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Download the Diocesan Rural Strategy.
More downloadable resources from CARL are available here.
Aim:
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- Food production
- Care of the countryside
- Wellbeing for rural communities
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Objectives:
| Becoming familiar with the structures of the agricultural industry and interest groups connected with farming and the countryside through: |
- Contact with organisations at county level
- Meeting people working in agriculture and horticulture
Visiting Worcester livestock market
- Visiting the horticultural and agricultural colleges
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| Identifying / engaging with issues affecting farming and the countryside by: |
- Participating in activities / meetings of groups / organisations
- Studying and evaluating national and EU policies
Raising awareness of issues for Christian reflection
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| Helping the church understand the changes in rural society and implications for Christian witness and ministry: |
- Responsibility for the church stand at the Three Counties Show
- Rural clergy training
Promoting greater understanding in the diocese of rural issues
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| Contributing to the life and work locally and nationally of the Agricultural Chaplaincy: |
- Maintaining contact with other diocesan officers
- Meeting with industrial mission team members
- Co-ordinating the Agricultural Chaplaincy Committee as an ecumenical body
- Encouraging others to be involved on specific topics
- Maintaining a working relationship with the Agricultural Chaplains' Association, the National Rural Officers Network, the Arthur Rank Centre at Stoneleigh
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The Chaplaincy also initiated the Go West project, a rural tourism initiative in the Teme Valley.
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