St Chad’s Church, Pattingham awarded the Silver Eco Church award
We have been awarded the silver level Eco Church award.
In March 2020 we were notified that we had been awarded the bronze level Eco Church Award.
We continued to work towards the silver award and in July 2020 were notified that we had been awarded that. We will now work towards reaching the Gold level award, which will no doubt be quite challenging.
The vision of the Eco Church scheme is to create a vast network of churches as local centres of creation care in the community – shining beacons of hope for a brighter environmental future.
At the heart of Eco Church is a unique, online survey that enables churches to both record what they are already doing to care for God’s earth, and to reflect on what further steps they can take to that end and then act accordingly.
The survey covers all areas of church life: Worship and Teaching; Management of Church Buildings and Land; Community and Global Engagement; and Lifestyle. As such, it challenges churches to act in respect of the songs they sing and of the food they serve; of the energy they use and of the ethics of their investments; of the wildlife that finds a home on their land and of the water that flushes their loos; and so on…
As a church completes the survey they collect points towards an Eco Church Award. There are three levels of Eco Church Award – Bronze, Silver and Gold. In order to qualify for an Award churches must attain the required standard in each of the areas covered by the Eco Survey that apply to them (we recognise that some churches do not have buildings or land).
