Social Responsibility Forum

Meets 4 times a year. Aims to promote and engage in ecumenical action on social issues, increase the profile of social responsibility in the churches in Cumbria, and ensure that the Church engages ecumenically with secular partners and structures and with the political process.
Current examples are strategic partnerships and Sustainable Communities initiative.
Runs a public conference on social responsibility issues every two years:

Please get in touch with Helen Boothroyd if you need contact details for other Forum members.

Forum Convener: Susan Aglionby

Social Responsibility Development Officer: Helen Boothroyd

Denominational Members:

Anglican

Diocesan Social Responsibility Officer	Colin Laxon
Chair, Board of Social Responsibility:	Richard Pratt (commencing Jan. 2009)
Member, Board of Social Responsibility:	Kath Wise

Baptist

John Goddard

Independent & Charismatic churches

Jonathan Brook

Methodist

Church & Society Coordinator:	Janet Sheldon
Public Issues Officer:	Keith Bradshaw
Additional member	Audrey Cannon

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Cumberland:	Dave Moll
Westmorland General Meeting:	Robert Straughton

Roman Catholic

Faith & Justice Commission Development Worker:	Maggie McSherry
Faith & Justice Commission Member:	Jerome Ainsworth
Catholic Caring Service	Phil Moore

Salvation Army

Northern Division:	Katerina Lennox
North Western Division:	Andrew Millar

URC

Anthea Kaan

Issues Based Ecumenical Groupings:

Churches Rural Forum (CRF)

Works to encourage the rural Church in Cumbria to engage with the whole of rural life.

Chair: Mervyn Edwards

Cumbria Industrial Mission

Chaplains engaged in work in a variety of sectors.

Chair: vacant

Emergency Planning

Rapid response pastoral team working within county emergency plan.

Co-ordinator: Nicola Reynolds

Environment Group

Theological and educational role with regard to global and local environmental issues.

Chair: John Smith

Sellafield Churches Forum

Engages with all issues regarding the Sellafield site and operation and wider related issues regarding civil nuclear energy.

Representative: vacant