
Chaplains work in the rural and urban economy and in further and higher education institutions. As well as paid Chaplains LCS supports teams of volunteers.
As there is no Social Responsibility Officer within Lincolnshire the Chaplains hold a collective brief for issues of social responsibility highlighting issues where appropriate e.g. concern for the environment or response to the banking crisis.
Central England
Diocese of Oxford, Board of Mission (Mission in the World Group)
Website contains factsheets and written resources, information about range of social justice issues (especially disability, the spiritual care of older people, mental health, world development), and blogs on environmental and rural issues.
Eastern England
Diocese of Ely; Board for Church in Society
www.ely.anglican.org (For Church in Society follow links under Church and Community)
The Board consists of diocesan officers and lay representatives from a wide range of social interests. It seeks to promote, develop and co-ordinate responsible social thought and action within the Diocese. It provides a forum for report and accountability as well as a springboard for action in the Diocese. There is an active Criminal Justice group. Regular day conferences, lectures and displays are arranged on topics of current interest. Newsletters are distributed to the clergy and the parishes. Wherever possible we work with our regional and ecumenical partners.
St Albans Diocese; Social Responsibility Officer
On the home page click on ŌMissionÕ and the social responsibility topics will appear on a menu on the left hand side of the page.
Much of the SR work in the diocese is done through 14 specialist groups, which have pages accessible via this menu.
To contact Andrew Mark Coleby directly email or phone his direct line 01727 818147
Faith in Action: Diocese of Chelmsford (esp. Bradwell Episcopal Area)
www.chelmsford.anglican.org/social-engagement.html
and the
Bradwell Area FiA blog
The Diocesan website pages devoted to social engagement touch upon many areas of concern. Do please click through and find what you want. The Bradwell Area blog is a resource for archiving and discussing work in the parishes of the south of the Diocese, and for other resources - do please become part of the conversation!
South East England
Department for Social Responsibility, Diocese of Guildford
www.cofeguildford.org.uk and follow Department links to Social Responsibility
The Department for Social Responsibility advises the Bishop, Diocese and Parishes on matters of social policy and supports local church projects and practice. We manage a number of services linked to specific areas of work: Health & well-being; children, young people and family support; work economy & business; criminal justice and resettlement; care and support of the elderly; social cohesion; refugees and Interfaith. These arise out of engagement with community issues across the Diocese's geographical area, working in collaboration and partnership with other public agencies and community groups. We work with all people regardless of their faith and none.
Portsmouth Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility
Our aim is to promote sustainable local faith based social action
. We do this by supporting 125 Good Neighbour groups throughout
Hampshire working with colleagues in neighbouring dioceses. We run a Rapid Parish Development Programme to help parishes re-engage with
their local communities and identify opportunities for growth, (this is available to parishes outside the diocese, contact us for
information). We are piloting a leadership programme with the Centre for Enterprise at the University of Portsmouth and the Kaospilots
School in Denmark, and we have just set up a one stop shop development company for churches and community groups called the Joint Venture
Social Enterprise.
Website: www.csrnet.org.uk and www.portsmouth.anglican.org
Diocese of Chichester: Church in Society department
The Church in Society department in the Diocese of Chichester has the role of assisting churches to develop their level of engagement with their local community, of promoting good environmental responsibility amongst churches, and of promoting positive attitudes towards diversity and equality in the diocese. In addition the department manages the Emergency Response plan and offers advice to members of the diocese at all levels on issues of Christian concern in society.
Zedakah
Contact: David Grimwood at d.grimwood@zedakah.co.uk or on 07960 369681
Zedakah is a faith-based consultancy which helps you turn your faith values into real life actions for your organisation. Our passion is to see leaders flourishing and communities transformed. Zedakah offers project management, support for groups and community projects, mentoring and research. Current work includes supporting church-based community projects, raising awareness of the relationship between mental health and spirituality, connecting faith groups and churches to community development networks, mentoring a church project working towards quality assurance standards and tutoring at the Chaplaincy Studies Centre in Llandaff.