Faiths4Change A New Prospect For The Northwest Environment 2008-08-14T12:06:07+01:00 Mike http://www.faiths4change.org.uk/index.php mike@creativeconcern.com tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change Pivot Copyright (c) 2008, Authors of Faiths4Change Bog Garden Work Party 2008-08-14T12:03:00+01:00 2008-08-14T12:03:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.145 St Luke’s Church in Crosby have gone from strength to strength in developing their church yard and community garden. They applied to Faiths4change for funding to create a bog garden to increase the biodiversity of species visiting the church yard, which alongside their butterfly garden, will be a haven for insects, amphibians and small mammals. Take a look at their website to see the story of the inspiring work they have done. St Luke’s Crosby website St Luke’s Saturday work party digging the bog garden St Luke’s Church in Crosby have gone from strength to strength in developing their church yard and community garden. They applied to Faiths4change for funding to create a bog garden to increase the biodiversity of species visiting the church yard, which alongside their butterfly garden, will be a haven for insects, amphibians and small mammals. Take a look at their website to see the story of the inspiring work they have done.

St Luke’s Crosby website


St Luke’s Saturday work party digging the bog garden

]]> Helen Sustainability Audit Training Day 2008-08-13T16:08:00+01:00 2008-08-13T16:08:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.144 Saturday 4th October 2008 Saturday 4th October 2008

Venue: Tanterton Christian Fellowship

Time: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Faiths4Change will be running a FREE one day event to train people how to carry out a Sustainability Audit of community buildings. The event will highlight basic measures that can be taken to reduce your environmental impact whilst saving money. Many tips will also be relevant to your own home.

During the event an audit will be carried out and an action plan agreed for the host venue. Priority for places will be given to members of Tanterton Christian Fellowship and the immediate local community. However bookings will be taken from further afield subject to availability.

Spaces are limited and booking is essential for catering purposes – FREE lunch provided. For further information or to book a place please contact Tom at Faiths4Change on 01772 901014 or tom@faiths4change.org.uk.

This event can be arranged free of charge at your place of worship. Please contact Tom at the details above if you would like further information about hosting a future Sustainability Audit session.

]]> Tom Farmers' Market & Eco Fair 2008-08-13T15:29:00+01:00 2008-08-13T15:29:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.143 Saturday 20th September 2008 Saturday 20th September 2008

Time: 10.00am – 3.00pm

Venue: St. Michael’s Church, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston

Come along to this popular Farmers’ Market to taste and buy a variety of local produce direct from the producers. An Eco Fair will also be held in the church on the day. A variety of organisations will be present to offer support and advice on simple measures you can take to reduce your environmental impact and cut costs within your own home.

Faiths4Change has supported this event through our Development Fund and Tom Fyson will be present on the day to provide information about our current work in the local area.

FREE transport to the event is available if you live in the Ashton, Lea or Larches areas of Preston and have no transport. To book transport to and from your home please contact Preston Community Transport on 01772 204667 after 1st September.

Further details about the market are available by phoning 01772 726157

]]> Tom Historic Churches Charity Bike Ride 2008-08-13T15:01:00+01:00 2008-08-13T14:55:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.142 Sat 13 Sept: 10am – 5pm. Sat 13 Sept: 10am – 5pm.

Churches and chapels of the area will be open for you to tour on your bike.
Why not combine your tour with raising funds for the Historic Churches Trust?
Get sponsored for visiting as many churches as you can. You’ll be given a
map showing the places you can visit and how to get there.

Distance: Varies, dependent on how many churches you visit.

*Meet: *St. Michaels & All Angels, Tulketh Road, Ashton-on-Ribble.

Contact: Peter Lumsden of Ashton Methodist Church & UCLAN Bicycle
User Group on 07929 270 753.

