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Tackling Anxiety

Tackling the Taboo - ANXIETY Saturday 19th July 2014 at Solihull Ecclesial Hall  In response to the survey "Tackling the Taboo" circulated online summer 2013, a committee of the same name has been formed with the aim of running events for young people (approx. ages 16-30) where...

Recognising and Managing Addiction

Addiction is a subject often hidden by families because of feelings of utter helplessness and shame. Its presence in the ecclesia may only be evident through infrequent attendance and the blocking of enquiries until suddenly a crisis occurs. This Awareness Day is for those who are concerned ab...

Children With Special Needs

Awareness Day - CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - Worcester Held Saturday 15th November 2014 at Worcester Christadelphian Hall All our children need to be part of ecclesial life, both in giving and receiving and this is no less the case where children have additional needs.  To achieve this ...

Bullying

CSN Awareness Day on Bullying, held in Leeds, November 2012 "Facing the Challenges", slide deck from the opening presentation "Coping with Bullying" slide deck The "Bullying Circle" Other resources not used on the day: Seminar slides on:  Children;  ...

Shallowford May 2020

  Shallowford Fellowship Weekend, 22-25 May 2020 at Shallowford House, Stone, Staffs Note the date, more details nearer the time ...

Shallowford Oct 2020

Shallowford Fellowship Weekend, 23-26 October 2020 at Shallowford House, Stone, Staffs Note the date, more details nearer the time ...

Safeguarding Training Day 2019

Safeguarding:  Roles and Responsibilities of DSLs Saturday October 19th 2019, God willing. 10.30 for 11.00am concluding around 4.30pm, West Birmingham Ecclesia B32 2TL ​Please book your place here Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is now recognised as part of ecclesial, Sunday sch...

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Bringing together those in need and seeking help, and the skills and experience of brothers and sisters in the love of the Father in Christ Jesus. Do you need help? Someone to share your problem? However great or small, don't suffer alone, someone else has been there. Somebody can help. Need ...

Contact

For help or support please call the  Helpline  0800 9545 099  or email: help@chsn.org.uk If you would like more information If you would like to become involved in the work of the CSN If you would like us to visit your ecclesia to tell you more about our work If you wa...

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Privacy Notice Updated March 2019 The Christadelphian Support Network UK understands its responsibilities for data protection, that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used.    We respect and value the privacy of everyone who prov...

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Confidentiality

Important Statement In a small, closely-knit community such as ours, the risk of loss of trust and breach of confidentiality is potentially very real. The Christadelphian Support Network (CSN) committee has, as a matter of absolute priority, always emphasised the need to be aware of, and to avoid, ...

Prayerline

The CSN Prayerline  Answerphone for messages 0800 9545 099  and choose option 2 Your call will be returned. Alternatively send us an email The Prayerline is important to our caring service.  In times of crisis or distress, prayer can often be our only sola...

Events

Welcome to our events section. You can use the right hand links to find details of our upcoming events in the future events section. Book your place at these events. See past events we have run and where available download recordings of presentations and other materials. ...

Sisters' Day

Seeking to honour God's Holy Name through the Lord Jesus Christ Our days are about sisters encouraging sisters in their journey to the Kingdom and enhancing our relationship with the Lord God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and with each other. Our days are for sisters, female friends and family me...

FAQs

How do I become a member?  Any brother or sister can become a member of the CSN by completing a Membership Form. There are over two hundred and seventy five brothers and sisters from over one hundred and twenty ecclesias throughout the UK. Members will have signed the confidentiality statement...

CSN Forms and Documents

CSN Accounts 2017   Link CSN Membership Form   Link Our CSN Safeguarding Policy 2017   Link Safeguarding Responsibilities Leaflet   Link Our CSN Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Polic...

Why Help may be Needed

A brother or sister may be desperate for help and yet unable to approach someone in his or her own ecclesia to ask for help. Calls have covered: Bereavement, loneliness, illness, long term caring, depression, loss, guilt, personal relationships, family and marital breakdown, financial problems...

Objectives

The Christadelphian Support Network seeks to: Bring together those in need and seeking help, and the skills and experience of brothers and sisters in the love of the Father in Christ Jesus. raise our awareness and encourage compassionate care in the brotherhood by the provision of: ...

Complaints

There may be times when brothers and sisters who use the CSN will feel unhappy or dissatisfied with the service we offer. When we pick up the phone or send an email we may be feeling particularly vulnerable. We come expressing our needs and each has expectations of what we think the CSN is able to ...

Professional Advice

Introduction to Professionals You may be referred to a brother or sister with professional skills such as a solicitor, financial adviser or counsellor. They are part of the CSN because they want to help their brothers and sisters in need. As professionals they are required to work within a ...

How the Helpline Works

What happens when you phone us for help. First Contacts We have a rota of ten brothers and sisters which we call "First Contacts". They are on duty for a week at a time and incoming calls are redirected to their CSN mobile phone.  Mobile signals can be unreliable, so if the call...

