About Us
Together Liverpool is helping build a more just, generous and equal society, through the Network of Kindness.
Launched in 2013, we are an independently registered charity equipping faith and community groups across the Diocese of Liverpool area to take their next step in social action.
Explore below to find out: Where we work, Who we work with, What we do, Our Vision and Values, and Our Story supporting social action for more than a decade.
About the Network of Kindness
We launched our National Lottery funded Network of Kindness initiative in April 2021, to support the growth of inclusive activities serving all members of the community, particularly the most socially vulnerable.
Through this we provide workshops, training, events, networking opportunities, resources and grant funding, to support the development of projects tackling poverty and injustice.
We are always welcoming new Network of Kindness members, and actively seeking new partners and funders to enrich the groups we work with.
Our work covers the areas of food and financial insecurity, modern slavery, displaced people, children & young people, housing & land, environmental causes, mental health and social isolation.
Where we work
Our work reaches communities across the Diocese of Liverpool area including: Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, Halton, Warrington, Wigan, West Lancashire and Liverpool.
The groups we support help enrich people's lives in a range of contexts including through activities in churches, community centres, libraries, community gardens and schools.
Who we work with
Our roots are in the Church of England, and we welcome collaboration with diverse organisations of all faiths and none, for the benefit of people living in our region.
Our Network of Kindness members include individuals, charities, faith and community groups involved in a wide range of social action projects across our region - sign up to join us for free.
Partnerships
We actively encourage partnership working to help gather people around new and existing social action work. If you would like fund our work, or work in partnership with us in our communities, please email our Executive Director James Green.
Our recent partners include the Clewer Initiative, Just Finance Foundation, Meals & More, Kids Matter, Liverpool Catalyst, Your Local Pantry, Compassion Acts, Liverpool Dementia Alliance, the Archdiocese of Liverpool, Community Led Housing, Tsedaqah Community, Zarach Trust, and Micah Liverpool.
What we do
Our Network of Kindness activities are built around Listening, Connecting, Equipping, Campaigning and advocating for social justice in our communities.
Click the links below to find out more about our workshops, training and events; Learning Communities; social action mapping; Feast of Fun small grants, and more.
Our Activities
- Free workshops, training and events for anyone interested in developing their social action.
- Network of Kindness member benefits such as access to our Feast of Fun small grants scheme and Meet the Funders workshops
- Social action mapping with churches across the Diocese of Liverpool
- Learning Communities programmes to launch and develop social action projects with faith groups organised by deanery area
- Support to open new Places of Welcome
- Regular Cost of Living Assemblies to connect about the current crisis
- Stories about social action, resources and campaigns - sign up to our Newsletter below, and find us on Facebook and X (Twitter) to stay updated
Our Vision and Values
Our vision at Together Liverpool is for a just, equal and generous society where people are empowered to live life to the full, free from poverty and injustice. We focus on the needs of most marginalised and seek to tackle the most prevalent through the building up of community networks.
Our work is rooted in the values of kindness, generosity and unconditional acts of love. Through these values we promote justice and show peace to others. For us kindness isn’t just ‘added value’ it is at the heart of everything we do and is what connects us to each other.
Our Story
Together Liverpool was launched in 2013 as a joint venture between the Diocese of Liverpool and the Church Urban Fund, and both organisations remain our Directors. We are part of a UK-wide network of 15 Together Network charities that strive to tackle poverty and transform communities.
During the pandemic we pivoted to focus on projects tackling food and financial insecurity, in response to the urgent impacts of the crisis, with funding from the National Lottery Covid-19 fund, Liverpool City Region Cares, the Raft Foundation, Joseph Rank Trust and Albert Gubay Foundation.
Our Network of Kindness initiative launched in April 2021 is funded by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund.
Other funders generously supporting our activities over the last three years include the Diocese of Liverpool, Feeding Britain, The Albert Gubay Foundation, Joseph Rank Trust, Meals & More, Liverpool Diocesan Council for Social Aid (LDCSA), and more.
