During the Christmas season, the media frequently highlights the issue of homelessness, particularly those who are sleeping rough. Many generous people respond to the very visible needs of street homelessness. For those in transition from Home Office accommodation to mainstream housing, with just a short space of time frame in which to secure accommodation, the threat…
The Archdiocese of Birmingham has launched a new diocesan magazine – The Sower. The Advent edition is available now in parishes. Alternatively, you can read an online version on the Archdiocese website: www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/diocesan-magazine. This issue of The Sower is a pilot and the Archdiocese is looking for your feedback to help develop the magazine in the…
Maryvale Community Project has launched Get Crafty – a crowdfunding campaign to help them tackle isolation through creativity. With your support, Maryvale wants to launch a weekly craft cafe for older people and adults with learning disabilities. The cafe will combine meeting, eating and creating. The cafe will encourage people to learn new hobbies, or rekindle…
The second World Day of the Poor takes place on 18 November 2018. To help people get involved in social action, Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) have produced resources for parishes and individuals. These include testimony to help deepen our understanding of others’ experiences, posters, prayers and ideas on how to take action. There is also…
“Thank you to Tabor house for getting me off the streets. I am eternally grateful. You have changed my life.” On the evening of Friday 28 September 2018, volunteers, guests, staff and stakeholders (and a dog called Poppy!) came together in Digbeth, Birmingham, to celebrate the first anniversary of Tabor House. Tabor House is the…
Tabor House seeks volunteers to help Birmingham’s rough sleepers. Tabor House has a desperate need for more volunteers to support guests as they strive to turn their lives around. To recruit these volunteers, they are holding an open evening on Wednesday 19 September from 6pm to 9pm at St Anne’s Catholic Church in Digbeth, near…
On 3 September, representatives of Catholic organisations gathered to witness the blessing of Sophia House, a new home for female refugees in south Birmingham. Fr Cecil Rogerson of Our Lady and St Brigid’s Catholic Parish, and Fr David Evans of the Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, blessed the three-bedroomed house and the…
A new course hopes to inspire Christians to share their faith with others and encourage more people to talk about Christ. ‘Talking Jesus: The Course’ will support people to have conversations about their faith stories. Talking Jesus: The Course consists of six video-based teaching sessions. Each session features inspirational testimonies of people sharing their faith, complete…
The Joint Public Issues Team of Baptists Together, the Methodist Church, the Church of Scotland and the United Reformed Church has published a report calling on the government to end the hostile environment it has created towards people who cannot prove their right to live in the UK. Entitled ‘Destitution, Discrimination Distrust: the hostile environment’,…
The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) are appealing for support to aid the victims of the catastrophic monsoon floods in Kerala, southern India. Volunteers across the UK have been raising funds to distribute to members in Kerala, so millions of people affected by the floods can receive life-saving support. They are asking for donations to…