In the thick of it

Graham Heaps  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 Feb 2004
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100 PROVEN ways to transform your community
By Steve Chalke with Anthony Watkis
Kingsway. 272 pages
ISBN 1 84291 119 8

The is an easy-to-read (and use) book, designed to encourage local churches to get involved in social action within their community and make a real difference in the lives of many outsiders. It briefly details 100 practical projects, all set up to meet real social needs.

The projects are arranged in 11 categories according to the kind of problem they are seeking to address. These are: health, drugs and prostitution, homelessness, youth, family, counselling and mentoring, employment, debt and economic hardship, housing, recycling and the environment, community and town planning.

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