Category - faith based welfare

Questions raised about government's plans for offender management

staff writers — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:30:25 +0100

Tough questions are being raised over the implications over the British government’s plans to further increase and promote the role of faith groups in the management of offenders, both in prisons and in the community.

Charity regulator launches unit to oversee faith-based groups

staff writers — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:04:20 +0000

The independent charity regulator, the Charity Commission, yesterday launched a dedicated unit to watch over faith-based charities. The moves comes as questions are increasingly asked about the political activities of some religious groups

Church accused of getting its facts wrong on faith-based welfare

staff writers — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:45:47 +0000

Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society (NSS), has claimed that Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, the Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, is making false claims about the impact of the government's refusal to exempt the Church from anti-discrimination legislation.