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Christians Against Poverty Anniversary Service

23rd June 2022 / Deborah Walker / Good News Story, News

A Guildford debt counselling service, in conjunction with Christians Against Poverty (CAP), has marked its tenth anniversary with a service of celebration and thanks. Held at Westborough United Reformed Church on Sunday, May 8, people who work and volunteer for and support the service from Guildford churches attended. Westborough Church’s minister, Graham Hoslett, said that […]

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Good News Story – Twyford URC (Bucks)

14th February 2022 / Deborah Walker / Good News Story, News

Twyford United Reformed Church After years of fundraising and planning, building work is underway to bring one of Twyford’s most loved community buildings into the 21st century. Apart from a small 1950s toilet and kitchen extension, Twyford United Reformed Church (URC) and old school room have changed little since the late 19th century and the […]

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Guildford URC win Gold Award in Guildford in Bloom 2021

8th November 2021 / Deborah Walker / Good News Story, News

Thanks to the green-fingers and hard work of Guildford URC member Ian Hitchcock the Church was delighted to win the Gold Award in the Best Front Garden category, in Guildford in Bloom 2021.    

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Good News Story – and the winners are…

8th November 2021 / Deborah Walker / Good News Story, News

And the winners are… Collectively Camberley, the Business Improvement District (BID) for Camberley Town Centre, was established in 2011. In 2021 95% of those businesses in the area voted to extend the BID for another 5 years. The BID, organises many of the town centre events, including the car show, Farmers Markets, Christmas Lights and […]

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Gosport School Pastors

1st November 2021 / Development Team Admin / Good News Story, News

  Gosport School Pastors, represented by myself and Andy Williams, were awarded the Community Impact Award at the Hampshire Education Awards celebration held in October 2021. This is a huge honour and one which we feel extremely privileged to have received. We were delighted to have been nominated by members of the Senior Management Team […]

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Good News Story – Green Living Group – the sequel!

18th October 2021 / Deborah Walker / Good News Story, News

You may remember the virtual Green Living Group based at Avenue St Andrew’s URC in Southampton which reported in May 2020 that we were using the Dorset Green Living Guide (greenliving.sustainabledorset.org) to look at our individual carbon footprints relating to food, energy, transport, waste, water and community in our lives. At that stage we thought […]

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Good News Story – Community Accessible AED

13th October 2021 / Deborah Walker / Good News Story, News

In June I was approached by one of our local councillors asking if he could fund a community accessible defibrillator outside High Cross Church. Having spoken to a few people and checked locations, we agreed it would be a great project and the ideal location would be outside the café doors so it was accessible […]

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Good News Story – URC vaccine appeal tops more than £23,000

11th May 2021 / Deborah Walker / Good News Story

Generous donors have helped the United Reformed Church (URC) raise more than £23,000 for Christian Aid. The initiative started when Salisbury URC member Meg Abel, suggested that people might wish to show their gratitude for their own Covid-19 vaccinations by helping to raise funds to supply coronavirus vaccines to countries struggling to afford them. The idea […]

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Good News Story from Woking URC

11th May 2021 / Deborah Walker / Good News Story

What shall we do for Christian Aid Week this year?  Faced with a second year of not being able to share with other local Churches in collecting from homes, outside the railway station and a big store, Woking URC, in addition to another Zoom Quiz Night, took on the challenge of a different kind of […]

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Good News Story from Andover URC

10th November 2020 / Deborah Walker / Good News Story, News

THE BIG SLEEP Ashley and Ryan have been raising money for a charity that provides shelter and accommodation for people that are vulnerable and homeless. We took part in an event that is called the Big Sleep, which was when you sleep on the floor in the streets, but due to Coronavirus (and us being […]

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