This event has benefited from a Development Fund grant from Faiths4Change

]]> Tom CONGRATULATIONS! 2008-08-11T12:50:00+01:00 2008-08-11T12:50:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.141 Congratulations to Somwhere Else, Liverpool City Centre Methodist Church, who have been awarded a Faiths4Change development grant of £500. They are supporting the second phase os a project called “Walk Unknown” , which engages people, many of whom are homeless, in an art project using reclaimed brinks from Crosby beach to create a symbolic sculpture, of our life cycle. The DVD of the project will be shown in Liverpool in St Luke’s Church on Saturday October 11th. Congratulations to St Aidan’s Church In Walton who have been awarded a Faiths4Change development grant of £2000, to create a peace garden in their church grounds. The young people in the church will help to maintain the garden and make it welcoming to local people. The garden will be planted with white flowers and also sensory plants to aid relaxation and prayer. Congratulations to Somwhere Else, Liverpool City Centre Methodist Church, who have been awarded a Faiths4Change development grant of £500. They are supporting the second phase os a project called “Walk Unknown” , which engages people, many of whom are homeless, in an art project using reclaimed brinks from Crosby beach to create a symbolic sculpture, of our life cycle. The DVD of the project will be shown in Liverpool in St Luke’s Church on Saturday October 11th.

Congratulations to St Aidan’s Church In Walton who have been awarded a Faiths4Change development grant of £2000, to create a peace garden in their church grounds. The young people in the church will help to maintain the garden and make it welcoming to local people. The garden will be planted with white flowers and also sensory plants to aid relaxation and prayer.

]]> Helen Bee Happy 2008-08-14T12:04:00+01:00 2008-08-11T12:44:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.140 Helen Dawson Merseyside Project Officer for Faiths4Change, has been busy arranging a training day for faith groups and local residents of Walton, on the theme of Bees. Rev Trevor Latham, Rector at St Mary’s Church, Walton, and and Bee Keeper in his Rectory garden , teamed up with up with local bee keeper and complimentary therapist, Yvonne Matthews, to deliver a fun training day on Bee Keeping and the health benefits of the hive. The day was held on Saturday 12th July in The Rectory Garden, and 20 people attended the training, representing groups from the URC Church in Wallasy, St Mary’s West Derby, St Aidans and St Marys in Walton. We were priviledged to have Barbara and Malcolm Roderick from the Northwest Beekeepers Association, who brought educational material and shared their extensive knowledge of keeping bees. Helen Dawson Merseyside Project Officer for Faiths4Change, has been busy arranging a training day for faith groups and local residents of Walton, on the theme of Bees. Rev Trevor Latham, Rector at St Mary’s Church, Walton, and and Bee Keeper in his Rectory garden , teamed up with up with local bee keeper and complimentary therapist, Yvonne Matthews, to deliver a fun training day on Bee Keeping and the health benefits of the hive.

The day was held on Saturday 12th July in The Rectory Garden, and 20 people attended the training, representing groups from the URC Church in Wallasy, St Mary’s West Derby, St Aidans and St Marys in Walton. We were priviledged to have Barbara and Malcolm Roderick from the Northwest Beekeepers Association, who brought educational material and shared their extensive knowledge of keeping bees.

]]> Helen Green Streets Project 2008-08-11T11:04:00+01:00 2008-08-11T11:00:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.139 Faiths4Change has been working with Mersey Forest on their Green Streets Project. This has involved talking to local communities about the benefits of street trees in Knowsley, Sefton, Wirral and St Helens. Householders could sign up to have an ornmental trees outside their house. Faiths4Change has been working with Mersey Forest on their Green Streets Project. This has involved talking to local communities about the benefits of street trees in Knowsley, Sefton, Wirral and St Helens. Householders could sign up to have an ornmental trees outside their house.

