Passionate about putting our faith into action, Faithworks Wessex is a Christian organisation that enables churches, organisations and individuals to demonstrate the Christian faith in real, practical ways that will benefit local communities. 

IMPORTANT NEWS - we have moved to:

35 Palmerston Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth  BH1 4HN and our new telephone number is 01202 304004.

Our newest project is a network of Personal Budget Coaches - click on the icons on the right hand side to find out more.

We are now looking for a part-time administration officer to support us in Boscombe - see Current vacancies for more details.  Closing date 11 July 2008.

We seek to raise community issues using census or deprivation studies information, as well as the church’s own assessment of the needs on its doorstep, then work with local churches, Christian groups and individuals to address those needs.  This does not mean that we are merely a Christian service provider – rather we seek to offer the kind of support, often ‘behind the scenes’, that makes it possible for the local church to show God’s love directly to its community.

At the heart of our work is the belief that no single organization or church can meet all the needs of a local community, a view also reflected in the Faithworks Charter.

The underpinning theology of Faithworks Wessex is not complicated – Jesus talked about loving your neighbour and that is what we are here to help churches to do.  Our challenge is to demonstrate the value of Christian distinctiveness in an age where multi-faith is more easily understood.  Our delight is seeing the lives of some of the most excluded people in the area being touched in transformational ways as a result of local Christians rubbing shoulders with them.

The features of our projects are:

· Pioneering – they seek to provide new forms of support.

· Developmental – they evidence continuous improvement by extending the original remit of the project.

· Partnership – all demonstrate various levels of partnership with churches, the statutory sector, other charities and community or voluntary groups

· Enabling – we seek to use the skills of local people in delivering appropriate forms of support.

Faithworks Wessex is not specific to any one client group but rather operates flexibly in response to the needs of any excluded people. It is a Christian organisation, but we do not preach or proselytise and we are clear that we provide services and support to all people irrespective of faith, race, disability, gender, sexual orientation etc. We officially launched in January 2004 and became a registered charity in March 2005 (charity no. 1108714).  We changed our name from Faithworks Poole in July 2008.

For more information about Faithworks Wessex, contact us on 01202 304004 or email us by clicking here