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5 unusual facts about Church Urban Fund


Choir of Leeds Parish Church

The Church Urban Fund supported the work of Ashley Francis-Roy as the church's first choral outreach animateur during the academic year 2010/2011 and Helen Strange in this capacity for 2011/2012 with funding provided by the Hesco Bastion Foundation.

Church Urban Fund

1987 The Church Urban Fund launched by the Church of England as a response to ‘Faith in the City’ with the aim of supporting local projects tackling poverty in England’s poorest communities.

The creation of the Church Urban Fund was arguably one of the most important and lasting legacies of the controversial "Faith in the City" report, produced by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Urban Priority Areas in 1985.

1985 ‘Faith in the City’ report produced, highlighting the social turmoil existing in many of England’s cities.

2000 and 2002 Debates at Synod affirmed the Church’s commitment to ministry alongside the poor and marginalised.



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