THE Church of England has teamed up with Country Life magazine to hunt for an elusive species: the unsung hero.
The 'Unsung Heroes' competition - to be launched in the magazine's Easter edition (April 8) - will seek volunteers who keep rural churches, chapels and churchyards thriving and at the centre of their communities.
The aim is to highlight the wide range of voluntary activities taking place in and around those buildings - from maintaining the fabric to developing and taking forward an imaginative community use of the building.
The Easter edition of Country Life will include all the details of Unsung Heroes competition, an entry form and instructions on how to submit nominations.
Nominations are sought for volunteers who:
? Have initiated and taken forward projects which support the church building directly such as fund-raising activities or rejuvenating the churchyard.
? Or help keep the building open as a valuable community resource by organising events such as weekly community lunches or concerts inside the church.
? Or manage the setting up of a community shop, farmers' market or post office, inside the church or its grounds.
For more information, see www.countrylife.co.uk/ and www.cofe.anglican.org/ phone 020 7898 1621 or send an email to: louis.henderson@c-of-e.org.uk. All entries have to be in by the end of May.
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