Social Justice

Church Water Bills • Multi Parish Benefice Blog • The Church and Community Fund • Community Mission Website • National Village Hall Survey 2009 • From USA • Calor Oxfordshire Villages of The Year Competition • Review of Rural Affordable Housing and Economy • Defra: Agriculture in The Uk For 2008. • BT Community Connections Award Scheme • Churches and Faith Buildings: Realising The Potential • Faith in Affordable Housing • & Places: The Social Value of Community Pubs • Unsung Heroes – The Hunt Is On • Conference: Third Age Opportunities in Rural • Conference: Refreshing The Vision • Hope For Planet Earth. A Christian Response To Climate Change • The Health of Livestock & Honeybees in England • Dairy Exodus - 26 A Week For Last 11 Years • New Course For Community Leaders and Volunteers • Peak Oil • Reluctant To Visit The British Countryside

A Report On Plough Wednesday 2009 * Conferences Conference ~ Faith And Food: Making The Connections Feb 28th In Oxford * Conference – Taking Loneliness Seriously March 17th * Sharing Church Space And The Pastoral Measure * 2010 Is The 20th Anniversary Of The Faith In The Countryside * Report * Farming: * Farming Snippets * Open Farm Sunday 2009 Sunday June 7th 2009 * Food: * Children's Food Festival 2009 * Love Food Hate Waste Campaign * Grants; * Trust For Oxfordshire's Environment Grants (Oxfordshire) * Leader Funding For Rural And Agricultural Projects. * Colne Valley Development Forum * Parks For People (Re-Launch). Funding For Community Green Spaces In * Rural As Well As Urban Communities. * Cottsway Wellcommunity Fund (Oxfordshire) * Ministry Training * Multi-Church Ministry; A Workshop On How To Make It Better * Rural Issues * 10 Big Numbers * Crc's Third Report On The Economic Downturn And Its Effect * On Rural Areas * Holiday Destinations Through Hidden Britain * Sercc * The Plunkett Foundation * Worship Resources * Rogation Sunday This Year Is On May 17th * Stories Wanted For Country Way

Following the extraordinary success of the award last year, Sir Roy Strong introduces a second competition celebrating the work of rural parishes that have adapted their churches to serve village life in the 21st century. Deadline for competition is 17 February 2009.

Harvest Festivals - Think Food and Farming - Plough Sunday 2009 - End Child Poverty: Keep the Promise - Petition against complainants - News from ONCF - Open Farm Sunday - Rural economy and affordable housing - Rural Financial Poverty Report - Rural HealthWeek 2008 - Rural Youth Network - The Arthur Rank Centre - Post Office closure study - A Rural Strategy for Bucks - Affordable Housing DVD for Bucks - Rural Services 2020: the challenge of sustaining rural communities - 2008 Churches Tourism Association Convention. - New members required for Oxfordshire Young Farmers - Parish Plan news from Community Action West Berkshire

SHARING LIFE PLUS in rural communities - Lammas - Harvest resources - Farming News - Become a Building Faith supporter - Opportunities in the Buckingham deanery - European Rural Conference – Norman Critchell: Evangelist - CCB annual meeting and conference - Summer Reading - Farm Crisis Network - Country Life Village Church of the Year - Oxfordshire Village of the Year - Rural Social Justice Coalition - RuSource - Strengthening Rural Economies - The Rural Stress Helpline - Access to Nature and Hidden Britain - The Churches Tourism Association annual convention - JustGiving and The Big Give websites - Big money available for local community groups in Oxfordshire - Rural Access to Services funding - Launch of State of the Countryside 2008 - Taking Loneliness seriously - Open Farm Sunday

An "Open Conversation" on rural mission, and ministry - Rogation Sunday - The Oxfordshire Farmers Forum - Bluetongue - Farm Crisis Network in the Diocese - Reflecting on Foot and Mouth in the Diocese - Multi-Church Ministry: a workshop on how to make it better  Open Farm Sunday – Rural Theology Group - Rural briefings - Local Flavours

Harvest 2007 - West Oxon Cab - The Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum - Taking Loneliness Seriously – The Archway Foundation - State of the Countryside 2007 - National Care Farming Initiative - The Hidden Britain Initiative - Conferences and Training Opportunities in Rural Ministry - Certificate in Christian Rural and Environmental Studies - Looking Ahead to Plough Wednesday - Diary Dates

Oxfordshire Young Farmers County Show - Rural Ministry Forum - Review of post offices - CountryWay - Report of the Village of the Year competition. - Farm Crisis Network - Rural Officers to meet Bishop John - Hidden Britain Centres - Farming News - Fresh expression of Church ; A Rural Perspective - Arthur Rank Centre Courses - Mission Shaped Parish - Mission to Tourists - Rural CommunityCouncils and Portals - Fire Safety evening - CME day on older people’s ministry - Parental support

Easter reflection - Rural Ministry Forum - the great milk debate - rural voluntary action - deprivation in rural Norfolk the contribution of the village church to the health of the community rural - Theology Association study group meeting - strong counties and vibrant rural communities - Oxfordshire Rural Framework - Supporting Farm Crisis Network - a new grant scheme for voluntary and community organisations in the Aylesbury Vale district - the Falling Sky debate - change in the countryside – rural youth speaks out - what is rural?

