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Take part in Love Your Burial Ground week.

Churches are being encouraged to sign up to this year's love your burial ground week; an initiative by Churches Count on Nature.

Watching the birdies at Hemblington

At the tail end of January, All Saints, Hemblington threw open its gates for its seventh RSPB Big Churchyard Birdwatch.

‘Church in the Fields’ wins Heritage Fund bid

Haveringland Church has been awarded nearly £200,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to ‘Build the Future and Repair the Past’.

Chedgrave Church goes wild!

Unable to have their usual holiday club for the summer this year, All Saints Church, Chedgrave went outside to discover and enjoy the biodiversity in their churchyard. The Revd Alison Ball explains.

Climate Sunday: giving a voice to local churches

Marking World Environment Day, an initiative is launched today to provide focus for churches from across Britain and Ireland committed to action to combat climate change.

Do you know your Naves from your Chancels? Towers from your Belfries? Become a Norwich ‘Church Detective’ with CPCS

The Centre for Parish Church Studies (CPCS), working with Norwich Historic Churches Trust, has just released a fantastic new programme of talks, short courses and coach trips for 2020.

Church of England’s Environment Group calls for greater action on Climate Change across the Church

The Church of England's Environmental Advisory Group has called for all parts of the Church to recognise the Climate Crisis and step up its action to safeguard God's creation.

New Chancellor for the Diocese appointed

David Etherington QC has been licensed as the new Chancellor for the Diocese of Norwich by the Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher.

Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Churchyard Conservation Scheme first newsletter

Churchyards are a wonderful and vital refuge for wildlife throughout Norfolk’s varied landscape. Many are remnants of ancient meadow that are still managed with low intensity and provide a diversity of habitats, so that a whole suite of wildlife, including wildflowers, birds, mammals, reptiles and invertebrates can thrive within their walls.

‘Bat nights’ in churches

Many churches in Norfolk are home to significant bat populations, and several churches have held bat nights to raise awareness of the role church buildings play.

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