From the Ground Up: What’s On?

	9:30-10:15 – Arrival
	10:15 – 10:30 – Welcome and Opening Worship We’ll begin the day by sharing in prayer and worship, rooting ourselves in the faith which inspires us to take action.
	10:30 – 11:35 – Opening Panel: What does it mean to build change ‘From the Ground Up’? What does it mean to build change ‘From the Ground Up’? Our opening panel will bring together three experienced social justice activists, leaders and organisers to explore what the power of community means to them. We’ll dig deeper into how listening to our communities can be a catalyst for action, and how we can amplify what’s happening around us in order to change the bigger picture. We’ll reflect on how the Church might not only be part of creating change, but how we might be changed ourselves by starting at the grassroots. Our panellists include: Emma Revie, CEO of the Trussell Trust, the UK’s largest foodbank network, which aims to build a future where no one goes hungry. Rev Al Barrett, Vicar of Hodge Hill Anglican/URC Church in Birmingham, and co-author of Being Interrupted: Reimagining the Church’s Mission from the Outside, In (2020). Zrinka Bralo, CEO of Migrants Organise, a platform for refugees and migrants to organise for power, dignity and justice to enable meaningful inclusion and integration. Click here to find out more about our speakers.
	11:45 – 12:40 – Workshop Session 1 Choose from ten exciting, engaging and interactive workshops designed to inspire hope and equip you to seek justice in your own context. You’ll choose from two kinds of workshops: Unearthing Hope Workshops: Unearthing Hope workshops will explore a particular social justice issues and its contexts. They will look more closely at the chosen issue, listen to experience and ask where we can find hope and opportunities for change. Facilitated by experts in their field. Seeking Justice Workshops: Seeking Justice workshops will focus on different ways we can take action. You will be equipped with new ways to seek justice in your own context, by engaging with different levels of the changemaking process and learning a new skill. Facilitated by practitioners. Click here to see our list of workshops, and who’s hosting them.
	12:40-13:20 – Lunch
	13:20 – 14:10 – Keynote panel 2: From people to politics – building power for change How do we connect up the local with the national, in order to bring about change? Our political structures can often feel far away from the local community, and yet the changes they make can affect every aspect of community life. We’ve brought together a panel of MPs and political experts to ask – what is the power of the local in bringing about change in parliament? How can we build power locally to influence change at the highest level? Panellists to be announced!
	14:20 – 15:15 – Workshop Session 2 See our list of workshop options here!
	15:25 – 15:50 – Unearthing Hope and Seeking Justice – what next? with Bishop Mike Royal How might we, the body of the Church, be agents for change in unearthing hope and seeking justice in our current context? As the day comes to a close, Bishop Mike Royal, General Secretary of Churches Together in England, will draw together all that has been explored throughout the day, and point to where we might go next. Click here to find out more about our keynote speakers.
	15:50 – 16:00 – Closing thanks and prayers
	16:00-16:30 – Networking and stallholders A chance to network with fellow conference attendees and chat to our contributors and stallholders. Welcome Churches All We Can Action for Children Church Action on Poverty The Trussell Trust Christian CND Green Christian Fellowship of Reconciliation And more to be announced…