]]> Helen Faiths4Change meet Hazel Blears MP 2008-08-06T12:17:00+01:00 2008-08-06T12:15:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.136 Faiths4Change project Officers Karen Andrew and Helen Dawson, took a trip to Central Hall in Westminster for the launch by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, of the document, “Face to Face and Side by Side: a framework for partnership in our multi faith society”. Helen was introduced to Hazel Blears by John Devine, Churches Officer for the North West Development Agency and on the steering group of Faiths4Change. Helen says, “I was pleased to be able to talk to Hazel Blears about the work of Faiths4Change and she was particularly interested in how gardening and land projects were a good way for communities to work along side each other. It was quite sureal laughing with a member of Parliament about what makes for a good pumpkin!” Summary of the Face to Face and Side by Side paper This document sets out how faith communities, Government and wider society can work together, at all levels, to encourage and enable greater local activity which brings people with different religions and beliefs together. The framework draws on research and on the responses to a three-month public consultation and contains examples of effective practice, practical suggestions for communities and local authorities and links to further sources of support and guidance. Faiths4Change project Officers Karen Andrew and Helen Dawson, took a trip to Central Hall in Westminster for the launch by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, of the document, “Face to Face and Side by Side: a framework for partnership in our multi faith society”. Helen was introduced to Hazel Blears by John Devine, Churches Officer for the North West Development Agency and on the steering group of Faiths4Change. Helen says, “I was pleased to be able to talk to Hazel Blears about the work of Faiths4Change and she was particularly interested in how gardening and land projects were a good way for communities to work along side each other. It was quite sureal laughing with a member of Parliament about what makes for a good pumpkin!”

Summary of the Face to Face and Side by Side paper

This document sets out how faith communities, Government and wider society can work together, at all levels, to encourage and enable greater local activity which brings people with different religions and beliefs together. The framework draws on research and on the responses to a three-month public consultation and contains examples of effective practice, practical suggestions for communities and local authorities and links to further sources of support and guidance.

]]> Helen Wood be Good 2008-08-06T11:53:00+01:00 2008-08-06T11:53:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.135 This project involves managing woodland sustainably and diverting timber from landfill. The project received funding from Faiths4Change to purchase a mobile Planking Machine and associated equipment. 50% of volunteers receiving training will be unemployed. This project will also provide capacity building training opportunities for the ‘New Horizon Group’ with mental health and addiction problems. The training programme takes place every saturday at Offshoots Permaculture Project. Towneley Hall art gallery and museum in Burnley. For further details or to enrole yourself on the training programme please contact Samia 0n 01282 441255 or Phil Dewhurst 01282 450270. This project involves managing woodland sustainably and diverting timber from landfill. The project received funding from Faiths4Change to purchase a mobile Planking Machine and associated equipment. 50% of volunteers receiving training will be unemployed. This project will also provide capacity building training opportunities for the ‘New Horizon Group’ with mental health and addiction problems. The training programme takes place every saturday at Offshoots Permaculture Project. Towneley Hall art gallery and museum in Burnley. For further details or to enrole yourself on the training programme please contact Samia 0n 01282 441255 or Phil Dewhurst 01282 450270.

]]> Annie 2008-08-06T11:39:00+01:00 2008-08-06T11:39:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.134 Environment at the heart The Bhuddist Temple in Old Trafford recently held an environment campaign day to raise awareness of global warming and also to raise funds for the Chinese earthquake. Home made Chinese food was on sale to raise funds and the Environment Group invited Emerge Recycling, Action for Sustainable Living and Faiths4Change to do presentatons of their work and what individuals can do practically at home and work. Ladies dressed in traditional costume and there was also an short play with young people acting out a traditional play about the value of the earth and relationships and how we are all inter-dependant. Environment at the heart

The Bhuddist Temple in Old Trafford recently held an environment campaign day to raise awareness of global warming and also to raise funds for the Chinese earthquake. Home made Chinese food was on sale to raise funds and the Environment Group invited Emerge Recycling, Action for Sustainable Living and Faiths4Change to do presentatons of their work and what individuals can do practically at home and work.

Ladies in traditional dress
Ladies dressed in traditional costume and there was also an short play with young people acting out a traditional play about the value of the earth and relationships and how we are all inter-dependant.

