Scarborough looked brilliant today and the signs of regeneration were all over the place and impressive.
Meeting with some of the church of Scarborough later in the day and once again I am impressed by faith communities and what they do. In the space of an hour we hear of The Rainbow Rrom which is social outreach centre where the church youth outreach programme is based. They are also involved in debt counselling, old peoples lunches, etc. They have a faithworks group which is llinked the Oasis group in London. Added to this their members are active in all aspects of community life: business, civic and regeneration.
So it's all the more remarkable that they are not visibly present in regeneration, and their buildings and considerable investment are not factored into the work of the Scarborough town Team.
Once again the Christians are undercover but this time they are such lovely people that they are already planning a way forward.
Nominate someone from the churches to be a representative on the Town Team
Approach the faithworks group and see if it might become the basis for a faith action group.
Look to having an event or meetiing to talk about all the stuff the faith groups are doing which might be part of the regeneration targets.
Look to find more partners within the regeneration process.
The day ended with fish and chips on a magnficant stormy beach. A brilliant day.
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