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Good Money Week 2018

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Good Money Week is a campaign to show you there are sustainable and ethical options when it comes to your bank, pension, savings and investments.

At this year’s Good Money Week conference on we will provide you with an opportunity to consider how your faith, values and finances interact. Learn how the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relate to positive decisions about our money and how we can help ensure a sustainable world now and in the future.

Date: 9:30 – 13:30, Wednesday 3 October 2018

Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9BX

The conference will be chaired by Wendy Young from Christian Aid Scotland. There will be a keynote address on intergenerational justice from Christopher Stockwell (ECCR), and you will have the opportunity to take part in workshop sessions looking at the Climate Change and Education SDGs followed by a Q&A panel discussion.

Confirmed workshop: Triodos Bank, Scotwest Credit Union with Young Scot and Prosper Social Finance – more follow.

The event is free and open to the public. Delegates are also invited to join us for a complimentary buffet lunch.

Partners: Church of Scotland, ECCR, EthicalFutures, Anderson MacPhie Financial Services, Oikocredit, Christian Aid Scotland, Triodos Bank, Scotwest Credit Union

Sponsored by: Triodos Bank, EthicalFutures and Anderson MacPhie Financial Services

For more information and booking click here

Eco-Congregation Scotland are hiring a new Charity Manager!

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Could you be the one to bring about the future and vision of Eco-Congregation Scotland?

We are looking for a new Charity Manager to take on the exciting opportunity to manage Scotlands’ leading faith-led environmental charity and help us support churches to care for God’s creation.

Eco-Congregation Scotland is looking for a charity manager who will shape and grow the movement. With over 430 registered churches  across all  Christian denominations in Scotland, we have grown steadily since starting in 2001 and are now recognised as an international leader in Faith Action for the Environment.  We challenge church members and congregations to promote care for creation through worship, advocacy and in taking practical action to tackle climate change in their own lives and in the lives of their churches and surrounding communities, including action for climate justice around the world.

As manager you will have:-

  • exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills
  • experience of managing a small team and volunteers
  • fundraising and compliance experience in the charitable sector
  • a vision of how churches can contribute to tackling climate justice

Please click the link to see more about the post, including how to apply HERE

It is unlikely that candidates with less than 5 years since graduation will have the necessary experience for this post.

Interviews will be held in Edinburgh on 8th August

Posted on: 29 June 2018

Closing date: 29 July 2018

Spring Pack now available from Faith Action for Nature Project

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Spring is finally here and with it come the brand new resources from the Faith Action for Nature project. The project is open to any congregation who wants to take part and thus anyone can download the resources for free. Click the link to the Spring Pack

If you haven’t come across this project before, we suggest you take a look at the Welcome Pack and Frequently Asked Questions which tells you everything you need to know about how the project works. If you’d like to enroll in the pilot, you can get in touch with us, or through the Faith Action for Nature contact page.

Only congregations who get in touch with us will benefit from RSPB Scotland support.

Silver Award for St Columba’s By the Castle

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Congratulations to St Columba’s by the Castle on achieving their Silver Award –

Our assessors commended them for their excellent communications and the many opportunities for ‘eco’ themed discussions within their Forum, Fellowship hour, Bible study and House groups.

 

 

The assessors were also impressed by:

  • The Day 4 Girls project, which has involved congregation members as well as others outside the church
  • The ways in which members can bring concerns/issues which are then discussed and debated
    through various forums, leading to specific actions and initiatives; e.g. discussions in the local
    community about the issue of air pollution are to be commended.
  • The Quiet Garden, which is an inspiring use of church grounds in response to the needs of the
    local community
  • The research and ways in which ideas are developed, for example in the development of the
    heating system and in the introduction of the Changeworks recycling boxes.