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St Mary’s Church, Iffley has been awarded £76,732 from the diocesan Development Fund to employ a Children and Families Worker who will significantly expand discipleship pathways for children and families across the parish of Iffley, including Iffley, Rose Hill, and Donnington.
The Revd Clare Hayns, vicar of St Mary’s Church (Iffley, Rose Hill and Donnington), reflects on the first year of Messy Church and how the community taking part has grown with it.
A new parish nurse will be serving an Aylesbury housing estate, thanks in part to funding from the Diocese of Oxford.
More than £5million has been handed out by the diocese to parishes since the Development Fund was launched in 2019.
Young people at Snack Chat welcomed a special guest recently as local MP Tan Dhesi joined their group. The youth community cafe meet at St Paul’s church in Slough every Wednesday and has grown from its launch in May to regularly hosting 20 youngsters each week.
Young people from across Reading took part in the first youth deanery day this summer, thanks to a Development Fund grant.
Projects which will reach children, families and young people are part of the latest round of Development Fund grants.
New premises for St Mark’s Meals in Milton Keynes means all elements of the charity can come under one roof.
The latest round of Development Fund grants has dispersed £164K to seven different church projects ranging from the launch of a new community choir to church reordering schemes.
A parish nurse scheme now in its third year is spreading spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing for a parish in Reading.