Watch past events
Make use of our free webinars and courses to equip your church to meet the needs of your community
Watch past events
Make use of our free webinars and courses to equip your church to meet the needs of your community
Sign up for upcoming live webinars November
Driving your responses to poverty with data
Take a deep dive into the data behind CUF’s Look Up Tool, with experts in the field, and be resourced to take confident action.
Together in prayer
A powerful time of reflection and prayer around social justice, with a time of led intercession for your own local work.
Asset Based Community Development for Churches
Al Barret, author, practitioner, and parish priest, explored the ABCD model and considered what it means to build growth from your community’s assets, rather than focus on solving problems.
Supporting Older People in our Community
Five experienced practitioners cover key principles in supporting older people and look at practical examples of projects and places that are doing this well.
Equality in Community
We thoughtfully consider how we welcome and respond to people with differing experiences and expectations crossing the thresholds of our projects and buildings.
Feast of Fun: Running holiday food and activity clubs
We take a look at the practicalities of running a 'Feast of Fun', considering funding, partnerships, planning, and inspiration from the impact clubs are already having for families around the country.
An Introduction to Social Enterprise
Experienced practitioners and researchers Dr Val Barron and Rev Canon Nick Ralph explore the social enterprise model, the theological grounding for it, and inspiring examples.
Adapting to our communities: church beyond walls
Rev Martin Poole inspires us with stories of how a group of people have been taking Christian spirituality outside church buildings to engage with people creatively.
Resilience for leaders and volunteers of church-based social action projects
How can we avoid burnout ensure we are spiritually and mentally thriving? With Corin Pilling, National Director of Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries.
Good Conversations webinar hosted by Places of Welcome
Hear more about a resource provided by Linking Lives UK for volunteers whose role includes hosting conversations in settings such as community cafés, Places of Welcome, lunch clubs or food banks
Getting your church online and improving your church's online presence
Join us and digital missioner Hannah Fleming-Hill in this free session for churches to explore this often-overwhelming world
Starting and running a Place of Welcome
At CUF we believe local, faith-based social action creates community and tackles poverty. But how to start? Places of Welcome open their doors weekly, rain or shine - places to belong and contribute.
Getting to Know Your Community Better
Exploring Know Your Church, Know Your Neighbourhood (KYCKYN) - a free, facilitated course you can run with a small group of church members.
How to Build Financial Resilience in Your Community
Not sure how your church can help people through the #CostOfLiving crisis? Join us and @justfinancefdn to learn how you can use their new Money Help Hub to serve your community.
Monitoring and evaluating small church projects
Running or planning a small project? Have you considered how you’ll evaluate it? Explore why measurement is important & how to go about it with some simple tools, without creating lots of extra work
Welcoming and Supporting Refugees
Want to help refugees but don't know where to start? Learn about how people arrive in the UK & what happens when they do; about cross-cultural & trauma awareness, & boundary setting
Bringing the Mental Health Conversation to the Heart of the Church
Learn how to create churches where stigma is tackled, support is appropriately available, and participation is at the heart
Creating spaces for mental health in the church
Explore how three places and spaces for wellbeing flourished out of biblically-grounded understandings of mental health, and find out how your church can get involved.
Growing Good: Joining the dots between social action, discipleship and growth
Growing Good users & researchers share reflections, experience & practical steps to connect social action & growth
Heating Your Church Sustainably This Winter
Inspired Efficiency specialises in helping Christian organisations reduce their energy footprint and costs. They shared simple ideas & quick wins to help with immediate costs, & longer-term projects.