Category: England – London2

In partnership with Brighton churches and Sussex Police, ROC has been ‘piloting’ a Chaplaincy project at the’Level’ – a busy city centre park in the heart of Brighton during the summer.

Stamford Street in Ashton was once a bustling centre in the town centre with a thriving night time economy. Click here to find out whats happening.

On November 6th, Debra was in Leicester to see various ROC Projects which have started since the event in June. To read more, please visit the ROC Leicester Facebook Page

On 20th October Debra was in Essex for a number of meetings including meeting with some folks from Harlow.

The meeting was held in the boardroom at Tesco, as Dan the area community manager, is part of the team who are discussing ROC in Harlow.

The highlight of staff member Andy Bell’s personal fundraiser was a trip on a micro-light plane from Barton airport to Kenyon Hall Farm in Wigan. This was part of his challenge entitled ‘The GM Whistestop Tour’ to get round all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester by as many forms of transport as possible, to celebrate ROC’s 10th anniversary.

Update from Diane McWilliam:
“I’m three months into my new role as ROC Scotland Coordinator, and spending a lot of my time meeting people and building relationships. Everywhere I go, I am faced with the complex web of relationships that ‘community’ covers”

In October we trained our first group of volunteers from churches across Lambeth, South London, as ROC launched its second mentoring project in the Capital. In this case, the scheme is working with young people who are caught up in the issue of street gangs in Lambeth.

27th-31st October, The FUSE – our new ROC HQ – had children come from Partington to have fun at ROC’s Half-term holiday club. Activities included: Football, Table Tennis, Drama, Arts & Craft, Playing on Play-stations, and so much more!

On Friday 24th October, Debra & the team met with people from all over the North West (and Beyond!) over an early morning breakfast to share the ROC vision and to spread the good news stories from our project all over the United Kingdom.

Join us on the 19th November for our ROC Conversation in Trafford