Make the Our City and County Slavery Free
14th October 2022Marking anti-slavery day, the Church of England’s Clewer Project has launched a new campaign, ‘Make It Slavery Free’. Find out more about how your church could get involved
News & Stories
Supporting Young People's Mental Health
29th September 2022Florence Gildea, Social Policy Advisor to the Bishop of Leicester, offers advice on how churches can support young people’s mental health.
Loving Service of the World in our diocese
26th September 2022Loving Service of the World is one of our three priorities as a diocese. So, to find out how parishes across the diocese are serving their communities, the Social Responsibility Panel asked church leaders and church officers what needs they are seeing in their communities, how they’re responding to them, and how the Social Responsibility Panel can best support them.
‘Give, Take, Swap’ Community Pantry in Great Glen
11th August 2022A village church has launched a Community Pantry to tackle problems including the cost-of-living crisis, wellbeing and ecological concerns such as food waste.
Christians from around the diocese engaging with the Ukrainian crisis
11th August 2022he diocese is partnering with Citizens UK to welcome Ukrainian guests across the diocese.
Bishop Saju to lead cricket match to celebrate unsung heroes in the community
9th August 2022Leicestershire County Cricket Club has confirmed the inaugural ‘Connecting Communities’ Cricket Match this September.
SoundCafe celebrates project with powerful short film
26th July 2022Our Bishop Mission Order's charity supporting vulnerable people and those experiencing homelessness has launched the film entitled 'Speaking of Homelessness'
Call to prayer for Lambeth Conference as Link Diocese guests arrive in Leicester
17th July 2022As international guests start arriving, our Bishops have asked us to pray ahead of he Lambeth Conference
Tea meeting in Leicester to start a link diocese project tackling child marriage
17th July 2022Bishop Isaiah and the President of Mothers' Union in Kiteto, is seeking our help at a meeting at a meeting on 22 July.
More steps to tackle modern day slavery
7th July 2022We have signed up to the ‘Find It, Fix It, Prevent It’ initiative of the Church Investors Group.