QUOTES FROM THE MEDIA
NEW TOOLKIT EQUIPS CHURCHES IN WALES TO TACKLE COST OF LIVING CRISIS The Bishop of Llandaff has launched a new toolkit to assist churches through the cost of living crisis. It gives practical information about setting up food banks [and] community pantries and tackling period poverty, as well as advice on how to speak out to influence real change. It aims to resource churches in the diocese of Llandaff to support people in urgent need and to use their influence to fight for justice. It is hoped that churches will feel inspired to get involved in community organising, campaigning, and advocacy to bring about change that lifts people out of poverty and hunger. Bishop of Llandaff June Osborne said: ‘I am deeply concerned about the cost of living crisis, which is having a devastating impact on our most vulnerable people. The rise of food prices and other essential items is pushing more people into poverty. Families are facing a stark choice between heating their home or feeding their children’… According to a 2020 report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, almost a quarter of people in Wales already live in poverty and the Welsh government states that up to 45 per cent of households experience fuel poverty. Premier
COVID SHRINE BURNS TO HELP PEOPLE ‘HEAL’ A wooden temple built as a memorial for victims of the pandemic has been burnt to the ground in a ceremony to ‘help people heal’. The 65ft-high structure, called Sanctuary, was designed by the artist David Best and built in the Miners’ Welfare Park in Bedworth, Warwickshire. Members of the public were invited to leave messages in the memorial... It was set alight as thousands of people gathered to watch… The Archbishop of Canterbury visited Sanctuary… Asked what the burning would symbolise, he [said]: ‘It’s a symbol of our prayers and hopes ascending to God. And I think there is a beautiful picture of all that is held in people’s hearts. It’s not being destroyed, but is going up.’ The Times
The Church of Scotland has apologised for its part in the persecution and execution of thousands of people, mainly women, who were accused of being witches hundreds of years ago… [The] Rev Professor Susan Hardman Moore, principal of the Church’s New College, said the kirk needed to apologise for ‘feeding the witchcraft fury’ in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. She [said]… ‘Apologising for historic wrongs can be a step towards reconciling with those who are alienated from the Church now by what the Church has done in the past’… Earlier this year, the first minister issued a similar apology on behalf of the Scottish government. Daily Record
CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO SET UP HOUSING ASSOCIATION TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOMES Plans are under way to set up a Church of England housing association to provide social housing on church-owned land across the dioceses. In February of last year, the Archbishops’ Commission on Housing published its report, Coming Home, which described as ‘a national scandal’ the fact that eight million people in England live in overcrowded, unaffordable or unsuitable homes. [In May] members of the commission, church commissioners and other leaders met online to review progress on the recommendations in the report, which included using some of the 200,000 acres of land owned by the church for social and environmental benefit. The Archbishop of Canterbury told the meeting that a radical approach was needed. ‘The housing crisis is getting worse rather than better because of high levels of inflation and very rapidly rising levels of poverty, with incomes rising far below the level of inflation and the likelihood of recession… If you are building a more just society, housing is one of the main building blocks.’ Church Times
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