Transforming communities from the inside out
For the last 15 years the Eden Network has been stepping out, having a go, learning lessons. Over this time we’ve become caught up in a range of ministries encompassing: Incarnational Living; Church Planting; Urban Youth Ministry; Missional Community; Urban Church. If you’re a leader or practitioner in any of these five overlapping areas of…
The Eden Network and XLP invite you to come and hear how God is working in the lives of young people from some of the most deprived estates in inner London. Stand with them and us in worship, prayer and in action. Now the dust has settled on last year’s riots, many are asking, ‘what…
There’s always something new going on across the Eden Network… One of the constant challenges for us is how we can increase the extent to which our many supporters, partners and team members can keep in touch with what’s going on. The Eden Network ‘mini-blog’ is now one more tool to help us do this.…
07th Feb 2012
“Recently, as I was out and about on the estates, I bumped into Malcolm, a member of the local community, who has been out of work for a couple of years,” reports Graham, Eden Dalgarno team leader. “But rather than looking down, he was chirpy and full of life. He wanted to tell me all…
01st Feb 2012
On Sunday morning in East London, Eden Bow‘s Team Leader Alex got a message from her next door neighbour asking if they knew of the whereabouts of Rory and Anna who lived down the road. She had just walked past their house and seen that their door had been kicked in… The beautiful original Victorian door which…
30th Jan 2012
A recent incident in Openshaw, inspired local community when a young lad demonstrated an heroic act by entering a smoke filled house to save a lady’s life. Pete Askew, team leader at the Salvation Army Eden Project (Openshaw) has known Mark for years, having worked with him as part of their older youth programme and…
23rd Jan 2012
Eden Fitton Hill, is one of three Eden teams in Oldham, Manchester, serving its community in partnership with it’s local Church. Here we feature two activities over Christmas that Tim and the team initiated in response to local need. Seen here, stacked high, are donations for Christmas hampers that Kel and Ruth (left) spent the…
23rd Jan 2012
Last year, Mike and Julia Fleet moved onto an Eden estate with their two young children. Here Julia reflects on their remarkable move. “Our years of praying for an opportunity to serve God somewhere as a family came to an end when we heard an interview on Premier Radio mentioning Eden. It sounded like just…
19th Jan 2012
Eden Brunel is excited to recruit an Eden Team leader and Eden Volunteers for a new team in central London - to take the work of St Stephen’s Church on the Brunel Estate, Westminster, to the next level. This estate in the north of the borough is representative of many of the ‘forgotten estates’ of inner…
19th Jan 2012
The time is right to start a new work focusing on young people in the Plaistow area and we are looking for an Eden Team to work with local church Plaistow Christian Fellowship (PCF) in Newham, a fast changing borough, in East London. The area has a long history of poverty and deprivation and the majority of the…
06th Jan 2012
In this month’s interview, Simon Davidson, reflects on the highs and lows of walking with young people in Hattersley, Manchester over the last seven years. Simon, what advice would you give anybody contemplating inner city mission? SD: Have somebody local to be really accountable to, that you meet with regularly enough – somebody who will ask…
15th Dec 2011
An 18-year-old freerunner from Buttershaw, Bradford who has become a father figure to dozens of young lads on his estate was named Urban Hero of the Year 2011. Lewis Murch, pictured, had already picked up the Inspiration Award but was called back to the stage at the fourth annual Urban Hero Awards to be told…
13th Dec 2011
Anth had a bad reputation as a troublemaker on the Easterside estate in Middlesbrough. Despite being a gifted footballer, he was excluded from school 48 times and was arrested and barred for life from his club Middlesborough FC for streaking across the ground one match. But thanks to the support of youthworker Tony Grainge and…
