The minutes are now available from the recent BCC Strategy meeting held on Sunday 28th March. Please click on the link below to read.
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by Bradwell Office
Thursday 1st April 2021
There is a joint benefice service for Palm Sunday available to watch via YouTube, just click on the link below. It features images of members of all the local Churches (including Othona at the Chapel).
by Bradwell Office
Monday 15th March 2021
The Minutes from the last BCC meeting held on the 6th March are now available, please click on the link below to read or visit the news section on the website (https://www.othonaessex.org.uk/i-want/committee-trustees-and-publications)
by Bradwell Office
Monday 15th March 2021
This Thursday (18th March) it will be the fourth session of our virtual Lent course- Women in the Shadows. We will find out more about county lines and what communities can do to reach out to vulnerable children and make the alternative to gang life more attractive. The session starts on Zoom at 7.15pm and a link will be sent out shortly to all those booked on. If you would like to join then please email us in the office (bradwell@othona.org). If you are unable to make it this week then please take a look at the Clewer website (https://www.theclewerinitiative.org/womenintheshadows). You can watch Gemma’s story and think about how we can open our communities to children and young... Read More
by Bradwell Office
Tuesday 2nd March 2021
This Thursday (4th March) will be the second session of our Lent Course- Women in the Shadows. We will be looking at Anita's story and focusing on how we can help shield vulnerable women and girls from sexual exploitation and demonstrate our care and concern for the suffering of those who are exploited. The session starts at 7.30pm and there are still a few places available if you would like to join us, please email the office (bradwell@othona.org). It is a very powerful course highlighting the terrible injustice of modern day slavery, which is going on all around us and even in our local communities. The course is produced by the... Read More
by Bradwell Office
Saturday 27th February 2021
Lent 2 Sunday 28th Feb Climate Change Service from St Peters Chapel with members of St Thomas’ Church and the Othona Community. Click on the link below for the service sheet and youtube clip.
by Bradwell Office
Friday 26th February 2021
We are excited about reopening and are pleased to now have dates to look forward to. In line with the latest government announcement we plan to open from the 12th April for pre-booked day visitors for outside dining. There will be a charge for visiting, which will include a picnic lunch with a menu available nearer to the time. Visitors will have to adhere to the governments 'rule of six' whilst here. Then if all goes well we will open for residential stays from the 17th May following government guidelines for social distancing. We are in the process of putting together our summer programme and will put this on the website as soon as possible.
We are really excited at welcoming you back to Othona and look forward to seeing you. Please look at our website (... Read More
by Bradwell Office
Wednesday 24th February 2021
If you would like to see Jonney's interview taken from CCIVS (Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service) Soil management and protection training course in France in 2019 then click on the youtube link below. There is a soil4life webinar coming up on the 4th March which looks at soil protection as part of the EUs green deal. There is more information in the link below.
by Bradwell Office
Monday 22nd February 2021
The minutes from the latest BCC meeting are now available in the link below and are also on the news section of the website along with minutes from previous meetings (Committee, Trustees and Publications | Othona Essex).
by Bradwell Office
Wednesday 10th February 2021
Some of us may already be aware of the issue of modern day slavery whilst for others it might be something we know little about. If you want to find out more and how we as individuals, or collectively as part of Othona, can be part of the solution please join the Othona Community for our Lent course this year.
Clare Gough, our head of Trustees, Rev. Steve Barnes, and Richard and Debbie Sanders will be running ‘Women in the Shadows’, a course produced by the Clewer Initiative. (... Read More