If you're wanting to do more for the environment, Romsey Methodist Church have created a YouTube channel, Stewarding Precious Earth, to help inform and offer practical support for church communities tackling climate change. Take a look and subscribe here. Watch a film about how they tackled changing their church building to reduce their carbon footprint here.
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The new Eco Church survey is live!
A Rocha has just released its new survey.
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Mortimer Methodist Church leads the way in eco-friendly initiatives
In the Southampton District, Mortimer Methodist Church’s congregation achieved its A Rocha UK Gold Award in July 2023 and has since supported and insp
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Silsden Methodist Church wins two Eco Awards
Eileen Jowitt, Eco Lead for Silsden Methodist Church, shares how within days, the church became an A Rocha Gold Church and won the Green award of BBC
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Nourishing community bonds at the Horrabridge Food Hub
Open since 2021, the Horrabridge Food Hub (HFH) in the South West Peninsula District has reached out to about 200 people with its ethos of preventing
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Baildon Methodist Church is the second A Rocha Gold award in the Yorkshire West District
Baildon Methodist Church’s congregation in the Yorkshire West Methodist District works relentlessly to make its building better for the environment an
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How opening a Repair Café benefits the community
Sustainable, life-affirming and community building, the Meon Valley Repair Café in the Southampton Methodist District is a monthly initiative encourag
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Making new with old, Killinghall Methodist Church's journey to become carbon neutral
Located in a growing Yorkshire village, Killinghall Methodist Church has a small but mighty congregation that have worked hard to modernise its buildi
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The Wesley Hotel in Camden renews Green Tourism Award
The Wesley Hotel in Camden successfully renewed its prestigious Green Tourism certification. This recognition underscores the hotel's commitment to su
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From a gazebo to a Warm Hub, Kirkham Methodist Church is here for its community
Started during the pandemic to provide food for the community, Take & Make in Kirkham Methodist Church in the Lancashire Methodist District, has evolv
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Bringing hope in Hull one school uniform at the time
Located in one of the most deprived areas of Hull, Trinity Methodist Church in the Yorkshire North & East Methodist District is at the centre of the l
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Recycling and fighting food wasted in Truro
Awarded a A Rocha Eco Church Silver Award, Truro Methodist Church explores how to limit their carbon emissions in a building that cannot get to net ze
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The Methodist Church’s garden wins three major awards at the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park
On Tuesday 16 July, ‘This Garden Isn’t Finished Without You’, the first garden sponsored by the Methodist Church at the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park
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Caring for earth and children: Cornwall’s Shoe Swap
The Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Methodist District started a new initiative last September to help the environment: a Shoe Swap with children's s
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Resurrected Bites: feeding Yorkshire and saving food
Resurrected Bites is a cafe in the Yorkshire North & East Methodist District. The cafe offers delicious meals with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and
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Funding helps Woodlands Methodist Church reduce energy use on their premises
In Glasgow, Woodlands Methodist Church joined HeatHack, a Royal Academy of Engineering-funded project to help churches and community organisations
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The Bread of Life: a Fair Trade Centre in a church in East Dulwich
Fair Trade Centres support local producers with fair wages and help improve their quality of life. Christ Church in East Dulwich in the London Methodi
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Radyr Methodist Church: protecting God’s world
In the suburbs of Cardiff, Radyr Methodist Church has put climate justice at the heart of its calling by improving the building, offering lifestyle
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St John’s Church, Yorkshire get A Rocha Gold
Transforming a small piece of land into a community garden and engaging locally was the key to St John’s Methodist Church, Settle, in the Yorkshire We
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Stirling Methodist Church - first Methodist Church in Scotland to receive Gold Eco award
Stirling Methodist Church has a longstanding commitment to social and climate justice. In January 2024, the church received its Gold Award from Eco-Co
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An inclusive environmental hustings in Stirling Methodist Church
Stirling Methodist Church’s congregation and Friends of the Earth Scotland organised an Environmental Husting on Thursday 25 June. They aimed to focus
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Stirling Methodist Church: A heritage treasure that’s fighting climate change
Stirling Methodist Church has a rich history and is still making history today through its commitment to social and climate justice.
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Caring for the world in Summerbridge
Summerbridge Methodist Church, in the Yorkshire North & East Methodist District, is one of six Methodist churches to have achieved the A-Rocha Gold Ec
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Warm Coats and Warmed Hearts
As the chill of winter sets in, New Road Methodist Church, Sandwell, in the Black Country Methodist Circuit, held its first Warm Coats event.
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Churches in Yorkshire North & East Methodist District go solar
The Yorkshire sun now rises over seven new churches with photovoltaic panels on their roofs. Installed over the past few months.
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A District Climate Emergency Fund to invest in churches
The Manchester and Stockport Methodist District has recently started a District Climate Emergency Fund to help churches on their path to net zero.
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Reusing and recycling school uniforms in Haxby and Wigginton
Since 2020, the Yorkshire village of Haxby and Wigginton has been organising its annual School Uniform Bank.
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Amelia Trust’s Woodlands, A Natural Asset for the Community and Wildlife
The semi-ancient woodland at the Amelia Trust Farm near Cardiff is a vast area of about 160 acres with several trails, a pond, a memorial garden.
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Radyr Methodist Church’s First Eco Fair
Radyr Methodist Church, near Cardiff, had its first eco fair on Saturday 3 June. Local products, local charities, swap stands and activities for child
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The Tea & PV project in Yorkshire North & East
The Yorkshire North & East Methodist District is leading the pathway towards Net Zero for the 200+ churches in its care.
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East Molesey Methodist Church’s Journey Towards Net Zero
East Molesey Methodist Church started its Net Zero journey in 2015. In 2021 it joined A Rocha UK’s award scheme for churches in England and Wales
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Salisbury Methodist Church: Together for Climate Justice
About 12 years ago, Salisbury Methodist Church was one of the first churches to install solar panels. Since then, the church, its ministers.
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Lindley Methodist Church is the 4,000th EcoChurch
Lindley Methodist Church in Huddersfield is the 4,000th EcoChurch to join the scheme A Rocha UK.
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Chapel field turned into allotments for food production and wildlife
A grow-your-own community has flourished in Cumbria after Wetheral Methodist Church decided to turn its weedy chapel field over to allotments.
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A Methodist church wins the Land and Nature Award from the Church Times Green Award 2024
On Thursday 26 September at St John’s Waterloo in London, Chapel-en-le-Frith Methodist Church won the Land and Nature award for their Townend Communit
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Pioneering eco church building opened
A virtually carbon neutral church hall has opened in Baildon. The new building at Baildon Methodist Church is the first Passivhaus on church premises.
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COP26
Information and interviews about COP26 in Glasgow in 2021.
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Starting an eco journey with your church
Paul Heppleston from Wellspring Church in Wirksworth, Derbyshire shares his insights into church and community action on environmental issues.
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Working towards net carbon zero by 2030: a case study from Bradford
The Methodist Church has set an aspirational target to become a net zero church by 2030. Using the steps set out in our guide for churches, John Ander
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