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Supporting Unlock
Supporting Unlock


Ways to keep in touch and support Unlock's work

Unlock’s work is about Christian Mission, urgently focussed on bringing the God’s Good News to those who have often been ignored as unimportant, here, on our own doorsteps, in our own UK cities. Traditional urban communities are one of the few places remaining in British culture where there is still a degree of respect for the Christian Faith, but those very communities have not had opportunities to explore that faith for themselves, because church style and language are inappropriate for their culture and just put people off. Unlock works to plug this gap, by providing urban communities with ways of exploring faith that are designed specifically for them, and meet their particular needs. With 30 years of experience and expertise, we train, pay, and resource workers in city locations, we offer our insights and experience to others working in urban mission, we make resources available, free of charge, to anyone who wants to use them in their work of developing discipleship.

Unlock is a small organisation, every minute we spend searching for funding is time taken away from resourcing our frontline work with urban churches. we need financial support of all kinds to keep us working effectively.

Please choose an area you are interested in...

> Partnership

>Churches

> Friendship

> Money!

> Gift Aid

> Prayer

> Sponsored Walk     2008 brochure now available

> A brief history of the walk

> Current walk details

Partnership

> Know who our partners are in the field of urban Christian development and education
> Share resources and expertise
> Collaborate on research projects
> Identify areas of common ground
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Contact Unlock to register as a 'Partner Organisation'. You will receive our annual newsletter and we may approach you from time to time about specific pieces of work, or you may approach us!

 

Churches


Would your church consider pledging to give a percentage of it's giving income to Unlock annally for several years, or even for just one year? Regular, pledged giving, from churches, gives us relaiable income which allows us to plan our work for the months and years ahead.  Contact the National Office if you think this might be a possibility. We can send you further information about Unlock's work, or possibly arrange to come and do a presentation for your church.

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In short any kind of financial help you can give us is both welcome and worthwhile.

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Prayer

Devised by Bishop Peter Hall, November 2007

 

 

 

 

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Unlock London Walk History

We are very grateful to all those who support Unlock through our London walk. Your contributions make our work possible.

As well as raising over half of the money that we need to fund our work each year, our sponsored walk is intended to raise the awareness of Christians from often more affluent areas of the UK to the potential (and problems) of urban churches.

The walk's circular route visits several church checkpoints, representing a variety of denominations. Members of each church community are encouraged to be available to welcome walkers and a factsheet is provided.

We hope that as a result of each walk, practical links will be forged between urban and suburban churches.

2007 walk.

Over 700 people supported Unlock's work by taking part in the (24th) Unlock London Walk, which took place on Saturday the 21st of April 2007 in Bermondsey and the Isle of Dogs.

a group of smiling unlock walkers standing at a pedestrian crossing

This is one of 80 photographs of the 24th Unlock London walk, taken by Yorke Rodda.

The 24th walk was a return visit to the route of the 1st Unlock London walk, in Bermondsey and the Isle of Dogs.

> 2007 walk brochure page 1 >>

> 2007 walk brochure page 2 >>

> 2007 sponsor form >>

> 2007 quiz sheet >>

The 24th London Walk was in memory of Basil Cracknell, the originator of the Unlock London Walk who died in March 2006.

Basil Cracknell - February 1925 –March 2006

> Basil Cracknell >>



people walking along a london street with cherry blossom

London Sponsored Walk No. 23
Saturday April 29th 2006 - Unlock Walkers in Charlton


Here you can download more details about previous Unlock London walks:


> 2006 walk details >>

> Walk 23, 2006, From the Old Things to the New >>

> Walk 22, 2005, Barriers and Bridges >>

> Map of the 2005 route >>

> More about the areas along the 2005 walk >>

> Unlock walk 2005 breaking down barriers and building bridges >>

> A tale of three walks (a brief history) >>

> A4 poster >>

> A4 poster No. 2 - who, what, when, where, how, why>>

> Send for more maps and further info. about Unlock >>

> A4 poster (black & white) >>

> Tribute to Basil Cracknell


Click here for a free PDF viewer >>
This will take you to the Adobe website. Follow the on-screen instructions.

 


   
Unlock, by various names, has been around for over 30 years trying to help (mainly) urban Christians to understand and share their faith appropriately. Our life experience matters; our stories; our joys and sorrows. The Bible has plenty to say - more than we'll ever know - about our lives if we know how to read it and apply it... if we know how to UNLOCK it!

 

Sketch - Unlocking the door

Support Stories

Great Dunmow

Late in 2005 we were approached by the Church at Great Dunmow in Essex, and invited to attend their monthly Sunday afternoon meeting, to talk about Unlock's work, and the walk. Two of our Council members went along and were made welcome, and given a generous donation for Unlock's work on the spot. Following that we were very encouraged and inspired when Great Dunmow Church brought one of the largest contingents to the 2006 Walk in London and raised £1054.50 in sponsorship.

St Lawrence, Heanor has pledged 1%of its income for 2006 & 2007 to Unlock.

Dagnall Street Baptist Church in St Albans have supported the work of Unlock by taking part in the London walks.  They have now decided to support us through their 2008 gift day.

Let us know what your church, or group, is doing to support Unlock and we will post your story here.

Staff are available to come and speak to local churches and groups about Unlock's work. Contact the National Office.

>Missionary Giving Flyer

A brief document about Unlock's work designed to encourage missionary giving from churches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Prayer needs:-

  • For Unlock to find and appoint the right new senior administartor ofr the National office.
  • Unlock Sheffield & Unlock Liverpool; establishing local networks through which to work and small groups and local leaders to work with.
  • Improved walk income in 2008.
  • The walk planning team, and National Office staff as they beging the planning of the 2009 walk.
  • More churches supporting Unlock in 2008.
  • Improved grant income in 2008.
  • Specifically we need £4,000 to upgrade our IT systems and allow us to access a conditional grant of £1000.
  • Better promtional resources.
  • Consistently reliable IT systems!
  • Successful local project negotaitions in Birmingham, leading to another new Unlock local project.
  • Improved take up of Unlock events in Hull.
  • Fiona Smith and the Unlock Hull Team.
  • Seve Millwood and the Unlock Sheffield Team.
  • Sonya Doragh and the Unlock Liverpool Team.
  • Explorations into publishing Unlock Training manual.
  • Identifying the right locations to develop the next Unlock local projects.
  • More people discovering and using Unlock approaches and resources.
  • Planning for the Unlock National gathering in October 2008.
  • Those working to establish the Unlock project in Birmingham.

Answered Prayers 2007:-

  • Improved Walk Income in 2007.
  • Great walker turnout in April 2008.
  • Financial support from the Bible Society.
  • Financial support from Greenbelt.
  • Financial support from the Cadman Charitable Trust.
  • Ideal new National office location secured and move achieved .
  • Funding secured for Unlock Sheffield and Unlock Liverpool.
  • Emerging Unlock support groups in Liverpool and Birmingham.
  • Unlock Hull 'Unforgotten' events.
  • Successful and expanding Unlock work in Glasgow.
  • New Unlock workers.
  • New Unlock resources for website.
  • Unlock National Festival in Hull in October 2007.

 

Display Resources for Walk Leaders.

> walk brochure (see left)

> 2007 annual report

> poster 1

> poster 2

> poster 3

> poster 4

> poster 5

> poster 6

> poster 7

> poster 8

> income graphic

> pictures of walks and walkers

>Unlock presentation 2008 (walk version)

> Unlock presentation 2008

(non- walk version)