Church and community activists from across the Diocese of Liverpool area gathered to share stories and ideas about growing social justice, at our Network of Kindness celebration event.

Held at St Paul’s church in Prescot, the evening marked the launch of the new Network of Kindness Community of Practice, to help connect those working to make a bigger difference to people’s lives in communities across the Diocese of Liverpool area.

Together Liverpool Executive Director James Green invited individuals and teams to join to the Community of Practice by applying to be a Network of Kindness Champion, Project or Hub.

Guests also heard about the new Network of Kindness Learning Community, a programme being rolled out through deaneries to support churches to take the next step in their social action.

Anyone with a passion for seeing greater justice in the world is invited to join the Network of Kindness as a Champion, Project or Hub. We were delighted to welcome 30 new Champions as well as 6 Projects and 10 new Hubs to our Network at the celebration, with many more making enquires and wanting further conversations.

Among those signed up as Projects at the event were St George's Pantry, Gateway Collective and St Paul's Coffee Morning whilst St Bart's Roby and St Mark's Haydock, were amongst the first Network of Kindness Hubs.

The Network of Kindness celebration event was also a chance to build connections and be reminded how kindness has the power to transform our communities.

Together Liverpool Executive Director James Green said: “This was a fantastic evening, it was inspiring to be in the same space as so many passionate social activists all working to make a bigger difference to communities across the Diocese of Liverpool.

“We were so encouraged by the stories shared and new connections made.

“The Network of Kindness is rooted in the collective action of our members and we are excited to sign up many more Champions, Projects and Hubs to grow the Community of Practice in the coming weeks and months.”

Among the stories shared during the evening were how the Pantry at St Luke’s church in St Helens is among those set up with funding via the Network of Kindness Food Insecurities project 2021/2022.

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We also heard how the Friendship Cafe in Southport, is among the Places of Welcome supported by the Network of Kindness to set up or reopen after Covid, across the Diocese of Liverpool area.

Attendees also learned how the King's Community Garden in West Wigan was set up following a Network of Kindness workshop about setting up community gardens on church land, hosted by Together Liverpool and Faiths4Change.

With thanks to all who attended, to Bay Tree Catering CIC Food who provided our delicious food for the evening, and our hosts for the evening St. Paul's Church Prescot, who also shared about their community project Thursday Coffee Morning and signed up as a Network of Kindness Project.

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