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Five top tips for family during lockdown
Jo Frost and husband Andy are working at home, their kids are at home and everything has shifted. Here are their five ideas on how they, as a family, are going to navigate some of the challenges we're all facing in lockdown. Check out the Kitchen Table Project on Facebook and Youtube for more…
Connecting churches with the most vulnerable
These are troubling times: it is a time of shock and it is a time of lament, and we know there are hard days ahead. But it is also a time for us to reach out – however we safely can – to help those in greatest need. The restrictions we are living under does not remove our obligation to care for…
Danny Webster
Hope 15:13 – pray, prepare and proclaim
The global initiative, which offers a model for churches to respond to the pandemic, lays out a clear strategy where prayer, staying safe and sharing the hope of Jesus work in tandem to help people who are desperately searching for assurance find it through a relationship with Christ. The…
Naomi Osinnowo
How can we support NHS workers during the coronavirus pandemic?
This series of videos from Dr John Greenall of the Christian Medical Fellowship explores how we can answer this question. You can hear more stories from the Christian Medical Fellowship at their podcast series Voices from the frontline.The Christian Medical Fellowship are members of the Evangelical…
Holyrood's response to the coronavirus pandemic
On Wednesday, 1 April, the Scottish Parliament unanimously passed the emergency Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill. Its purpose was primarily to make changes within Holyrood’s devolved powers of housing and justice, and it was introduced, amended and passed within a single day. These are the key…
Chris Ringland
Praying for the UK's police officers
They subsequently face long tours of duty and cancelled rest days, all the while carrying the same concerns about their health that everyone else does. Yet, they are still out on the streets of the UK every day, 24/7, supporting the coronavirus response and protecting our communities. We at the…
Lee Russell
Silence, grief and the everlasting hope
In the UK we are fortunate that, so far, we have been spared the scenes of hospitals overflowing with patients fighting for their lives as seen in Italy, Spain and New York. The talk of parks being dug up as temporary resting places for the deceased the system cannot cope with shocks us into…
Danny Webster
Holy Saturday: a time of waiting
Holy Saturday is the traditional name for the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We might have skipped over it in happier times; nothing much happens, after all, and it is primarily about waiting. But that is precisely why this Holy Week more than others, we may want to spend longer…
John Coleby
Prayer, fasting and witness this Easter
Yet, as Christians remember Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and look ahead to Easter weekend where they’ll celebrate His glorious resurrection and victory over sin and death, we are acutely aware that across the globe the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll on lives, communities and…
Danny Webster
Kingdom Bank: a financial services provider you can bank on
Having recently been taken over by Christian finance charity Stewardship and a small group of Christian philanthropists, Kingdom Bank says it is now in an even better position to meet the needs of new and existing customers, undoubtedly creating a welcome sense of relief in these challenging times.…
Naomi Osinnowo
Furloughed employees: withstanding a period of uncertainty (updated)
Statistics show us that nearly nine million workers had been furloughed by the end of May, and the number of workers on UK payrolls has fallen for the first time in years – by 600,000 between March and May 2020. It seems strange now to think that on Thursday, 19 March I knew nothing of the…
Hil Sewell
What does leadership require in a time such as this?
But the challenge at the moment is that the runway seems to have disappeared. As a result, I’m considering if my approach has to change in this season of COVID-19. It’s interesting that reflecting on the story of Esther you find someone thrust from safety one day into great uncertainty the next.…
Ruth Walker
Latest government COVID-19 education guidance
Please find below links to government guidance across the nations of the UK concerning education and schools. England Information for parents and carers on school closures Information for schools Wales Information on how schools will work A list of key workers eligible for school…
Giving amid the uncertainty caused by COVID-19
Charities are expecting to lose around a third of their income over the next three months, Karl Wilding, chief executive of NCVO, has told MPs. In fact, losses are likely to exceed £1bn across the charity sector as events are cancelled and individual giving drops. As a result, many charities and…
Lizzie Thomson
