The Lion that Squeeked

Today I am at a conference: Association of Development Trust. I have never heard of Development Trusts and am still waiting to really to discover what I am at. But it seems they would have been very useful to us as an organisation.
I have also discovered whilst at Yorkshire Forward and again today the existance of community banks. These cater to the special needs of community organisations... and it turns out could have saved us a lot of trouble at UCVR and probably as a church.
There are I have discovered, a number of groups looking at faith and regeneration, including some really good resources which would have have been briliant and probably meant that most of my Fraser Teal questions would have been largely dealt with.
But there is a huge problem...
What's the point of existing if people don't know you exist? If your role is to advise, then you need to connect.
This is at the heart of the faith groups problem too, if we don't become more visible we won't be included. One of the ways we become more visible is to act more collectively. Another way is to communicate what we do more effectively.
We are the Lion that squeeks.
We need to learn to roar again.