Projects

Extending Discipleship; Exploring Vocation (EDEV)

A new initiative of the Methodist Church, EDEV enables people to explore Christian discipleship and personal calling in a way that is locally-rooted, connected to the wider church and open-ended (there is no set 'course' but rather a series of guided small group encounteres, experiences and study oppotunities).  Trust funding supported the evaluation of two EDEV pilot studies in the West Midlands region.  For more on EDEV in the West Midlands go to: http://www.sysiphus.org.uk/
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Diocese of Worcester Further Education Development Project

A Trust-funded two-year project to audit the place of faith and spirituality in the ten further education colleges within the area covered by the diocese, explore creative partnerships between colleges, churches and faith communities, and work with colleges to develop activities and resources which foster spiritual development within a college context.  For more information contact the project consultant, Peter Brownjohn, at Pbrownjohn8@aol.com 
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Spirited Music/Spirited Poetry

Developed by the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education (NATRE, formerly the PCfRE) in collaboration with the Saltley Trust, this national poetry competition encourages children to explore God, faith and life through the arts (http://www.natre.org.uk/spiritedarts). Most recently, work has begun to develop educational resources to enable pupils to explore religion and spirituality through music and enabling teachers to make cross-curricular links in these areas.
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Transformative Theological Education for Ministerial Formation – The Faslane Project

An evaluation of an experiment in prophetic social action as part of ordination training, researched collaboratively by the Queens Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, Birmingham, and Saltley Trust.
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Faith Guides Training Project

An initiative of the Birmingham-based Faith Encounter Programme to devise and offer a Faith Guiding Course for places of worship in the city. Faith Guides offer quality guided tours of places of worship through which the city's faith communities are introduced and interpreted for school groups, faith literacy training courses, heritage trails and others. The course was developed in collaboration with University College Birmingham and the Institute of Tourist Guiding. Trust support involved co-funding and evaluating the course. http://www.faithencounter.org.uk
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Faith to Faith – Website Development

Faith to Faith is a Christian consultancy which aims to encourage engagement between Christians and those of other faiths. The forum is currently developing a new website with study materials. http://www.globalconnections.co.uk/faithtofaithresources
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‘Effective Partnership Working with the Faith Communities: Learning the Lessons’

Published in 2007, this handbook offers tools for faith communities and FE colleges to engage in collaborative work, and includes stories and experiences from those with experience in the field. Co-published by St. Peter's Saltley Trust, Regional Action West Midlands and the National Ecumenical Agency in Further Education (NEAFE). See our publications page.
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The West Midlands Churches’ Further Education Council

Promotes learning about, and partnership between, the Christian churches and the world of Further Education. The Council, a fully ecumenical body, was originally an initiative of the Saltley Trust’s first director, Maggie Keane. The Council has been involved in many pieces of development work connecting Christian faith and further education since 1987.
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‘Journeying with Christ into the Heart of God’

Programme and resources for spiritual reflection structured around the seasons of the Christian calendar, arising from the question: ‘what does it mean to be a disciple in times like these?’ and developed in partnership with an ecumenical team of experienced church leaders and educators. See our publications page.
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Development of a Black and Asian Theology programme at the Queens Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, Birmingham

Includes the funding of a research report into the ‘Theological Education and Training Needs of Black Majority Churches in the West Midlands’.
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Hereford Diocesan Anti-Slavery Exhibition

To mark the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in Britain, this exhibition, part-funded by Saltley Trust, toured numerous locations in Herefordshire and South Shropshire forming the centrepiece for a series of local activities and exhibitions, many organised by local churches.
(http://www.hereford.anglican.org/pages/wod_antislavery_ties.html).
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Training materials on Faith and Work in Further Education

A consultative role in 'Welcome to Chaplaincy' - new training materials for chaplains and other people working in the FE sector, jointly published by fbfe and the LSC. Tools for theological reflection also available at: http://www.fbfe.org.uk.
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Exploring Spirituality through Rural Life and Experience

Resources for theological reflection and meditation drawn from consultations with local people in the Anglican Diocese of Hereford. Part-funded by and developed in partnership with the Saltley Trust. Findings from the project were published as ‘The Marches Chronicles’ (see our publications page).
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National Association of Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education (SACREs)

The Trust has had a long relationship with the National Association of SACREs, which the Trust helped to establish. The Trust has worked with a number of SACREs over the years on the development and resourcing of collective worship and RE teaching programmes.  Most recently Trust funding assisted in the organisation of a joint conference between NASACRE and the Interfaith Network for the UK to explore good practice in working together.  See: http://www.nasacre.org.uk
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CREAM Project – (now ‘Living out Faith’)

A CD Resource for the Education, Affirmation and Mentoring of Black Children. Based on the work of Dr. Anthony Reddie, and co-funded by St. Peter’s Saltley Trust. See: http://www.livingoutfaith.org.uk.
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