FCG Board Meeting
The FCG Board meeting will be held on-site and is exclusively for Board members.
Research First Journal Club
The Research First Journal Club meets between 14:00 to 15:15 towards the end of each month. Dates for the next few months are below. Please let Mark Newitt know if you’d like a diary invite (and if there is an article you’d like to present at one of the sessions!).
FCG Study Day: Cultivating a Childlike Curiosity
This study day, put on for Free Churches Group chaplains but open to all, will feature input from Linda Dunbar and Graham Adams. Linda will provide training around Values Based Reflective Practice, and the Connect, Reflect, Respond reflective practice and/or supervision model. Graham will offer insights from his book God the Child: Small, Weak and Curious Subversions including how this metaphor might open up different possibilities as well as perhaps cause some disruption and difficulty Together, through the day, Graham and Linda will encourage us to explore how we might cultivate a childlike curiosity as chaplains. For more information and to book follow this link.
Cost: including lunch and refreshments, £35 for FCG chaplains £50 for all others.
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting - online. HCSC members only.
Free Church Prison Chaplains Training Event
Free Church Prison Chaplains Training Event in person at Nottingham. Only for Free Church Prison Chaplains.
Please contact Bob Wilson <bob.wilson@freechurches.org.uk> for more information.
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting - in person. HCSC members only.
FCG Board and Group Meeting
FCG Board and Group Meeting in person. Only for FCG Board and Group members.
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting - online. HCSC members only.
Research First Journal Club
The Research First Journal Club meets between 14:00 to 15:15 towards the end of each month. Dates for the next few months are below. Please let Mark Newitt know if you’d like a diary invite (and if there is an article you’d like to present at one of the sessions!).
FCG Board and Group Meeting
FCG Board and Group Meeting in person. Only for FCG members.
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting - online, HCSC members only.
The first CoNNECT Day II
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.
Secretary For Prison Chaplaincy Steering Group Meeting
Secretary For Prison Chaplaincy Steering Group Meeting - online. Secretary For Prison Chaplaincy Steering Group Members only.
Free Church Prison Chaplains Team Meeting
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
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting - in person, HCSC members only.
Nourishing Roots with Catherine Todd – ‘Silence Inside’
A day of reflection, restoration and retreat for chaplains with Catherine Todd – ‘Silence Inside’
Register your place HERE.
Free Church Prison Chaplains Team Meeting
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 Health and Social Care CPD Programme, Research First
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
Free Church Prison Chaplains Team Meeting
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 Health and Social Care CPD Programme, Research First
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
FCG Board and Group Meeting
FCG Board and Group Meeting, in person. Only for FCG Members.
The Welcome Directory's Prison Awareness Course
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
Secretary For Prison Chaplaincy Steering Group Meeting in person. Secretary For Prison Chaplaincy Steering Group Members only.
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting
Healthcare Chaplaincy Steering Committee Meeting - Online, Only for HCSC members.
The Welcome Directory's Prison Awareness Course
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.
A webinar exploring issues raised by the Netflix series Adolescence
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
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.
The Welcome Directory's Prison Awareness Course
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.