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Welcome
I hope you find the latest blogs below of interest, please pass on to colleagues and/or use the material in your bulletins. This newsletter is stored here for ease of linking if you want people to access all the information.
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Life Chances |
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What happiness means to children
Happiness is one important parenting goals in today's modern society. Children's sense of happiness is not driven solely by immediate desires, but by a concern for goodness and actions that benefit themselves and others.
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What does caring mean?
Taking care of children and youth is one of our society’s most important responsibilities. Whether or not we’re parents, we’re all caregivers as citizens. Collective caregiving encompasses all the decisions we make as a society.
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Events |
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In-Person and Online - 10 behavioural interventions to change the world - 6pm 15 May - London
Behavioural science has come a long way but we’ve only just scratched the surface of what’s possible.
David Halpern, BIT’s founder and President Emeritus, will share insights into the behavioural interventions he believes have the potential to transform the world. He was Chief Analyst at the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit and the first What Works National Advisor, leading efforts to improve evidence-based policymaking across the UK government. He has held academic positions at Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard. In 2023, he was awarded a CBE for public service.
Expect bold ideas, insightful discussion and an in-depth exploration of the future of applied behavioural science.
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In-Person - Everything Conference 2025 - 9:30am 17 May - London
Christians are called to transform the world for the flourishing of humanity and the glory of God. The Everything Conference is for those who want to contribute towards positive change within their spheres of influence.
The Everything Conference is a signature annual gathering in Central London, where we come together to learn, share stories of cultural renewal at work in people's lives, and encourage each other in our own contexts of renewal. Through keynote talks, interviews, artistic performances, prayer, worship, and the occasional interactive workshop, conference attendees connect with others of like minds and like hearts from across the UK and beyond.
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Online - The economic contribution of community business - 12:30pm 20 May
Power to Change has long advocated for greater investment in and support of community business, but there has been a gap in the quantitative evidence base around the unique economic contribution that community business makes, both at national and local levels.
Power to Change’s new report provides an estimate of the total economic contribution made by community business in terms of Gross Value Added (GVA), the first time this has been done in the sector. In this panel discussion, we will discuss the findings of this research, and the ways in which community businesses can use the report's key figures to make the case for investment.
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In-Person and Online - Reducing reoffending: lessons from Little Scandinavia Prison Unit - 5:30pm 20 May - London
An in-depth look at the outcomes of the Little Scandinavia Prison Unit – a small subdivision of a prison outside of Philadelphia focusing on rehabilitation and reintegration. Its model is based on prisons in Scandinavia, a region with recidivism rates 25% lower than in the UK. Based on the ‘principle of normalisation’, it asserts that life inside the prison should resemble life outside, with the only punishment being incarceration itself. Reports so far have revealed that within the unit violence is practically non-existent, staff morale is higher compared to the rest of the prison and the use of restricted housing for rule violations is down by 50%.
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In-Person - The gift of my neighbour: learning from diaspora communities - 10:30am 24 May - London
A day conference exploring some of the riches offered by Churches whose roots come from beyond the UK. Britain today is blessed by communities from all over the world and, among them, there are Churches which bring new life and fresh theological perspectives. This day is a chance to share some of these riches, to begin to appreciate non-Western ways of thinking, and to discover new insights by practising receptive learning from one another.
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Online - Volunteering Crisis Point - what to do when volunteering goes wrong - 11am 4 Jun
Are you having problems with recruiting volunteers, negativity, volunteering simply not operating well, or conflict within those who are working on your projects or in your church? CUF take a look at some common difficulties with volunteering.
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The Events calendar, with more events, is here. |
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