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• Essex jobless total shoots up by 100 per cent

  
  UNEMPLOYMENT in Essex has risen by more than 100 per cent in every age group in the last year

• Essex Savers expands its credit union network

  
  THE first branch of Essex Savers credit union in Epping Forest opened at St John's Church, Epping in September with volunteers from St John's Church and Epping Roman Catholic Church.

• Essex Savers expands

  
  ESSEX Savers is expanding its services and is looking for more collection points and volunteers to run them.

• Doing the Eleanor Walk

  
  A PILGRIMAGE has re-enacted the original 225 mile route of the funeral cortege of Queen Eleanor, Queen Consort of King Edward 1.

• Church to open an debt centre

  
  PERSONAL debt is at a record high according to Credit Action with 18 per cent of people saying that their debts are unmanageable.

• Christians Against Poverty help out in Walthamstow

  
  THIS summer, in partnership with Christians Against Poverty (CAP), the national debt counselling charity, St. Mary's Church in Walthamstow offered church members and local residents the chance to get their finances back on track with a free money management course called 'CAP Money'.

• A place for them?

  
  By RAYMOND DRAPER Vicar of Leytonstone St John the Baptist THIS year there are many young people who will be asking: “Is there a place for me?”

• Ten ways churches can help young unemployed

  
  DID you know that more than one million young people will be unemployed by 2011, with almost a third out of work for longer than a year? These are the findings of a recent study by research institute, Centre for Cities.

• Bishop John will be new Citizens Advice chairman

  
  AS the recession drives more and more people to Citizens Advice Bureaux, their national body Citizens Advice has announced that its next Chair will be Rt Revd John Gladwin, the soon-to-retire Bishop of Chelmsford.

• More need Essex Savers as recession bites hard

  
  WITH the City in turmoil Essex and East London are bearing the brunt of the recession. But it is not only the financial services sector that is affected. What remains of manufacturing is shrinking. So too is retail.

• Essex boy is new Harlow Archdeacon

  
  THE new Archdeacon of Harlow has been appointed by the Bishop of Chelmsford and says he is proud to be “an Essex boy”.

• Are you struggling with debt?

  
  STATISTICS compiled by the organisation Credit Action paint a worrying picture of the nation's personal finances.

• Improving access to church

  
  HAVE been Priest in Charge of the Bumpstead Parishes for almost three years. Before I came, the PCCs knew that I suffered from Multiple Sclerosis and were most supportive of me and I appreciate that.

• Tony Benn to launch St Mary-le-Bow lecture series

  
  JUSTSHARE has announced a series of lectures on Christian social and political thought.

• Award will help Barking church to maintain work in community

  
  A BARKING church has been awarded a grant to continue its support for the local community.

• Strret Pastors save soles

  
  SOUTHEND’S Street Pastors have handed out flipflops to revellers to stop them cutting their feet over the festive period.

• Tackle culture of binge-banking, Bishop John tells the Government

  
  THE Bishop of Chelmsford, Rt Revd John Gladwin, drew from his experience with Christian Aid when speaking on the Economy in the House of Lords on November 3

• Happy hour culture is dangerous

  
  HAPPY Hours and drinkers making the most of alcohol promotions are increasing the pressure on police time.

• Green Trains for Olympics

  
  SPEAKING on his return from the Beijing Olympics, the C of E Olympic co-ordinator Canon Duncan Green stressed the importance of securing a lasting legacy when the Games come to London in 2012.

• Archbishop?s award for Vijay Menon

  
  THE Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has announced the award of the Cross of St Augustine to 13 recipients with an Upminster man among them.

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