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Working inside industry, hospitals and prisons

Supporting people in organisations

• Industry standard vicar

  
  REVD Kelvin Woolmer, the vicar working as a chaplain to the construction workers on the Olympic Park site in Stratford, East London, is now industry qualified and the proud possessor of the Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) NVQ Level 5.

• Woman of the year leads training day

  
  THE Essex & East London Hospital Chaplains? Committee will be running its annual training day in Chelmsford on October 14 for all involved in Hospital Chaplaincy and Hospice Chaplaincy.

• Stained glass reformed prisoner

  
  VISITORS to the chapel in Bullwood Hall Prison near Rayleigh, whether they live or work at the prison or come in from outside, often comment on the warm atmosphere and sense of peace which touch and surround them as they enter the Chapel.

• Bishop warns of crisis in prisons

  
  THE Bishop of Chelmsford, Rt Revd John Gladwin, has spoken out about the crisis facing the prison system.

• 'Christians in Workplace' resource pack is launched

  
  EVER wondered whether your work matters to God . . . why you spend 60-70 per cent of your waking life at work . . . what your work is for?

• League of Mercy honor for "remarkable woman"

  
  STAFF, volunteers, supporters and patients at Saint Francis Hospice are celebrating after volunteer and founder, 87-year-old Joan Matthews, received a national award for her outstanding service to charity.

• Prisons launch appeal for visitors with language skills

  
  IN the summer of 2006, after housing girls and women for 44 years, Bullwood Hall, in Hockley, became the first designated foreign nationals prison in the country.

• Realities of children beyond the prison gates

  
  MUDPIES co-ordinators Lydia Gladwin and Carole Goddard reflect on their experiences of meeting children and their families in prison.

• Who serves the sentence?

  
  THERE are currently around 79,000 prisoners in the UK and over 75,000 are men. In our diocese there are two male prisons. Have you ever wondered what it must be like for Mum and the children if Dad goes to prison? They can feel punished too. . .

• Life hots up for chaplains

  
  CHAPLAINS from the Essex Churches Council for Industry and Commerce spent the day as guests of the Essex Fire Service Live Fire training Centre in Wethersfield to experience modern fire training and understand some of the dangers faced by a fire fighting crew.

• Former firefighter back on watch as chaplain to Fire & Rescue Service

  
  A former fireman is back on duty in a new role following the Bishop of Chelmford’s visit to the Essex Fire & Rescue Service headquarters at Hutton to officially launch their chaplaincy service.

• Mothers' Union working on new initiatives

  
  A recent initiative is to provide toys for the children's play area in the new visits centre (currently under construction) at Chelmsford (men's) prison.

• Bullwood prison change made in haste, says Bishop

  
  The Bishop of Chelmsford, Rt Revd John Gladwin, has raised with Baroness Scotland of Asthal, the Minister of State, Home Office the disruptive effects of the hasty decision to transfer women prisoners from Bullwood Hall prison at Hockley on the local community.

• Carol pilots shopping for spirituality package

  
  Sainsbury's has been offering spirituality in a handy new package. A faith in the workplace course has been on special offer to Sainsbury's staff at the stores support centre in Holborn.

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