Join our Eco Church celebration
Published: 2nd July 2026All churches registered with Eco Church are invited to a special celebration event in the Old Palace gardens, Worcester on Saturday 25 July, 2 – 4.30pm. Book your free ticket now!
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Bug hotels at Holy Trinity Malvern
Published: 16th June 2026The Malvern Link Rainbows recently filled Bug Hotels to put in the churchyard at Holy Trinity Church, Malvern, which had been made at the 'Men's Shed' which meets near the church.
Best Eco Churchyard competition
Published: 24th April 2026This year the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) is celebrating its Centenary Anniversary and to mark the occasion CPRE Worcestershire is launching a competition to find the county's Best Eco Churchyard.
School conference on Climate Change and Sustainability
Published: 20th March 2026On Friday 13 March, pupils from 10 primary and secondary schools across Stourbridge gathered at Oldswinford CE Primary School for a conference on Climate Change and Sustainability.
Understanding Your Home Energy Use: Utilities & Solar Tracking
Published: 16th March 2026Erica Siddall, one of our regional Net Zero Carbon Project Managers who leads on clergy housing, suggests tracking your home energy usage as a great way to understand your usage, care for our planet and perhaps reduce costs.
What have flowers got to do with acting more sustainably in our churches?
Published: 10th February 2026As General Synod prepares to consider our diocesan motion on Sustainable Church Flowers (SCF) on Thursday, Kate Hurst, churchwarden in The Shelsleys and founding member of the SCF Movement, explains why she got involved and why all churches can benefit.
Teaching morning on climate justice
Published: 28th January 2026The latest Bishop’s teaching morning was focussed on setting out a prophetic challenge to climate and economic injustice.
Litter picking in Lye
Published: 4th December 2025At Lye Church in Greater Dudley Deanery, the first Sunday in Advent didn't just end with them thinking about the prophets, they also supported their community practically with a litter pick!
Please pray for the COP30 Climate Conference
Published: 10th November 2025Climate COP30 begins in earnest today, 10 November and runs to 21 November in Belim in Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon. An Anglican delegation is attending led by Archbishop Marinez of Brazil.
Make the 'Great Switch' this Creationtide
Published: 1st September 2025This Season of Creation, churches across the country are making the Great Switch to a green tariff - and we’d love you to be a part of it.
Gold Eco Church Award for St Mary, Hanley Castle
Published: 7th August 2025St Mary’s Church in Hanley Castle, just outside Upton on Severn in the south of our diocese has become the first church in the Diocese to achieve a gold Eco Church award, which was recently confirmed following a visit from the A Rocha assessment team!
Attending the mass climate lobby
Published: 11th July 2025Sue Adeney, NSM Minister and diocesan Eco Church lead, travelled to London this week to lobby her MP. She joined with approximately 5,000 people from across the country whose organisations were asking MPs to ‘act now, change forever’.
Join the mass climate and nature lobby
Published: 26th June 2025On Wednesday 9 July, the Revd Sue Adeney from our diocese will join thousands of people from every corner of the UK in Westminster for a mass climate and nature lobby and deliver a powerful message to our MPs.
Love Your Burial Ground & Churches Count on Nature
Published: 5th June 2025Love your burial ground week and churches count on nature runs from 7 – 15 June. It’s a week dedicated to celebrating our churchyards and the biodiversity which can found there.
Caring for Creation at Great Malvern Priory
Published: 5th June 2025To mark Environment Sunday, and buoyed up by Great Malvern Priory’s Silver Eco Church Award, the Priory’s Environment Group led Altogether Worship, as part of setting the Priory’s sights on the Gold Eco Church award.
Schools mini conference on air pollution & net zero
Published: 15th April 2025Last month, members of the diocesan Education and Net Zero teams were invited to speak on the Diocese’s net zero Carbon work along with local MP Cat Eccles at a School Council mini conference hosted by Oldswinford CE Primary School.
Have you completed the Energy Footprint Tool yet?
Published: 10th April 2025Last year 66% of churches in our diocese completed the Energy Footprint Tool (EFT) to help them understand their carbon footprint and heating needs. So far this year just 18% of churches have taken up the opportunity.
Bishop Martin attends Sustainable Church Flowers Conference
Published: 7th April 2025Bishop Martin recently attended the first conference for the Sustainable Church Flowers movement, held in the Chapel Royal at St James’ Palace.
Eco-warriors at Hindlip School
Published: 21st March 2025Pupils from Hindlip CE First School have taken part in an exciting environmental initiative, planting over 150 trees in Bull Meadow, Fernhill Heath. The Year 3 and 4 children, armed with shovels and big smiles, worked together to create a greener future as part of a national tree-planting experiment.
Silver Eco Church award for Offenham
Published: 27th February 2025St Mary & St Milburgh Church in Offenham has recently become a Silver Eco Church. PCC member Debbie Harrison has led on the work and the award was presented at the church’s patronal festival last Sunday.
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The Ark at Amblecote
13th July 2026
Holy Trinity Church in Amblecote has started a new monthly gathering for children and their families on Sunday afternoons. Called 'The Ark', they now have a small, but growing group who join them regularly.