Church and Society Council

RESOURCES

Church and Society Conference 2009
Summaries, Videos, PowerPoints and resources from the September conference

General
General Church and Society Council Leaflet
Newsletters
General Assembly 2010 Report and Supplements

Parliamentary affairs
National Conversation: Discussion cards
How can I lobby my MSP?

Peace, international, Europe and migration
Resources for Remembrance from Service Chaplains
Death Penalty
Ethics of Defence
Trident
General Assembly report, 2009: Sri Lanka
General Assembly report, 2008: Iran
General Assembly report, 2008: Armenia and Turkey
General Assembly report, 2007: What hope for the Middle East?

Equalities and human rights
Racial Justice Sunday
Human trafficking resource pack
General Assembly report 2005: Anti-semitism in Europe

Health and social issues
Addictions
Gambling
Improving health and nutrition of Scotland's children
Growing up in Scotland today
Adoption and fostering
Forced marriage
Euthanasia
Living and dying well: palliative care
What Can I Do? Guide to volunteering with prisoners and families
Scotland's Choice: Discussion Starter on the Prisons Commission Report
Alternatives to Custody: Discussion and worship material
What's the Alternative? Report to the 2007 General Assembly
Prisoner's Week resources

Poverty and Justice
Credit Crunch
Justice and Markets Report to the General Assembly 2009
Fair Food Resources
Just Church Resources
livesimply project
The Story of Stuff
Scottish Churches Housing Action

Society, religion and technology
Follow the link below to the SRT page. Topics include human embryology, stem cells and cloning, economics, justice and markets and trident.
Society, Religion and Technology

Responding to climate change
Follow the link below to the Climate Change page to find practical leaflets, ideas for action, reports and discussion material.
Responding to Climate Change

Education
A Christian Vision for Education in Scotland
Sexual Health and Relationships Education
Responses to government documents on education
Child Friendly Church

Schools
Follow the link below to find resources for schools and their chaplains. This includes material for assemblies and information about the Stevenson Prize.
School resources

Please contact the office if you require us to post you a copy of any of these resources.

Text-based information on this page is available to download below in Word [.doc], rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats. Flyers and image heavy publications are available in [.pdf] and [.txt] formats.

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September 2009 Conference

Summary of the day conference	[.doc] (37KB)	[.pdf] (23KB)
'Credit Crunch' Alan McFarlane:PowerPoint presentation by the keynote speaker.	[.ppt] (299KB)	[.pdf] (65KB)
Summary of the Climate Change workshop	[.doc] (34KB)	[.pdf] (36KB)
Climate Change PowerPoint	[.ppt] (1.9MB)	[.pdf] (506KB)
'Making a Difference': Guidelines for effective lobbying	[.doc] (1.2MB)	[.pdf] (191KB)
Lobbying Workshop PowerPoint	[.ppt] (925KB)	[.pdf] (115KB)
Digital Resources Workshop PowerPoint	[.ppt] (1.7MB)	[.pdf] (625KB)

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Church and Society Council Leaflet

This leaflet explains the general work of the Church and Society Council. Download the leaflet:

[.pdf] (358KB)

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General Assembly Report and Supplements

Click this link to read the report:	General Assembly Report 2010
Report of Visit to Westminster:	[.doc] (41KB)	[.pdf] (19KB)
Report of Climate Change Reception at the Scottish parliament:	[.doc] (195KB)	[.pdf] (54KB)
Progress report on the implementation of the 2009 General Assembly deliverance on carbon footprinting: (See next row for summary)	[.doc] (726KB)	[.pdf] (238KB)
4 page summary of the carbon footprinting progress report:	[.doc] (86KB)	[.pdf] (53KB)
Responses to Government Consultations (09-10):	[.doc] (439KB)	[.pdf] (373KB)
Click this link to find past press releases:	Press releases
Notes and Key Points from 3 Economics Commission Conferences:	[.doc] (139KB)	[.pdf] (98KB)
Report of conference for Local Authority Education Reps:	[.doc] (42KB)	[.pdf] (20KB)
Letter sent to Chief Executives of Local Authorities on behalf of Education Reps:	[.doc] (33KB)	[.pdf] (28KB)
Bibliography: Ethics of Campaigning Report:	[.doc] (26KB)	[.pdf] (12KB)
Correspondence with the Ministry of Defence	[.pdf] (458KB)

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Church and Society Report to General Assembly 2010

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Fair Food Resources

This report highlights the need to support Fair Trade for the developing world. It also emphasises that our local producers in Scotland struggle

Download the leaflet here:

[.pdf] (133KB)

Children’s show: this is a script for a fun, interactive presentation to help children in schools and Sunday schools to understand the balance between ‘Fair Food’ and ‘Food Miles’. It is adaptable for different ages.
Download the show:

Download the children's worksheet to go with the show:

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Just Church Resources

	How just is your church? These resources consist of 12 modules which can be adapted to suit house groups, youth groups, guilds and church services.
The material could be used for a single evening focussing on justice or it could provide a six month programme. This excellent resource is available to download free from:www.justchurch.info A DVD with multimedia resources and extra support material is also available and printed copies can be ordered for a small charge.

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livesimply project

The Story of Stuff

Scottish Churches Housing Action

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Parliamentary affairs
The Church's work with the UK and Scottish parliaments

Peace, international, Europe and migration
Current world issues and the council's responses and action

Equalities and human rights
Details on the range of current issues and the council's responses and action

Health and social issues
Debating the issues which affect the lives of the people of Scotland and worldwide

Society, religion and technology
The Church's engagement with science and technology, economics and industry, and environmental concerns

Responding to climate change
How the church is reacting to the global challenge of climate change

Education issues
Engagement with issues of religious and moral concern in schools and colleges

Schools
Resources for school assemblies and news for schools and their chaplains

News and events
The latest updates from the council

Resources
A range of information and resources to download

Summary of issues
A guide to key issues raised in reports to the General Assembly since 1980

Contact us
How to get in touch with the council and our staff