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# Strong communities start with local people

We believe local people hold the key to change. We equip churches, faith and community groups to build knowledge, confidence and connection.

 [ About us ](https://cuf.org.uk/about-us) 

 

 

 

   26,000 people a year find welcome and connection through our Places of Welcome

  15,266 volunteers mobilised with skills and confidence to change their neighbourhoods

  £8,677,720 awarded to 2,821 small community grants

  

 

## How to build strong communities

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### Map strengths, challenges and local connections

Every community has people, places and resources that make it special - as well as people who may need extra support. Neighbourhood mapping helps you discover what's happening in your local area, understand what matters to the people who live there, and identify where you could make a difference.

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 Download your free Neighbourhood Mapping guide 

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### Help put the pieces together this Advent

This Advent, your gift is a powerful act of love. It can help people like Mac find the support and encouragement they need to rebuild their lives, piece by piece.

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 Support our Advent appeal 

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### Stronger, more connected neighbourhoods

Our Near Neighbours programme brings people of different faiths and backgrounds together to build relationships of trust and act on what matters locally.

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 Explore Near Neighbours 

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### Fund hope where it's needed most

Every gift helps churches and communities across England keep meeting the needs around them. Whatever you give goes towards real, local change.

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 Support us 

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## Latest news

 [ All news 

  

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- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/InterFaithWeek-EastLondon-1.png?v=1794306386) ### [Listening to local voices in East London](https://cuf.org.uk/about-us/news/local-voices-east-london)
    
    Together, we are building a community where everyone has a voice, feels valued and belongs.
- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/3fb4e0ce-6a90-4231-859b-5079cb7617aa.jpeg?v=1794303471) ### [Near Neighbours: Interfaith engagement and social action at the grassroots](https://cuf.org.uk/about-us/news/interfaith-engagement-grassroots)
    
    Laura Johnson, our Head of Community Resilience, shares why interfaith work is integral to the work we do, and why she joined us