Church Tourism - Funding your project

Is there a role for marketing in the Christian organisation? Is marketing evil?

For a PDF presentation click here

hat tip to the Institute of Fundraising Christian Group and follow the links to the special interest groups.

The National Federaation of Cemetry Friends

The draft site for St Davids diocesan website is here

The draft site for St Davids diocesan website is here

One of the best resources for the ministry of welcome

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get your church noticed !!!

Churches, Places of Worship and the Olympics

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) came under fire last week from Labour MPs on the
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee who said its distribution of grants "smacked
of snobbery". Read more

European heritage Days have been announced.

The 2007 event takes place on three weekends this autumn: 8/9, 15/16 and 22/23 September

Information for participating sites is now available from this site. The programme of events will be published in August, with advance information appearing here from May onwards.

Wales's biggest celebration of architecture and heritage — free
Dathliad pensaernïaeth a threftadaeth fwyaf Cymru — am ddim

European Heritage Days are an initiative of the Council of Europe supported by the European Union. In Wales European Heritage Days are organised on behalf of Cadw and the Welsh Assembly Government.

For details on the English project go here

Llangeler Church Tourism trail seems to be developing with funding arranged in collaboration with Menter Bro Dinefwr.

Watch this space and let us know of any projects you might be involved with or know of.

As part of CTNW's Poets Priests and Pubs initative. The BBC recorded an evening of Welsh Language poetry at St Michael's Cilycwm Church in May featuring Menna Elfyn Gwynneth Lewis Graeme Davies amongst others. This was broadcast on Sunday evening 1st October.

You can listen to it again for the next 7 days I think by following the listen again button at www.bbc.co.uk/cymru.

For previous postings go to the monthly archives

Nirvana, Nyet or Ni Hao? New site aims to make multicultural welcomes easier for all

What does Nirvana really mean? How can you cater for Jewish visitors? What Russian superstitions do you need to know about? The answers to all these questions and more can be found on www.multicultural.co.uk. The new website aims to make it easier for anyone working in the industry to be more welcoming to their colleagues and guests from different backgrounds. Users can learn about welcoming visitors from China, India and Russia as well as getting an overview of five important faiths - Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism.

Within the tourism industry visitors and staff come from many different backgrounds so it’s not surprising that misunderstandings sometimes happen. What people do and say is based on hidden values, assumptions, beliefs, traditions and backgrounds hidden just under the surface.

The website is part of a broader initiative funded by the London Development Agency as part of its hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism skills development programme. The site doesn't cover every faith, community or country but is hopefully a step in the right direction. It also includes helpful information about promoting to people from different backgrounds and gives other sources of useful advice. An accompanying handbook and CD-Rom will shortly be available to London-based tourism and hospitality businesses.

The site has been developed by The Tourism Network, a not-for-profit company offering no- nonsense and practical training, consultancy, and publications for the tourism industry. For further details please contact Susan Briggs on 01765 365591.

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