West Midlands Churches’ FE Council are pleased to be able to announce the launch of ROUNDED, a new SMSC resource for colleges, designed to help students explore character dispositions which will help prepare them for a rounded and fruitful life….
RE Matters has just launched their ‘Bullying and Belief Toolkit’ a pack of resources to support schools to explore the topic of religious bullying. St Peter’s Saltley Trust and Westhill Endowment funding enabled this project (which began in the London…
Hikaru: Name above All Names is a fantasy adventure story based on the biblical narrative. It is the creation of John Prockter, dirctor of Catalyst Youth Trust. Here John explains more: ‘Catalyst Youth Trust is a small youth work organisation…
iSingPOP is a project led by the Innervation Trust, engaging with young people in schools, teaching them fun and exciting songs all based around the Christian faith which help the children to explore their spirituality and enhances the schools’ Collective…
Our best wishes to you if you are reading this – we hope and pray you will stay safe and well during this challenging time. With pupils now working from home, schools and subject support organisations are putting together more…
Integrating SMSC within Teaching and Learning in Further Education is a resource for FE and Sixth Form College teaching staff, offering ideas and guidance on drawing out the Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural implications of their curriculum area. Created out…
How might chaplaincy contribute to the lives of students and staff in a Further Education college? How could you be involved? Five short films commissioned by West Midlands Churches’ FE Council, and filmed in three local colleges, give you a…
How, in practice, do Church of England schools endeavour to create cohesive communities which respect both their Anglican Christian ethos and the diverse, often multi-faith demographic of their student bodies? This is being explored in Birmingham in case study research…
Phil Metcalf is the West Midlands region’s Further Education Chaplaincy ambassador, a new collaboratively-funded three year role. Since Phil began the role in January 2018, there have been significant developments in promoting new FE chaplaincies. Phil is currently working with…