]]> Annie Faiths4Change DVD 2008-08-07T09:40:00+01:00 2008-08-06T11:27:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.133 NEW! Take a look at what Faiths4Change is about , by clicking the link below and watching real live projects from Operation Eden and Faiths4Change. After following the link, scroll down to see the four choices of footage. Faiths4Change DVD footage NEW!
Take a look at what Faiths4Change is about , by clicking the link below and watching real live projects from Operation Eden and Faiths4Change. After following the link, scroll down to see the four choices of footage.

Faiths4Change DVD footage

]]> Helen Youth Art Work 2008-07-25T11:10:00+01:00 2008-07-25T11:10:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.132 The event was a celebration of the development of the shelter and seating area that was developed by the community around Stoneyholme and Daneshouse community centre in Burnley. The 5 girls that were involved raised the funding through an organisation called CABE – Faiths4Change supported the youth group with officiall opening ceremoney of their art work in Daneshouse on 26th June. The Mayor of Burnley was present on the day with her helper the mayoress.

The event was a celebration of the development of the shelter and seating area that was developed by the community around Stoneyholme and Daneshouse community centre in Burnley. The 5 girls that were involved raised the funding through an organisation called CABE – Faiths4Change supported the youth group with officiall opening ceremoney of their art work in Daneshouse on 26th June. The Mayor of Burnley was present on the day with her helper the mayoress.

]]> Samia Mobile Farm 2008-07-25T10:52:00+01:00 2008-07-25T10:52:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.131 Mobile Farm is a very well coordinated programme for communities in Burnley where not only do they learn gardening and growing skills but also take part in planning and publicising the event.

Mobile Farm is a very well coordinated programme for communities in Burnley where not only do they learn gardening and growing skills but also take part in planning and publicising the event.

The workshops will provide an opportunity to share information and to take part in trainings aswell as allowing you to deliver advice on gardening skills to become plant doctors or to participate in the process of developing a community farm. At the end of the workshops people will go away with a sense of participating in the competition in the August community festival. There will be prizes for best open space, best backyard and so forth. For further information please contact Rosie Edward on 01282 411182.

]]> Samia Bhuddhist Temple Environment Campaign Day 2008-07-25T10:20:00+01:00 2008-07-25T10:09:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.130 Manchester Fo Kuang Shan Bhuddhist Temple The Bhuddist Temple in Old Trafford recently held an environment campaign day to raise awareness of global warming and also to raise funds for the Chinese earthquake. Home made Chinese food was on sale to raise funds and the Environment Group invited Emerge Recycling, Action for Sustainable Living and Faiths4Change to do presentatons of their work and what individuals can do practically at home and work. Ladies dressed in traditional costume and there was also an short play with young people acting out a traditional play about the value of the earth and relationships and how we are all inter-dependant. Manchester Fo Kuang Shan Bhuddhist Temple
The Bhuddist Temple in Old Trafford recently held an environment campaign day to raise awareness of global warming and also to raise funds for the Chinese earthquake. Home made Chinese food was on sale to raise funds and the Environment Group invited Emerge Recycling, Action for Sustainable Living and Faiths4Change to do presentatons of their work and what individuals can do practically at home and work.
Ladies dressed in traditional costume and there was also an short play with young people acting out a traditional play about the value of the earth and relationships and how we are all inter-dependant.

Ladies in traditional dress

]]> Karen Stafford Street Community Garden 2008-07-25T10:05:00+01:00 2008-07-25T10:05:00+01:00 tag:faiths4change,2008:Faiths4Change.128 The project aims to make the area look more colourful and cleaner. *Residents *would like….....

The project aims to make the area look more colourful and cleaner. *Residents *would like….....

to use two- thirds of the area as grassland which incorporates two picnic benches and a plants/shrubs area. The final third would be especially used by the mothers and elderly as an area for growing herbs/spices and vegetable packs. A metal garden shed/storage container will be bought for equipment to be stored there.
Furthermore, there will be trainings and awareness opportunities for residents on recycling, composting, improving cleanliness and health and wellbeing of individuals. They will initially do this by taking part in planting herbs and growing fruit activities. Would you like to take part please contact your local project officer.

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