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The art of being a good neighbour

Jo Stow calls church schools to lead the way in a prophetic rejection of individualism by building local relationships…

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Grace, Truth, Common Good

In the second of our 2024 series of public talks, Jon Kuhrt challenges Christian social action as it faces a crossroads. This talk was held in memory of the late Frank Field.…

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Grace and Truth

The T4CG Summer Newsletter 2024 – we are all called to take responsibility, to be a relational people who deal in grace and truth…

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Common Good Schools Summer 2024

Jo Stow shares our Summer update, with a note of achievements this year and a special poem…

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The Upper Room

The T4CG Pentecost Newsletter 2024 – on the Christian calling in preparation for a General Election…

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Common Good Schools Pentecost 2024

Jo Stow shares our Pentecost update in which we welcome a multi academy trust and our partners share stories of local relationship building…

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The Friendship of Christ

The T4CG Easter Newsletter 2024 – to love God and to love our neighbour: friendship is the foundation of our communal life…

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The importance of reciprocity

Jo Stow reflects on the importance of face-to-face reciprocal relationships, and the latest news on our Common Good Schools network…

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A Better Story

As the UK prepared to vote, Jenny Sinclair reflected on the Christian response to the politics of our time…

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The Desert

The T4CG Lent Newsletter 2024 – in a world falling apart, let us take time in the desert, reject temptations and join in with building the kingdom…

The future of UK Christian social action
As poverty gets worse, how should the church respond?Read More
Poverty – under our own roof
For Lent, Jo Stow encourages schools to take a more relational approach to charity and to notice hidden poverty in the classroom Read More
T4CG at Word on Fire
Jenny Sinclair speaks about the Bible, the common good and Catholic Social Teaching at the Word on Fire conference 2025Read More
Staying Human: Reimagining the Spirit of the Commons
In the emerging new era, people feel a loss of agency. How should the church respond? Luke Bretherton gives the first T4CG public lecture of 2025Read More
Forgive each other
The T4CG Lent 2025 Newsletter. In this time of seismic change, we must resist division and work togetherRead More