Communities Together Durham

Finding Radical Hope in a Year of Election? With the Bishop of Newcastle.
2024-03-18 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Newcastle Cathedral, St. Nicholas Sq, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, NE1 1PF
No Time To Wait was published last week by North East Child Poverty Commission, and as the title suggests, there is no time to wait. Over one third of babies, children and young people in the region are growing up in poverty and one tenth are living below the deep poverty line.
How can our churches act beyond responding to the symptoms? We need to discover radical hope in this year of both Mayoral and General Election.
For Chris Baker from the William Temple Foundation radical hope is the ‘forward-facing political and policy agenda that reaches out across difference and generates a sense of joyful expectation that things can and will be different’.
Please join us to explore why ‘challenging unjust systems’ is so important to our ministry here in the North East and to suggest practical ways we can do this together in this year of elections.
According to St Augustine of Hippo: “Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”
Things cannot remain as they are. These events will provide the courage to act.
Monday 18 March 2pm – 3.30pm Newcastle Cathedral (St Nicholas Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1PF) with Rt Revd Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Newcastle and Dean of Newcastle.
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Finding Radical Hope in a Year of Election? With the Bishop of Jarrow
2024-03-18 10:00 - 11:30 | Cuthbet House, Stonebridge, Durham, Tyne and Wear, DH1 3RY, United Kingdom
No Time To Wait was published last week by North East Child Poverty Commission, and as the title suggests, there is no time to wait. Over one thirds of babies, children and young people in the region are growing up in poverty and one tenth are living below the deep poverty line.
How can our churches act beyond responding to the symptoms? We need to discover radical hope in this year of both Mayoral and General Election.
For Chris Baker from the William Temple Foundation radical hope is the ‘forward-facing political and policy agenda that reaches out across difference and generates a sense of joyful expectation that things can and will be different’.
Please join us to explore why ‘challenging unjust systems’ is so important to our ministry here in the North East and to suggest practical ways we can do this together in this year of elections.
According to St Augustine of Hippo: “Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”
Things cannot remain as they are. These events will provide the courage to act.
Please sign up here
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finding-radical-hope-in-a-year-of-election-tickets-818384168077
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Training for Trustees - Evening session 12th March 2024
2024-03-12 18:30 - 20:30
Trustees and management groups of church-led community projects are invited to join us for free training on roles and responsibilities of trustees. Delivered by Connected Voice and funded by Communities Together Durham, the course can be done in-person on 7th March, 10am-2pm, or the same content will be delivered online over two sessions on 5th and 12th March, 6:30-8:30pm.

Training will cover legal structures, roles and responsibilities, and how to consider the organisation’s vision and strategy to develop projects further.
For further details contact maddy.fisher@communitiestogetherdurham.org.uk or sign up on Eventbrite:

Evening session 12th March 2024, 6:30pm-8:30pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/training-for-trustees-of-church-community-projects-tickets-823515485987

Training for Trustees - Daytime session 7th March 2024
2024-03-07 10:00 - 14:00 | North Road Methodist Church, 28 North Road, Durham, DH1 4SG
Trustees and management groups of church-led community projects are invited to join us for free training on roles and responsibilities of trustees. Delivered by Connected Voice and funded by Communities Together Durham, the course can be done in-person on 7th March, 10am-2pm, or the same content will be delivered online over two sessions on 5th and 12th March, 6:30-8:30pm.

Training will cover legal structures, roles and responsibilities, and how to consider the organisation’s vision and strategy to develop projects further.
For further details contact maddy.fisher@communitiestogetherdurham.org.uk or sign up on Eventbrite:

Daytime session 7th March 2024, 10am-2pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/copy-of-training-for-trustees-of-church-community-projects-tickets-823566909797?aff=oddtdtcreator

Training for Trustees - Evening session 5th March 2024
2024-03-05 18:30 - 20:30
Trustees and management groups of church-led community projects are invited to join us for free training on roles and responsibilities of trustees. Delivered by Connected Voice and funded by Communities Together Durham, the course can be done in-person on 7th March, 10am-2pm, or the same content will be delivered online over two sessions on 5th and 12th March, 6:30-8:30pm.

Training will cover legal structures, roles and responsibilities, and how to consider the organisation’s vision and strategy to develop projects further.
For further details contact maddy.fisher@communitiestogetherdurham.org.uk or sign up on Eventbrite:

Evening sessions 5th March 2024, 6:30pm-8:30pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/training-for-trustees-of-church-community-projects-tickets-823515485987
