The Diocese of Gloucester is supporting Christian Aid this Christmas, and we are asking communities to contribute to their 2024 Christmas Appeal which focuses on the plight of refugees inContinue reading
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Christian Aid launches guide to help engage with local MPs
Christian Aid has put together a guide called Breaking Bread to help you and your church engage with local MPs. As newly elected MPs are settling in to their Parliamentary seatsContinue reading
Christian Aid calls for harvest support
Christian Aid is calling for worshipping communities to support its Harvest of Hope during the autumn’s Creationtide and harvest festival celebrations. Christian Aid is finding sustainable solutions to support thoseContinue reading
North Cerney wins Global Neighbours Award
North Cerney CE Primary School in Cirencester has earned the Bronze Global Neighbours Award this school term. The award is for successfully being part of the Global Neighbours Accreditation Scheme.Continue reading
Message from Bishop Rachel, 5 March 2024
In recent days as I have entered into the lives and stories of individuals and communities in the diocese, as well as participated in General Synod and the country’s political arena, the Lent journey through the wilderness and towards the foot of the cross seems as poignant as ever. The pain, brokenness and injustices of our world are writ large, yet amid all the conflict, suffering, fear and uncertainty we hold fast to the hope of the empty tomb and the ever-present signs of the Kingdom of God within us and around us.
Message from Bishop Robert, 16 January 2024
I love maps. On a day-to-day basis, GPS is great for getting me from point A to point B in the shortest time, but I love maps, especially if I am going somewhere new. With a map, I have to think about the journey – where I am beginning, how I want to travel, what I might see and learn along the way, as well as where I hope to arrive.
Message from Bishop Rachel, 16 May 2023
It is nearly a year since bishops from all over the world gathered for the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury. Among the highlights for me were our small groups in which we met a couple of times each day; and a day at Lambeth Palace on one of the hottest days of the year, focusing on climate change and hearing stark stories of the devastating impact on the lives of people and places across our world. One of the many contributors to that day was Christian Aid.
Christian Aid appeals for donations to Disasters Emergency Committee
Thousands of men, women and children have died and thousands more are struggling to survive, in makeshift shelters and tent cities, following the deadliest recorded earthquake in more than 20Continue reading
Christian Aid Week, 15 to 22 May
Christian Aid is calling for an international fund to pay for climate caused loss and damage.
Christian Aid praying for Ukraine
Christian Aid is inviting churches across Britain and Ireland to join together in an act of witness to pray and light candles for Ukraine on Sunday 3 April, for an endContinue reading
How can we all make a difference?
As the world looks towards Glasgow for COP26, how can we all personally make a difference?
Christian Aid and VaccinAid appeals
There is now the possibility of funding vaccines directly via the VaccinAid campaign as well as funding humanitarian relief via the Christian Aid campaign.
Message from Bishop Robert
Next week, many of the communities of our Diocese will be taking part in fundraising for Christian Aid. This year’s campaign which runs alongside the vaccine thankfulness appeal and theContinue reading
Give thanks for your Covid-19 vaccine
The Diocese of Gloucester has partnered with aid and development charity Christian Aid to enable people to give thanks for their Covid-19 vaccine and help others in crisis across theContinue reading
£9,500 raised in seven weeks in thankfulness for vaccines
Bishop Rachel encourages everyone who has had a Covid-19 vaccination to give thanks by donating money to help others in crisis across the world.
Christian Aid shares online fundraising ideas
As Christian Aid Week 2020 approaches, Christian Aid has been thinking creatively how best to ensure it can continue standing together with the most vulnerable and marginalised people during thisContinue reading
Big changes at Christian Aid
Christian Aid is undergoing big changes to make the charity fit for the future. Christian Aid’s overall income has never been higher, but its unrestricted income has been steadily declining.Continue reading
Christian Aid Emergency food appeal
Christian Aid is urging churches across the Diocese of Gloucester to support an appeal offering a lifeline to those impacted by torrential rain, floods and landslides that have displaced millionsContinue reading
Tetbury bell-ringing walkers raise £63,000 for Syrian refugees
Donna Crowther is not a party animal, but she is a walker, a bell-ringer and Christian Aid supporter, and she likes a challenge, so she decided to celebrate her 50thContinue reading
Build peace at home and abroad this Christmas
Bishop Rachel invites the people of Gloucestershire to build peace at home and abroad this Christmas Gloucestershire churchgoers and those in the wider community are being invited to help buildContinue reading
100 mile walk for 50th birthday challenge
Lone parent of four Donna Crowther will be walking 100 miles in January to celebrate her 50th birthday and to raise £100,000 for refugees. She will be joined by 14Continue reading
Kerala floods: Christian Aid appeal
Churches across the South West will be praying and giving in coming Sundays as the scale and extent of the impact of Kerala’s exceptionally destructive and deadly floods become apparent.Continue reading
Christian Aid award for Highnam Academy’s work tackling global poverty
Pupils and staff at Highnam Academy in Gloucestershire have been presented with a Bronze Award from Christian Aid’s Global Neighbours scheme in recognition of their role in tackling poverty overseas.
Talking about gender justice…
Six inspirational speakers, all driving change for women around the world
