We believe in building strong communities and bringing people together.
We want to influence public policy to encourage best practice in the planning of housing developments.
Our “Responding to Growth” network of planners, developers, church leaders and those involved in the construction industry meets three times a year on Zoom to discuss the latest policies and research in new housing and to apply that knowledge in their work.
We’d love for you to be part of that network and to join future meetings. Please email Katherine Clamp for more information.
Find out more about the Church of England’s work around housing at churchhousingfoundation.org
Previous events
December 2023
Church Housing Foundation (formerly Responding to Growth Network): Social housing, building community
Our speakers were The Rt Revd Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop for Housing, Christine Hill, Homes England, Crystal Hicks, Church Housing Association and Robert Nettleton, Bromford Housing Association.
May 2023
Responding to Growth: Saving the world and energy policy
Our speakers were Louise Shooter who leads on low-carbon heating and energy efficiency policy for Energy UK and Simon Pugh-Jones, Architect with ASH Studios Ltd and Chair of Bristol Diocese’s DAC.
Download Louise’s slides here ->
July 2022
Responding to Growth: Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
We heard from The Rt Hon Stuart Andrew, MP, who was recently Housing Minister, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Please find the notes from the chat here –>
May 2022
The Coming Home Report: One Year On
With Bishop Guli, Archbishop Justin and Alan Smith, First Estates Commissioner.
May 2021
Coming Home Report: vision and Q&A
Feb 2021
Responding to Growth: Rural Housing
Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity), Paul Miner, Head of Land Use and Planning at CPRE, the countryside charity, the Bishop of Tewkesbury, the Rt Revd Robert Springett and the Revd Rowena King held an evening conference on rural housing.
Nov 2020
Responding to growth: planning for the future
Richard Blyth, Head of Policy Practice and Research at the Royal Town Planning Institute discusses the Government White Paper, Planning for the Future. The Rt Revd Graham Tomlin, Bishop of Kensington and Vice Chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Housing, Church and Community gives a theological reflection.
Sep 2020
Responding to growth: the challenge of new communities
Planners, developers and communities joined Gail Mayhew, who sat on the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, Charlie Dugdale, Partner at Knight Frank, and the Bishop of Tewkesbury, the Rt Revd Robert Springett, to discuss the implications of the Living with Beauty report.
