http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/tags View tagged content by tags en http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/6896 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>Church leaders meeting in Richmond have overwhelmingly voted against a move to discourage churches from applying for or receiving National Lottery Funding. The Synod (or ‘parliament’) of the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds rejected a motion that they should encourage parishes not to apply for National Lottery Funding.</p> </div> </div> </div> http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/6896#comment Religion and Society News Brief gambling heritage fund leeds lottery National Lottery UK News Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:56:29 +0000 agency reporter 6896 at http://www.ekklesia.co.uk http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5372 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>A report published by the new BBC trust today is critical of some programmes for allowing celebrity-backed anti-poverty groups to appear in entertainment shows. Their backers say this reflects reality, an is an antidote to comercialism.</p> </div> </div> </div> http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5372#comment Education and Culture Globalisation and Development News Brief BBC Trust broadcasting charity donations Dawn French Drop the Debt make poverty history National Lottery UK News Vicar of Dibley Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:36:07 +0000 staff writers 5372 at http://www.ekklesia.co.uk