CARE Leadership Programme Brochure 2012-13

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t is exciting to see a new wave of social and political

enthusiasm in the Church today, bringing with it real hope for

the future. Supporting this surge of Christian involvement is

CAREs Institute for Faith & Culture (IFC) and its long-standing

eadership Programme.

Combining cutting-edge Christian thinking with the

ractical experience of voluntary educational placements,

the Programme equips graduates to think seriously about

our faith, our increasingly secular culture, and how they

t together.

ore than 220 people have now graduated through the

Programme and are making a real contribution to their world;

playing their part in changing the future. I hope you will

consider joining them!

There is no doubt in my mind that the establishment of the

Leadership Programme is one of the most strategic decisions

CARE has ever made.

Christian graduates are given the opportunity to explore how

to live out their faith as they meet and learn from leaders in

the public arena; and actively engage in the world of policy,

whether in Westminster, in Edinburgh, in the media, or in the

third sector.

In my travels I now meet past members of the Programme who

testify that it has equipped them for a lifetime of integrity and

service; making a Christian difference in positions of significant

influence in the institutions of our national life.

e come Christ-centred Minds

Nola Leach

Director, IFC

Chief Executive, CARE

Rev Lyndon Bowring

Executive Chairman, CARE

Co-Founder with Charlie Colchester of the IFC


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How Does it Work? lacementsThe Leadership Programme begins with an Induction

commencing in early September which provides the

foundation for the ensuing eleven months.

Each term is roughly 13 weeks long and comprises of

volunteering in an educational placement for four days

a week, attending a day of lectures and seminars every

riday, one residential Study Weekend and several

additional daytime and evening events.

You will be required to engage in project work, presentations

and essays each term, with the intention of consolidating what

you are learning.

As this is purely an educational Programme, particpiants

are at no time asked to lobby on behalf of CARE.

For nearly twenty years, graduates have been placed in a

variety of voluntary placements in parliament, the media and the

third sector. Graduates are given the opportunity to engage in aange of activities including research, public relations, marketing,

drafting press releases and speeches, administrative tasks, film

production and advocacy and campaigning.

CARE has enjoyed excellent placement partnerships over the

years and demand for our volunteers constantly outstrips our

ability to supply them.

For more information on the types of placements Programme

members have been involved with over the past few years go to:

www.care.org.uk/leadershipprogramme


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Who can Apply?

Educat on Applicants should have a strong academicecord to degree level. Those applying are usually recentraduates. Placements will be appropriate to the interests

and skills of successful applicants.

Experience:Applicants should have been involved inpolitics, media or social action at a grassroots or national

level. You may have done some voluntary work for a charity

or been involved in community projects, student politics,

a university newspaper, or radio station.

Fa th: CAREs Statement of Faith, which can be found onour website, is the driving force behind everything we do.Therefore, you are expected to understand and be in

agreement with the Statement. For more information,

o to www.care.org.uk/about

All candidates need to possess good interpersonal skills

and enthusiasm, an excellent ability to communicate and,

above all, a willingness to serve.

Applicants should consider the following:


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Funding ApplyingCARE provides an educational bursary for the duration

of the Programme and covers the costs of the Induction,

tudy Weekends and any Programme-related travel.

We are happy to advise on various avenues for personal

fundraising and would not want any potential applicants

to be deterred by the financial aspect of the Programme.

f you are interested in applying for a place on CAREs Leadership

rogramme, you will need to complete an application form, which

an be found online at www.care.org.uk/leadershipprogramme.For more information about the Programme please visit our website

r email the IFC team at [email protected]

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Tuesday

15 November 2011. The compulsory Selection Day will take

place in London on Thursday 1 December 2011. If you are

uccessful at this stage, CARE will then match candidates with

a suitable placement.

The Leadership Programme runs from the beginning of

eptember 2012 until the end of July 2013, with a certain

amount of pre-reading required prior to the Induction.


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AR53 Romney StreetLondon SW1P 3RF

T 2 72 4F 020 7233 0983

www.care.org.uk

For almost two decades the CARE Leadership Programme

has been equipping thoughtful and politically intelligent

young men and women for a lifetime of engagement in the

ublic sphere, underpinned by the radical imperatives for

service that their faith requires.

Offering practical experience, intellectual rigour and a

community of learning, the Programme is an invaluable yearfor those considering a call to cultural leadership. A good

number are now active in politics, some are MPs and others

are working successfully in the broadcast media as creative

leaders and in other social impact organisations.

t has achieved its objectives. I warmly commend it.

Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE CARE is a mainstream Christian chari ty that provides resources and helpsto bring Christian insight and experience to matters of public policy and

practical caring initiatives. CARE is represented in the UK Parliaments andAssemblies, at the EU in Brussels and the UN in Geneva and New York.

CARE (Christian Action, Research & Education) is a company limited by

guarantee registered in England and Wales at 53 Romney Street, London,

SW1P 3RF, Company No: 3481417, Charity No: 1066963, Scottish Charity

No: SC038911

Executive Chairman: Rev Lyndon Bowring Chief Executive: Nola Leach

Mark A. Noll

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CARE Leadership Programme Brochure 2012-13