The Up2U Youth Club located at St Mark’s Church, Wellingborough provides activities and a place to be for over 100 children. Now in its ninth year, it is still going from strength to strength.
Family film afternoons at Holy Spirit Church, Bretton continue to be popular with the congregation and local community, and funding from the Gen2 Grant Scheme has ensured they can carry on into the foreseeable future.
Work is being done across the Diocese, to enable us to reach carbon net zero targets and this includes looking at changes that can be made to housing to improve efficiency and reduce carbon footprint.
The Quick Wins Grant is available to help churches across the country with small scale decarbonisation projects.
John Barker has been awarded the Canterbury Cross for his outstanding contribution in leading and promoting the care of church buildings as centres of mission and worship.
For over thirty-five years, volunteers from the Northamptonshire Family History Society have been transcribing churchyard gravestone inscriptions and publishing the results.
The Safeguarding audit of the Diocese by the INEQE Safeguarding Group has started. This is part of a national programme to conduct an independent and comprehensive audit of all Church of England dioceses and cathedrals.
The process for the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury is underway and, a key part of this, is the extensive consultation exercise that will take place in February and March. Wherever you are based, your views matter.
In November Bishop Debbie spent the day finding out more about the Wellingborough Deanery.
St Andrew’s CE Primary School receives Church School Excellence Award in recognition of how well their theologically rooted Christian vision drives their work and the high standards they have achieved.
