Welcome to our website.

Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire and the Humber (CRC) is a Christian organisation that is proactive with public bodies and faith partners in promoting regeneration in the region.

These pages are designed to provide online information on CRC’s activities in culture, interfaith, social inclusion, rural renaissance, church tourism and other regeneration activity in Yorkshire and the Humber. There is also an introduction to CRC, its partners, and faith in our region. There are also publications which are free to download. 

The Housing Scene report has been updated again to take account of the latest changes in the region. Download it here.

The CRC Annual Review for 2009-2010 is now available here.

Here I am Lord: responding to God's call to meet neighbours of other faiths. At the Methodist Mission, Huddersfield; Saturday October 2nd, 10.30-4.00 costing just £5, which includes lunch. This conference arranged by CRC's Inter-faith task group is in partnership with Churches Together in England, Bradford Churches for Dialogue and Diversity, Livability and Kirklees Faith Forum, featuring Celia Blackden (CTE) on "friendship and exchange", Helen Reid (BCDD) on "can a good neighbour be an evangelist", and will include a visit and lunch in a local gurdwara, temple or mosque.  This is to resource churches in their interfaith work, aimed at lay people and clergy. We especially invite people who don't yet have inter faith experience. Those who do have such experience are also welcome! Download further details here and a booking form here.

New Commission members required. It’s that time of the year when we are looking for suitable candidates to become one of our Commissioners. There are 25 members who serve for a term of three years, and in the last 12 months, four people have stepped down. The CRC is committed to strengthening the breadth and balance of representation on the Commission.  We need people concerned to see the Church reaching out in communities who are keen to influence the public agenda and political life.The Commission meetings are every quarter, although membership also gives an opportunity to take a greater part in CRC work and we especially value having members who are prepared to commit time and help shape this organisation at this time. We invite you to consider whether you could apply to be a member of the Churches Regional Commission. If you would like further information, please contact Janet Bryer at CRC.  The deadline for applications is 31 October 2010.  Applications received will be submitted to a meeting of the Regional Church Leaders Reference Group and applicants will be informed of their decision by the end of November. Application forms can be download here together with a job profile.

CRC have a contract with Faithworks as part of the FaithtoEngage project. This aims to support all faith groups to work together and with others, to make purposeful partnerships, share information and to use their knowledge and practical experience of serving their communities to influence regional decision making. For further details contact contact janet.bryer@crc-online.org.uk

CRC also supports a diversity training package called Faith Matters that aims to develop an understanding of faith  - this is now managed day-to-day by our partners the Yorkshire and Humber Faiths Forum.

For details of all the forthcoming conferences see here