April 16th 2011

Urgent!

Unlock some money –

will you donate to secure the future of Unlock’s work?

We have a serious deficit in 2009 that means we can't continue beyond 2010 without some major cuts. The reality is that we are already such a tiny outfit that there is really nothing we can cut without it having a serious impact on our frontline work, which is at such an exciting stage, as you can see from the stories of Unlock work scattered throughout this website. 2009 walk sponsorship and donations have only reached £22,000. It was a great walk and there were plenty of people on it, but income is down £3,500 on 2008 and over £6,000 on 2007. Unlock relies heavily on income from the Unlock London walk to fund our work. We've been trying hard but it is very difficult to secure other types of funding, because we are directly engaged in Christian Mission. If you are a supporter who could help us financially, or if you are a walker who has not yet sent in your sponsor money, or are able to give a little bit more to support Unlock’s work, please do so. Unlock local projects are achieving great things, bringing the gospel to people that the churches haven’t been able to reach; and we have more on the way! But we do urgently need your financial support in order to go on doing that. If you are able to do that regularly by standing order, and gift aid it, that's great, but we are a widow's might type of organisation and every little helps.  And pray anyway; we need some financial unlocking.  Thank you.

Unlock on the World Stage!

Unlock was invited to facilitate a workshop at the World Wide Scripture Engagement Consultation in Melaka, Malaysia, in October 2009 (www.scripture-engagement.org/content/world-wide-scripture-engagement-consultation). Thanks to the Slavanka Trust, who generously provided all the necessary finance, two Unlock staff travelled to this event.

Midlands Urban Mission Training

The brochure below gives details of Urban Mission Training available in (or from) the Midlands and has been produced by a partnership of agencies brought together by the Urban Mission Development Project.

Equipping Urban Christians

Current Unlock Projects:-

Unlock Birmingham - Pete & Sam Taylor

Unlock Liverpool - Sonya Doragh

Unlock Sheffield - Steve Millwood

Unlock Hull - Unlock volunteers

See Our Workers>>, for up-to-date details of local projects

Unlock Local Projects>>

Next . . .  We are exploring parterships, that we hope will lead to Unlock local projects in Leicester and Bristol. Contact the National Office for details, particularly if you live or work in Sheffield, Liverpool, Leicester, Bristol or Birmingham and would like to get involved.

Current Prayer Needs>>

The 2009 walk raised £22,000 - not sufficient to fund Unlock's ongoing work.

The 2008 walk raised £25, 403.63 -

Not quite as good as 2007 but a great result nevertheless.

Well done everyone and thank you very much for your support.

walk income comparison figures 2003 - 2008>>

Latest Walk News

2010 Unlock London Walk

The 2010 walk will take place on Saturday April 24th 2010

- in the areas of Forest Gate and Newham.

Where are we going in 2010 ?   At the team de-brief after the '09 walk, optimistic voices were raised in favour of including the Olympic Park next time.The optimism was in relation to the gifts of the walk planners, - for example, do they have the gift of prophecy? The size and speed of the Olympic project is breath-taking and exhiliarating, so what will things be like by next April? We discovered that the plan is to help people see the whole Olympic site by using "The Greenway", which is a raised pathway that goes across East London above the great sewerage outfall. It already gives a startling and impressive view, but only a part is open as yet. What is already certain is the quality of the churches which have agreed to take part. Of course there are no churches inside the Olympic Park, so we have had to straddle it with stops in Stratford on the east and Bow on the west. They include amazing examples of how Christians in these two areas have forged new ways of carrying out Christ's mission, and how much the world-wide nature of the Church is revealed in those who worship in them.as Christian believers. People from all over the world will come to the Olympics. Christians from all over the world are already there.

April 16th 2011

Magazine articles about Unlock walks from 1999 t0 2009 by Geoff Coggins of St Andrew's, Sidcup.

The 2009 (26th) Unlock London Walk, 'Surprised by Generosity', took place on April 25th 2009.

Unlock walkers in Islington and Hackney, April 25th 2009.

Wall of 'rebuilding' bricks built by Unlock walkers. Details of the Unlock walk workshop, 'Restoring The City; Bricks, Building and Big Hearts', is now available in the resources section>> of this website.

Help wanted

Volunteers are needed to represent Unlock at the churches on the route of the Unlock walk on Saturday April 24th 2010. Volunteers will be fully briefed and be provided with an Unlock staff T shirt. you can still be sponsored for the horus you spend staffing the walk. If you would like to support Unlock in this way please contact the Unlock national office.

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Notes on Unlock Walk History are available at the bottom of the Support Unlock page. >>

Unlock T Shirts, which were on sale at the 26th London Walk, in a range of sizes and colours priced £6, are now available from the National Office (0114 293 9060, office@unlock-urban.org.uk) for £6 plus P&P. Please specify size and colour required.

Unlock T shirts available from the Unlock National Office

Pictures from the 2009 walk

Photography by Tim Watkins-Idle & Steven Lonsdale.