The Mission Apprentice Scheme is an innovative project of the Church of England Birmingham, developing lay leaders in highly urbanised areas and exploring/building upon the experience of growing churches there. The Trust supported the learning and evaluation programme. Revd Rhiannon…
Restore Birmingham is an ecumenical initiative welcoming, assisting and integrating refugees and those seeking sanctuary from persecution. With Trust funding, Restore commissioned a film about their work to assist in training events in local churches, and also a redeveloped website….
What do churches in poorer and more affluent areas each learn about tackling poverty when they work together? This Diocese of Lichfield project (jointly funded by St Peter’s Saltley Trust and Church Action on Poverty) aimed to find out… The…
Justice Mail is an online platform enabling local churches to learn about and support campaigns related to peace and justice issues. Developed by a small team in Birmingham and elsewhere, Trust funding enabled the development of the Justice Mail website….
How far are those who preach, teach and lead in church equipped to reflect on faith and work, and to enable others to do so? This research report by former Trust intern Hannah Matthews assesses the state of play. St…
What helps develop a sense of Christian discipleship as a lifelong enterprise, but one which is also attentive to the different challenges and opportunities of each age, stage and turning point in the life course? This project seeks to discover….
Can clergy in training be equipped to better facilitate Bible engagement within ‘traditional tabloid cultures’? This three year partnership project between the Christian charity Unlock, and the Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, Birmingham, seeks to address this challenge. A…
‘Rural Life and Faith’ was a major project of the Arthur Rank Centre to develop training and resources to support discipleship, ministry and mission in rural churches. Trust funding enabled initial research into barriers to learning and training. Case Study…
This three-year project part-funded by the Trust employed a youth development worker to grow gifts, skills and confidence in youth work amongst volunteers from local churches in Birmingham’s Warley deanery. Warley Church of England Deanery covers 11 parishes on the border…
This project, undertaken by Revd Peter Babington, aims to explore the value of shared experience of learning methods of contemplative prayer as a medium for intergenerational learning.