The Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek, in conversation with Edwina Grosvenor, a philanthropist and criminologist who has worked in and around the prison system inContinue reading
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Social Housing, Building Community
The role of the Church in the future of social housing Webinar | 6pm, 5 December 2023 From social housing to sociable homes… We need to build more truly affordableContinue reading
Bishop Rachel speaking in the House of Lords this week
Bishop Rachel has spoken in the House of Lords twice today; in response to the King’s speech on Tuesday, and asking a question on the “Humanitarian Situation in the OccupiedContinue reading
Responding to Growth: Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ~ video now available
Yesterday evening, The Rt Hon Stuart Andrew, MP, Housing Minister, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, joined our national Responding to Growth meeting. The Minister is MP for Pudsey, Horsforth andContinue reading
Church of England unveils plan to become major provider of social housing nationally
The Church of England is taking steps to set up a national housing association which will enable the Church to become a major provider of social housing. It will pioneer a shared land management and development service to develop skills and capacity across its network of dioceses.
Eco pod homes for vulnerable people
“These homes are the sort of transformation I want to be part of – the sort of world I want to be living in.”
The Coming Home Report: Responding to Growth
Key thinkers in the Coming Home Report and the Church’s housing strategy met online to discuss the implications of the report and engage in a public Q&A. The Rt RevdContinue reading
The Coming Home Report: Responding to Growth
You are invited to meet with some of the key thinkers in the Coming Home Report and the Church’s housing strategy to explain the implications of the report and answerContinue reading
Message from Bishop Robert
Over 8 million people in this country live in overcrowded, unaffordable and sub-standard accommodation, I cannot but recognise that this is both an affront to human dignity and a challenge to act …
Message from Bishop Robert
In this Diocese we are seeking to be engaged with the challenge of ensuring that there is a place for everyone to live well, that houses become homes, and that with good homes households are built into communities where the fullness of life is offered for all.
A Christian vision of housing and community
Coming Home: A Theology of Housing addresses one of the most urgent issues of our day. Join the book’s editors Malcolm Brown and Graham Tomlin with contributors Niamh Colbrook andContinue reading
Housing conference: Living with Beauty
The recent conference on housing, entitled Living with beauty: promoting health, well-being and sustainable growth, is now available to watch, below. Bishop Robert welcomed Gail Mayhew, who sat on theContinue reading
Unless the Lord builds the house
Bishop Robert’s recent article in Church of England Newspaper ‘But what’s it got to do with you?’ A blunt question from a perplexed Senior Planning Officer in one of ourContinue reading
Rachel shares her story in the House of Commons
At an event to highlight the importance of finding suitable accommodation for women released from prison, Rachel from Gloucester shared her extraordinary story.
Lisa shares her story in the House of Lords
At an event to highlight the importance of finding suitable accommodation for women released from prison, Rachel from Gloucester shared her extraordinary story.
“Everyone needs a place to call home” says Bishop
A scheme to use surplus church land to create affordable housing in Gloucester is due for completion in the spring. St Aldate’s vicarage which was no longer needed by theContinue reading
Welcoming people to new housing developments – experience from Kemble
One of the “Engagement” priorities of the Diocesan LIFE vision is “Connecting with new housing developments in innovative ways”. Martin Kingston, leader of the priority group developing activities in thisContinue reading
A vote for the vulnerable
The UK awoke last week to an astonishing election statistic: the UK Independence Party received 3 million votes – the third most popular party in the nation. It is wellContinue reading
House of Memories
“House for sale: includes former owners” This caught my attention; my partner and I have been looking for a suitable house to buy for over six months, so this headlineContinue reading
