A new app designed to help tackle labour exploitation and modern slavery in the farming, horticulture and food production sectors has been launched by the Church of England's modern slavery initiative.
As schools break up for the summer holidays, Bishop Peter is supporting a foodbank appeal for games, jigsaw puzzles, colouring books and pens, to help carers entertain children and young people over the summer holidays.
Hidden Voices Somerset Victim Support Project for Victims of Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking and Exploitation has been awarded more than fourteen thousand pounds.
Christians and churches in Weston super Mare have been working together to support the homeless and those in poverty during the coronavirus crisis.
The parishioners at St Matthew's in Wookey have been unable to celebrate together in person since lockdown began, but on Sunday, in glorious sunshine, they brought their own chairs, safely socially distanced, and enjoyed a service outside in the church grounds.
Bishop Peter has sent an update on this treatment this week, with encouraging news.
Over the weekend (26 and 27 September) in four intimate services in the Lady Chapel of Wells Cathedral, 17 new deacons were ordained.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse released its final report in the Church of England yesterday.
Jess James from the Exmoor Youth project explains how they have taken a different approach with Harvest Experience this year to ensure local school children can still enjoy Harvest.
Five new Ministry Experience Scheme (MES) participants have taken to their new roles in various churches around the diocese. They are all taking on different roles which will help them understand what ministry in the Church of England is like.
The Bath and Wells Podcast, Pioneering Plus will be a series of conversations exploring the places where God already is, and the church may not yet be!
The Angels of Hope installations have been put up outside St. Johns church in Wellington and across the surrounding area to remind people of the hope we have in Christ.
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The Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Rt Revd Peter Hancock, commissioned a Lessons Learnt Review in May 2019, with the objective of ascertaining the key actions and decisions of the diocese; whether these were in line with national policy and what lessons can be learned for the future.
Over the weekend of 12th and 13th of December a dazzling array of 51 angels appeared around the village in gardens, on drives and on a roof.
Bishop Ruth confirmed (l-r) Carys, Anna, Jacob and Sophie in St Andrew's, Cheddar, on the evening of Thursday 3rd December 2020
2020 will sadly be remembered as the year disrupted by COVID-19
The Angel of Hope project organised by St John's Church Wellington included an invitation to nominate someone for an 'Everyday Angel' award
Nearly all of our parishes have responded to Bishop Peter's request last March to confirm that any safeguarding issues they were aware of had been reported to the safeguarding team.
Somerset day falls on 11 May 2021. It is a day when everyone who lives, works in or just loves Somerset is encouraged to celebrate all that's wonderful about the county.
Inspiring Hope is a simple social media idea the Go Team have for Lent 2021. The idea is to share messages of hope, written by young people, across social media platforms each weekday during Lent.