Faith in Rural Commmunities - Times and Seasons - Mission Shaped and Rural - Growing Churches in the Countryside - Invisible Health Needs - Loneliness and Isolation in Rural Oxfordshire - Sustainable Energy for Today and Tomorrow - Bucolic Sense Of Place - Plough Wednesday - Rural Ministry Forum - Regional Rural Group - Rural Theology Group - National Audit Office Criticises Rural Payments Agency - New Farm Crisis Network Group - Lottery Support for Community Buildings Including Churches - Churches Save Rural Post Offices - Consultation on the Future Of Rural Post Office Services - Rural Poor the Size Of Birmingham - Defra Answers Your New Questions - Grants and Funding for the Protection and Enhancement Of the Natural Environment - Update on the Rural Development Programme for England - New Rural Responsibilities for Regional Development Agencies - Commission for Rural Communities - Highlights From the Local Government Association Rural Conference Available - 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go?' Rural Youth Inclusion - Rural Services Review - Village Core Programme

Blessing the growing vines! - Rural Ministry Forum - Lammas - ministry strategy for visitors - Local food issues - British Food Fortnight - Harvest festival celebrations - Investigation into Supermarkets - Older People in Rural England - Churches and Community Plan – A Bucolic sense of place - View from a Buckinghamshire Farm - Migrant workers in rural communities - Call for Rural VCOs - Big Lottery Community Buildings Fund - OXnet web portal - Voluntary Sector Gateway MK – Action for All – Connecting Communities in Berkshire - Harvest at Dorchester Abbey - Reading: Shades of Grey!

Farm Sunday - Oxfordshire Farmers' Forum Annual Farm Walk - Rural Ministry Forum - Launch of Bucks and MK Rural report - Rogation Sunday - New Team at Defra - Churches Tourism Association annual conference - Single Farm Payment Update - Rural pub of the year Competition - Oxford Inspires Open Forum meetings - Not Sunday! Not School! - Looking Ahead to Lammas - OPFAroadshows - Oxfordshire Sustainability and Conservation Awards 2006 - Call to Action for Oxfordshire Villages - Oxfordshire Services Directory (OSD)

This Sunday is Rogation Sunday - Farm Sunday - Caring for Carers - Annual Oxfordshire Farm Visit - Rural Clergy and Church Leaders Forum - Community Development Network - Rural Housing - British Food Fortnight – Harvest festival - Tribute to Stephen Hart

Farming News - Single Farm Subsidy - OFT targets supermarkets - TB consultation - Gangmaster Legislation - Threat to pensions payment through rural post offices - Resources from the Arthur Rank Centre - Country Way - rural needs of the Unitary Authority of Milton Keynes and North Buckinghamshire - Certificate in Rural and Environmental studies - Centre for Rural Ministry - Rural Remembrance : a story - Medical equipment loans - Seeds in Holy Ground - Give a chicken to a family in Africa this Easter - Warburton Walks

Major debate on rural issues at General Synod - Rural Ministry Forum at Dorchester Abbey - Planning a Rogation Sunday service - seasonal worship from the countryside - the church valued in the countryside - climate change in Bucks - Newton Rigg residential seminar - the Archers meets Derrida - celebrate your Oxfordshire village - what lies over the horizon? for the farming community, the future is hard to predict

End of an Era - Worried About Avian Flu? - Countryside Church; Contemporary Challenges - Reflecting On Rural Ministry

God Speed the Plough - Changing circumstances for the Rural and Regional Officer - Social exclusion in rural Oxfordshire - Rural Theology Association - ‘In our own words’ - Rural Transport - Rural Housing - Community Development Workers - Big Buzz Challenge - Local Formers - Farmers 4 Farmers - Living Churchyard & Cenetery Project

'Ministry from a Farming Perspective' - Rural Housing Enabler - Has Your Village Got a Shop? - Voices Sharing Life in the Dorchester Area - Clive Rides Again - Bike Racks/nature Trails/ Safer Playgrounds & A Museum of the River - Moving Forward - Aiming Higher - Affordable Housing For Local People - Rural Churches — Collapsing or Growing?

High Sheriff of Oxfordshire Anne (Bessie) Kelaart - Disquiet in the Countryside - Mini Action Planning Project in West Oxfordshire - Best Kept Village and Village of the Year - Helping parish councils move forward on local transport issues - Parish Plans – All You Need To Know! - A Place To Meet - A Museum For The Day - CLIVe Gets a New Look for Spring - Strengthening the Voluntary Sector in West Berkshire - New rural youthworker for Downlands - Build a Better Future for Berkshire - Oxfordshire Playbus

The Blessing of the Plough - Grants For Children In Oxfordshire - Village Halls and the Disability Discrimination Act - Free CD-Rom of Oxfordshire Parish Maps - Oxfordshire Rural Community Council - Looking For Funding For Work in the Community? - A New National Rural Officer - A Visit to Växjö

Role for Churches in Countryside Crisis - Farming Information for Rural Ministry - Clergy go techno with ex-government stock - help homeless young people in West Oxfordshire - ‘early birds’ catch the worm - Rural Childcare Search Conference - Taking English lessons to the minority ethnic community - praying in creation - The Local Rural Church - Oxfordshire Farmers Forum

Blewbury Broadband - Funding for youth projects - Public and community transport in Oxfordshire - Car-Sharing In Rural Oxfordshire - Harvest Festivals and British Farmers - Rogation Sunday