![]() This group will comprise a small number of bishops, supported by consultants. A Pastoral Consultative Group – to aid bishops, diocesan staff and others with answers to the broad questions that arise from the implementation of PLF and other LLF work.Two formal groups will also be formed, as agreed following the commendation of the PLF: In addition to these working groups, meetings with stakeholders will be organised to help enable progress ahead of a meeting of The House of Bishops’ meeting May. Synod members have been invited to express their interest in joining the groups which will be formed of bishops, other clergy and laity. The Bishop of Leicester, Martyn Snow, the lead bishop for LLF, has written to Synod members to outline plans for a new oversight board and the re-formation of three working groups: the Pastoral Guidance Working Group, the Pastoral Reassurance Working Group and the Prayers of Love and Faith (PLF) Working Group. Lead Bishop gives update to Synod membersįollowing discussion at the February meeting of General Synod, further details of plans for a new Programme Board to oversee the ongoing work of Living in Love and Faith (LLF) have been shared with General Synod members. New programme board to help steer LLF next steps On Friday, 8 March 2024 at 5.11 pm by Simon SarmientoĬategorised as Church of England, General Synod, News FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about the Fund for Healing, Repair and JusticeĬhurch Times: Church Commissioners look for partners to boost reparatory-justice fund to £1 billion.Full report from the Oversight Group to the Church Commissioners.Recommendations from the Oversight Group.Press release from the Church Commissioners: Church Commissioners for England warmly welcomes Oversight Group’s report. ![]() The Oversight Group has a bold vision for the £100m Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice which they would like to see grow to £1bn and act as a catalyst for real change. They believe this fund represents a start to breaking the chains of discrimination. This group is acutely aware that the crimes against humanity rooted in enslavement have caused damage so vast it will require patient effort spanning generations to address. The Church Commissioners appointed an independent Oversight Group to make their recommendations on how the fund should be used. In penitence and hope, the Church Commissioners proposed a fund to address a legacy of racialised inequality that scars the lives of billions to this day. ![]() In 2023, the Church Commissioners for England published a report into its historic links to African chattel enslavement. The Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice describes itself this way: On Saturday, 9 March 2024 at 5.50 pm by Simon SarmientoĬategorised as Church Commissioners, Church of England, News Reparatory Justice: Oversight Group recommendations
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