Here & now: Lydia Raddings

11/03/2025 | Reform

Lydia Raddings reports on a monumental ecumenical gathering for young people

At the end of January, I and a couple of others from the URC attended an ecumenical gathering of young adults at Dearen Valley Activity Centre near Doncaster. ‘Junction … Read More

Safer spaces

11/03/2025 | Reform

In the second of two articles following the Makin Report into abuse in the Church of England, Sharon Barr, the URC’s Safeguarding Lead outlines the biblical values seen in good safeguarding practice

The Makin Report, which was an independent review … Read More

Colin’s corner

11/03/2025 | Reform

We remember Colin Richards, who died in January, having supplied puzzles and columns to Reform for six decades. Those who worked with him share their stories

Colin approached me in 1997 to edit the daily newsletter at the annual Council … Read More

The big picture and us

11/03/2025 | Reform

Laurence Wareing introduces the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and invites Reform readers to share how their local initiatives and campaigns contribute to the Big Picture

‘But what can I do?’ Or, to put it another way, ‘Can what I … Read More

Foodcycle in Sunderland

11/03/2025 | Reform

Churches in Sunderland are tackling hunger, loneliness and waste. Neil Sinclair reports

In Sunderland, the United Reformed Church has developed a close partnership with FoodCycle to provide free weekly three-course meals, open to all, at two of its buildings. At … Read More

Where the green shoots are coming from

11/03/2025 | Reform

It is time to grow new communities. Lindsey Brown and Myles Dunnett report on the start of a conversation about new beginnings

In January, a group of 100 of the animators of the United Reformed Church met in High Leigh … Read More