FCG Board and Group Meeting in person. Only for FCG members.

Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting - online, HCSC members only.

Chaplaincy: opportunity for Networking, Nurturing, Encouragement and Community Together

The day will have a focus on exploring and developing case study research.

Date: 12th March 2026, 10:30 - 16:00

Venue: TBC

Details will follow.

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Secretary For Prison Chaplaincy Steering Group Meeting - online. Secretary For Prison Chaplaincy Steering Group Members only.

Please visit here for more information.

Please visit here for more information.

This is an online support meeting for all FC Prison Chaplains. The primary function of these is to gather together to pray for each other, hear how things are going in other prisons, and generally share news. In gathering with one another, we hope we can begin to feel that sense of fellowship among Prison Chaplains.

To join the meeting or for more information, please contact

Rev Bob Wilson at bob.wilson@freechurches.org.uk

FCG Board Meeting in person. FCG Board members only.

Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting - in person, HCSC members only.

A day of reflection, restoration and retreat for chaplains with Catherine Todd – ‘Silence Inside’

Register your place HERE.

For more information, please visit HERE.

This is an online support meeting for all FC Prison Chaplains. The primary function of these is to gather together to pray for each other, hear how things are going in other prisons, and generally share news. In gathering with one another, we hope we can begin to feel that sense of fellowship among Prison Chaplains.

To join the meeting or for more information, please contact

Rev Bob Wilson at bob.wilson@freechurches.org.uk

The Free Churches Group is delighted to be one of the key organisations involved in running the Research First monthly UK wide digital journal club. This journal club developed out of a joint venture between the Free Churches Group and the College of Healthcare Chaplains and is now additionally supported and promoted by the Association of Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplains, NHS Education for Scotland, the Northern Ireland Healthcare Chaplains Association and the Paediatric Chaplaincy Network. The journal club provides opportunity to earn up to 3 CPD points accredited by the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy [One CPD hour for attending the session and one CPD hour each for completing before (part 1) and after (part 2) the session  this research article reflection sheet. If you have questions about the journal club, or would like to receive diary invites for the sessions, contact mark.newitt@freechurches.org.uk

Find our more HERE.

For more information, please visit HERE.

This is an online support meeting for all FC Prison Chaplains. The primary function of these is to gather together to pray for each other, hear how things are going in other prisons, and generally share news. In gathering with one another, we hope we can begin to feel that sense of fellowship among Prison Chaplains.

To join the meeting or for more information, please contact

Rev Bob Wilson at bob.wilson@freechurches.org.uk

The Free Churches Group is delighted to be one of the key organisations involved in running the Research First monthly UK wide digital journal club. This journal club developed out of a joint venture between the Free Churches Group and the College of Healthcare Chaplains and is now additionally supported and promoted by the Association of Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplains, NHS Education for Scotland, the Northern Ireland Healthcare Chaplains Association and the Paediatric Chaplaincy Network. The journal club provides opportunity to earn up to 3 CPD points accredited by the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy [One CPD hour for attending the session and one CPD hour each for completing before (part 1) and after (part 2) the session  this research article reflection sheet. If you have questions about the journal club, or would like to receive diary invites for the sessions, contact mark.newitt@freechurches.org.uk

Find our more HERE.

FCG Board and Group Meeting, in person. Only for FCG Members.

This three-part webinar series explores what it means to welcome prison leavers into your faith or belief community. You will increase your knowledge, understanding and capacity for welcoming prison leavers appropriately. The course is delivered online between 7:30-9pm and the Autumn 2025 dates are:

·         Part 1: Tues 9th Sept 

·         Part 2: Tues 16th Sept

·         Part 3: Tues 23rd Sept

Can't make it? No problem! Register your interest for the Winter series of the course here. Visit the Welcome Directory website HERE for more information.

Secretary For Prison Chaplaincy Steering Group Meeting in person. Secretary For Prison Chaplaincy Steering Group Members only.

Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting - Online, Only for HCSC members.

This three-part webinar series explores what it means to welcome prison leavers into your faith or belief community. You will increase your knowledge, understanding and capacity for welcoming prison leavers appropriately. The course is delivered online between 7:30-9pm and the Autumn 2025 dates are:

·         Part 1: Tues 9th Sept 

·         Part 2: Tues 16th Sept

·         Part 3: Tues 23rd Sept

Can't make it? No problem! Register your interest for the Winter series of the course here. Visit the Welcome Directory website HERE for more information.

The Free Churches Group will be hosting a webinar exploring issues raised by the Netflix series Adolescence, and how churches might respond to these issues.
More details and registration will be available very soon!

Education Sunday will be celebrated on 14 September this year.  The theme is “Lost and Found”.

Resources will be available on the Churches Together in England website (link above), and we encourage all our churches to use this as an opportunity to pray for their local schools, colleges and universities, and to build links with them.

This three-part webinar series explores what it means to welcome prison leavers into your faith or belief community. You will increase your knowledge, understanding and capacity for welcoming prison leavers appropriately. The course is delivered online between 7:30-9pm and the Autumn 2025 dates are:

·         Part 1: Tues 9th Sept 

·         Part 2: Tues 16th Sept

·         Part 3: Tues 23rd Sept

Can't make it? No problem! Register your interest for the Winter series of the course here. Visit the Welcome Directory website HERE for more information.

Reflective practice is part of the Ten Essential Shared Capabilities described in the UKBHC Capabilities and Competences (2015) document. Similarly, within the Spiritual Care Competences for Healthcare Chaplains (2020) document agreed for Scotland, is recognised as one of four domains of healthcare chaplaincy competence. As part of the process of continuing professional development, chaplains are expected to demonstrate the ability to reflect upon practice in order to develop and inform their professional practice. Reflective practice, as described by Mark Stobert, is a form of supervision that is underpinned by a reflective practice mindset. It uses the potential of ‘reframing’ situations to unearth creative responses to those situations and to develop new knowledge of practice for those situations. Over time it becomes a developing state of mind so that we can reflect in action, not just on action. These pop-up sessions are for anyone to join, but are particularly aimed at those in smaller teams who might otherwise struggle to engage in reflective practice. For joining details, please contact; Mark Newitt at mark.newitt@freechurches.org.uk

Find out more HERE.

This is an online support meeting for all FC Prison Chaplains. The primary function of these is to gather together to pray for each other, hear how things are going in other prisons, and generally share news. In gathering with one another, we hope we can begin to feel that sense of fellowship among Prison Chaplains.

To join the meeting or for more information, please contact Rev Bob Wilson at bob.wilson@freechurches.org.uk

The September FC Chaplains’ support Zoom will be for Prisons Week 2025 Engagement Event on Monday, 8th September from 6:30 to 8 pm, with bookings only available through Eventbrite (https://PW-Engagement25.eventbrite.co.uk ). Please do book your tickets (free), as the Zoom details will be sent out to you via your booking and spaces are currently limited to 100 bookings.