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WELCOME

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 12:57 — ichthus

Welcome to the Faith to Engage EM website originally established by East Midland Churches Forum.

The East Midlands Churches' Forum was established in 1998 at the request of Church Leaders in the Region and in response to an initiative of Churches Together in England (CTE). Its primary purpose, to support the Churches' representation to Governmental bodies across the region including local authorities, councils, regional bodies and agencies such as Health, Equalities, Education and Planning, was pursued energetically for the 13 years of Regional Government.

In June 2011 the Forum was wound up following the government's decision to dismantle regional government and the subsequent decline of most regional infrastructure and Our Final Report can be viewed or downloaded from the Annual Reports page on this site.  

HOWEVER there is of course, no less to do in the area of public and social engagement by all faith communities and my task over the next few months as the Partner in this region for Faith to Engage is to seek to support and encourage all that is, or could be happening.

In addition to the high commitment flowing from our various faiths, and individual worship centres, we are assured that faith groups continue to be invited by government at every level to play a full part in their communities.  The work of Faith to Engage continues in the region and this site and our data bases will be maintained to assist that work. Please do follow the links to see the sort of thing that can be done by local groups and churches and seek our help in anything you are trying to do in your area.

Through the various pages and links on this site we hope you:

  • will see the importance and potential of the churches' involvement with Government and Regeneration of Our Region
  • will help us form a truly informed and representative Christian view
  • will comment on our thinking from the perspective of any interest group engaged with our regions organizations

‘Faith in the Economy’ - a Debate in InterFaith Week 2011

Wed, 21/12/2011 - 13:25 — manager

A debate on ‘Faith in the Economy’ was held at St Peter’s church in Nottinghamon Thursday 24th November. Those taking part were:

December 2011

Wed, 21/12/2011 - 13:04 — manager


December Update

 

November News

Mon, 21/11/2011 - 18:56 — manager

November Update

 

Many thanks to all those of you who have written in or posted news of upcoming activities.   InterFaith Week is of course next week and may will be involved in events during that period some of which are listed below.

 

There are a couple of urgent items which I’ll mention first. 

October Update

Fri, 07/10/2011 - 20:04 — manager

 

October Update

Many thanks to all those of you who have sent in comments, address updates, messages of encouragement and feedback following the publication of the September News, Final EMCF Report and plans for the future of FaithToEngage in your area.  Please do use it (or lose it!) as your network for encouraging action.  I hope this month’s round up exemplifies the vitality of the Faith Sector in responding to the challenges our nation faces.

FareShare ask food industry for extra helpings as UK hunger spreads

Fri, 07/10/2011 - 18:26 — manager

New figures released by UK food charity FareShare show a sharp rise in demand on charities for food as people all over Britain struggle to put dinner on the table.

September East Midlands Churches Forum wound up in June 2011 - read or download “Our Final Report”

Wed, 14/09/2011 - 10:04 — manager


Faith Communities are still committed in action across the East Midlands

 

As many will know, the East Midlands Churches Forum was officially wound up on 30th June as the opportunities for engagement at regional level had evaporated over the last 12 months.  The Faiths Forum office also closed at the end of March.  But of course that is not an end to the engagement of Faith Communities in the life of communities and neighbourhoods across the counties and cities of the East Midlands!

September 2011 - Feedback on UK Social Unrest- URGENT

Wed, 14/09/2011 - 09:56 — manager

URGENT – FEEDBACK REQUIRED to emcfadmin@btconnect.com

If you have relevant information on the background to or handling of recent civil unrest please e-mail me with answers to the following by 5pm Thursday 15th . FaithtoEngage is reporting to the Communities & Victims Panel and debating with representatives later this month

Local Enterprise Partnerships - see proposals including those in and around the East Midlands :

Tue, 22/02/2011 - 14:59 — editor

The Government invited councils and businesses across England to  put together their proposals for new economic development partnerships to replace regional development agencies.  The letter is detailed in the document below. 


The Big Event - Tuesday 1 March NSPCC National Training Centre, 3 Gilmour Close, Beaumont Leys, Leicester LE4 1EZ

Tue, 22/02/2011 - 13:50 — editor
01/03/2011 10:00

One East Midlands and East Midlands Councils invite you to attend our 2011 Spring Partnership Conference for Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) and local Public Sector partners.


Supported by the Big Lottery Fund, the Big Event will examine in detail how the VCS (Voluntary Community Sector) and the local public sector can work together to deliver the Government’s vision for the Big Society.

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