Autonomy

The Importance of Ecclesial Autonomy The ecclesia has a responsible for each of its members. It is accepted that the ideal is for all members to be able to share their problems and worries with their ecclesia. There is a view that the CSN may come between the individual and this ecclesial respons...

Working with Children and Vulnerable Adults

Latest News on Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults Bro Colin Bayliss of Pershore ecclesia  now has the role of Lead Counter-signatory for DBS disclosure applications - along with the continuing support of sister Gill Holden. If you have any queries about DBS matters please c...

Resources

Welcome to our Resources section. Please click on the appropriate link We continue to build up a library of articles which may be helpful in given situations. Please send us articles that you have found useful. Some of the links are to non Christadelphian sources. We do not necessarily recommend t...

Sisters' days information and Aims

Seeking to honour God's Holy Name through the Lord Jesus Christ Our days are about sisters encouraging sisters in their journey to the Kingdom and enhancing our relationship with the Lord God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and with each other. Our days are for sisters, female friends and family me...

Awareness Days

Held on Saturday November 14 2015 at the Quinborne Community Centre, Birmingham This day was organised because the CSN had become increasingly aware of the impact of our present culture of sex and sexuality on the lives of brothers and sisters and our young people...

Addiction

Addiction - Rehab_4_Addiction  - support for drug alcohol and mental health     Addiction - "I want to be different" Alcoholics Anonymous Alcohol and Drugs addition  - families   Addiction and Drugs - a guide for parents Awareness Day on Addicti...

Health

Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Abuse leaflet Abuse in Childhood: web site link Alzheimers support Assistance for the visually impaired - an App for a smartphone Carers - UK support site Dementia - "by love serve one another"  Introduction Dementia - "Thinking Throu...

ASD

Articles written by a sister with a child with ASD ASD Should I investigate? What is ASD? ASD New Diagnosis - Link Dead ASD in the Ecclesia Helping the ASD child Helps towards diagnosis - Link Dead Patience and progress - discipline ...

Relationships

Anger - Thoughts on Managing Anger Building a Marriage - a Marriage Preparation Course Behind the Scenes - Conflict and Disagreements New Booklet Bereavement Befriending the Lonely Commitment Divorce reco...

Spiritual

Faith in the Face of Adversity - video thoughts that might help.  with kind permission of Williamsburg Christadelphian Foundation Fear and Faith   Faith and Doubt Finding the right ecclesia Footprints in t...

General Information

Links for general information Legal Advice from Advicenow Care for the Family Charity support site Citizens Advice Bureau Age UK ...

CSN Publications

Please use the form below to order hard copies.  All booklets and downloads are free of charge, but we are grateful for any donations  towards postage and packing costs, particularly for overseas delivery or bulk orders.       Title   ...

Booklet - Dealing with Depression

Although this booklet is about depression it is not a depressing book to read. It is not a booklet for the 'expert'. All of us will be able to recognise parts of ourselves and our own lives. Neither is it only about dealing with depression, but about the experience of guilt and our attitudes...

Life after marriage breakdown

Marriages do fail. Some brothers and sisters live separately and some are divorced sometimes against their wishes. Some choose to live alone, leading celibate lives. Some have found this too difficult and have remarried. All have experienced great emotional pain and upheaval in their liv...

Governance and Quality Assurance

When Christadelphian Support Network was first formed as the Care Group in 1982 a loving and caring service was offered by volunteer brothers and sisters who had the needs of their fellow believers at heart and many have received the support they needed over the intervening years. However, expectat...

Past Events

Praise & Fellowship Day 2018 "JESUS FOR ALL GENERATIONS" We explored what worship and service means to all generations and explore how everyone can work and worship together in our community. Introduced by bro Mike & sis Suzette Thompson (Solihull).  With the support of...

Donate

Christadelphian Support Network is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number 1089965. Our activities are totally funded by voluntary donations, so we are very grateful for gifts of any size from individuals or ecclesias, whether one-off or regular donations...

Consent Response

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Safety in Social Networking

  Web Site: Internetmatters.org.      Helpful information including specific advice by age of child. Link   Protect your child from cyberbullying Link Set up safe parental controls Link Paren...

Safety in Social Networking

  Web Site: Internetmatters.org.      Helpful information including specific advice by age of child. Link   Protect your child from cyberbullying Link Set up safe parental controls Link Paren...

Awareness Day Safeguarding

Safeguarding:  Roles and Responsibilities of DSLs Saturday October 19th 2019, God willing. 10.30 for 11.00am concluding around 4.30pm, West Birmingham Ecclesia B32 2TL ​Please book your place here Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is now recognised as part of ecclesial, Sunda...

Fellowship Matters

In recent years, it has become apparent during CSN work in counselling, support and mediation both with individuals and ecclesias, that there is a need for more information, guidance and scriptural consideration of the principles and practice of fellowship within the community. There have been ti...

Forgiveness

  Loss Anger and Resentment Link Thoughts on Forgiveness and Acceptance Link What Forgiveness is NOT ..... Link Forgiveness Choice or Feeling Link             &nbs...