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# Take Action

Discover how to get involved, support positive change and help make your local community stronger, fairer and more connected.

 

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## Helping grow strong communities

 

Resilient communities are built when people take action, so we have programmes and networks to bring neighbours together, grow local leaders, and open up welcoming spaces where no one is left out.

 

- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/20240328-Portrayed-Photography-IMG_7701-Large.jpg?v=1789568892) ### [Explore Places of Welcome](https://cuf.org.uk/take-action/places-of-welcome)
    
    Places of Welcome are local community groups providing their neighbourhoods with places where all people feel safe to connect, belong and get involved. With almost 1,000 across England and Wales, there’s sure to be one near you.
- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/WJ-030325-21.jpg?v=1789721542) ### [Explore Near Neighbours](https://cuf.org.uk/take-action/explore-near-neighbours)
    
    Near Neighbours is a national programme working in some of England’s most diverse neighbourhoods. We bring people together to build trust, strengthen local leadership, and help communities improve the places they call home.
- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/40-AS8A2457-Enhanced-NR-1.jpg?v=1789657932) ### [Catalyst](https://cuf.org.uk/take-action/explore-near-neighbours/near-neighbours-catalyst)
    
    A free, four-day leadership course for 16- to 26-year-olds of every faith and background. Catalyst gives young people the confidence and skills to lead, run their own social action, and bring their communities closer together
- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/covenant-large.jpg?v=1786370695) ### [Explore the Together Network](https://cuf.org.uk/take-action/together-network)
    
    The Together Network brings together regional and national Christian charities and regional denominational bodies such as Church of England dioceses, all working to tackle poverty, injustice and exclusion in communities across England.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We all bring on the ground, honest experience from working within our structures and local communities. And from that local context, we contribute to the national voice – strengthening the impact that’s possible

Katie Brazier, Together for Change Coventry & Warwickshire