News and events

• The 7th Annual North American Conference on Spirituality and Social Work, Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada, June 22-24, 2012: “The Evolution of Spirituality across the Lifespan; Embracing spiritual diversity from Canadian Northern Communities to Global Localities”. Call for papers now open. Download Flyer

• FSCU Fellow, Brenda O'Neill will soon take up the post of Visiting Scholar at the Centre of Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh (From September, 2011 to July 2012).

• David Cameron launches the Government's White Paper on Giving with the aim of encouraging the giving of more time and money to charitable causes, the Paper outlines measures including a Social Action Fund and Challenge Prizes around volunteering and Community Organisers, Business Connectors and match funding to encourage social action

•  Knowledege Transfer Partnership  (KTP). FSCU Research Associate, Steve Summers is working in partnership with Faith Based Regeneration Network.

• Adam Dinham gives briefing to Parlimentary Liberal Democrat Party on Active Citizenship and the Big Society .