Redeeming Our Communities National Bulletin - November 2006

Welcome to the fifth edition of the Redeeming Our Communities bulletin. We were delighted to have the opportunity to give an update about ROC at the

Trumpet Call event on October 21^st at the NEC in Birmingham!  Our programme included interviews with Sgt Kevin Borg from West Midlands Police Offender Management unit, Chief Constable Matt Baggott from Leicestershire Police and Andrew Wooding Jones, director of Ashburnham Place in East Sussex.

As a result of our ongoing liaison with the police, we will shortly be issuing a paper giving guidelines to churches and Christian groups about how to work with the police in your local area.  On October 21^st we heard that it is important that we approach the police with a lot of thought and sensitivity.

 

October 21^st also saw the launch of Hope 08 and we are pleased to be in partnership with this initiative.  Hope 08 is a whole year of mission in 2008 and to find out more you can visit www.hope08.com. The mission statement is “The whole church, to the whole nation, for a whole year”. Redeeming Our Communities will be working alongside Hope 08 to deliver the engagement with the police and crime reduction aspects of the strategy.

 

We are delighted to tell you about our new DVD, launched on October 21^st. The DVD contains 2 hours of material about community transformation, crime reduction, engagement with the police, VIP interviews and more. The DVD is £3.50 and can be purchased online at www.citylinks.org.uk/shop. Or please send a cheque for £4 to City Links, Lancaster House, Harper Road, Sharston, Manchester M22 4RG.