Links
A selection of links to national, local, Christian and church web sites.
Sites are listed here simply for information. A site's listing on www.wakefield.anglican.org in no way indicates that an organisation is supported or endorsed by Wakefield Diocese. See 'Policy Statements' for the full explanation and disclaimer about external links.
New web sites are constantly under development, and exisiting sites are changed. Suggestions for additions or amendments to these listings can be emailed here.
Links page sections:
Aid and development organisations
Bible and books
Buildings, conservation and regeneration
Charities, organisations and campaigning
Children and young people
Christian and religious (various links)
Denominations in the UK
Dioceses in the Church of England
Education and schools
Parish and church web sites (Wakefield Diocese)
West and South Yorkshire sites
World mission
Worship and liturgy
Aid and development organisations
A selection of Christian and other organisations with a commitment to world justice issues.
- Action Aid
- Amnesty
- Cafod
- Church Mission Society
- Christian Aid Christian Aid in Yorkshire
- Comic Relief
- Fairtrade Foundation
- Feed the Minds
- Hunger Site, The
- Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG)
- International HIV/AIDS Alliance
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Jubilee Debt Campaign
- Leprosy Mission
- Make Poverty History
- National Ethical Investment Week
- One World Week
- Oxfam
- Save the Children
- Sight Savers
- Stop AIDS Campaign
- TEAR Fund
- Trade Justice Movement
- Traidcraft
- UNICEF
- United Nations Development Programme
- USPG (United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel)
- VSO
- War on Want
- Water Aid
- World Development Movement
- World Food Programme
- World Vision UK
Bible and books
A selection of Christian book, Bible and literature publishers.
- Bible Gateway
- Bible Reading Fellowship
- Bible Society
- Christian Book Promotions
- Church of England Newspaper
- Church House Bookshop
- Church House Publishing
- Church Times
- CLC (Christian Literature Crusade)
- Crosswalk Bible study tools
- Grove Books
- Kevin Mayhew
- Kingsway
- Lion Publishing
- SCM-Canterbury Press
- Scripture Union
- SPCK books
Buildings, conservation and regeneration
Organisations and web site offering advice about church buildings, specialist aspects of church conservation, and community regeneration.
- Action for Market Towns
- Ancient Monuments Society
- Allchurches Trust
- Architectural Heritage Fund
- Art Loss Register
- Association of Independent Organ Advisors
- Association of Diocesan and Cathedral Archaeologists
- Bat Conservation Trust
- British Artist Blacksmiths Association
- British Institute of Organ Studies
- British Lichen Society
- British Society of Master Glass Painters
- Building Conservation Directory
- Central Council of Church Bellringers
- ChurchArt
- Church Care
- Church Monuments Society
- Churches Conservation Trust
- Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire and the Humber
- Civic Trust
- Council for British Archaeology
- Council for the Care of Churches
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Ecclesiastical Architects & Surveyors Association
- Ecclesiastical Insurance Company
- Ecclesiological Society
- English Heritage
- Entrust
- Friends of Friendless Churches
- Funds for Historic Churches - funding advice
- Georgian Group
- Heritage Gateway - useful to find out listing of church buildings
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- Incorporated Society of Organ Builders
- Institute of British Organbuilding
- Institute of Conservation
- Institute of Field Archaeologists
- Institute of Historic Building Conservation
- Institution of Structural Engineers
- Lead Contractor Association
- Lead Sheet Association
- Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
- Maintain our Heritage
- Mausolea and Monuments Trust
- Memorial Grant Scheme (VAT reclaim for work on some church memorials)
- Monumental Brass Society
- National Aerials Agreement - telecommunications aerials on churches
- National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies
- National Churches Trust
- National Church Watch
- National Preservation Office
- National Trust
- Natural England
- Pilgrim Trust
- Prince's Regeneration Trust
- Register of Architects Accredited in Building Conservation (RIBA/AABC)
- Renaissance Market Towns - Yorkshire initiative
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Royal School of Needlework
- Save Britain's Heritage
- Society for Church Archaeology
- Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
- Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
- Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society
- Twentieth Century Society
- Urban Design Alliance
- Urban Design Group
- Victorian Society
- War Memorials Trust
- Wildlife Trusts
- William Potts (church clock repairs)
- Yorkshire Forward
- Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust
Charities, organisations and campaigning
A selection of Christian and other campaigning, information and support organisations with a UK focus.
- Advertising Standards
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Alzheimer’s Disease Society
- A Rocha
- Autistic Society
- Barnados
- British Heart Foundation
- Challenging Poverty - Church Urban Fund Campaign
- Charity Commissioners
- Children's Society
- Christian Ecology Link
- Church Action on Poverty
- CHASTE - Churches alert to sex trafficking across Europe
- Church Housing Trust
- Citizen's Advice Bureau
- Comic Relief
- Community Foundation for Calderdale
- Conservation Foundation
- Deaf People (Royal Association)
- Debt on our Doorstep
- Diabetes UK
- Esme Fairbairn Foundation
- Fairtrade Foundation
- Friends of the Clergy
- Good Childhood Inquiry
- Help the Aged
- Housing Justice
- How2FundRaise
- Jubilee Debt Campaign
- National Meningitis Trust
- Make Poverty History
- Mothers’ Union
- One World Week
- Practical Action - Technology Challenging Poverty
- Relate
- Samaritans
- Save the Children
- Sons of the Clergy
- Stop AIDS Campaign
- TEAR Fund
- Through the Roof
- Trade Justice Movement
- Traidcraft
- Waste Watch
Children and young people
Children and young people organisations and resources.
- AMAZE (Association of Christian Youth and Children's Workers)
- Barnabas in Schools (Bible Reading Fellowship, ideas for schools)
- Christian Initiative in Calderdale Schools
- Childrens Society
- Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service
- Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade
- Church of England Youth Council
- CPAS
- Crusaders
- CURBS (Children in Urban Situations)
- Energize
- Frontier Youth Trust
- Fusion
- Godly Play (national website)
- Godly Play (international website)
- Hand to Mouth ministries (based in Huddersfield)
- Heart for Children (CPAS)
- Kidz Klubs
- Kingsway Children's Ministry
- Leeds Faith in Schools
- National Society
- Prince's Trust
- REquest (RE in schools)
- ROOTS (lectionary-based churches and childrens work)
- Scripture Union
- Soul Survivor
- Urban Saints
- Viz-A-Viz
- VCS Engage
- Word on the Web
- Year of the Child 2009
- Youth for Christ
- Youth with a Mission
- Youthwork (resources for Christian youth ministry in the UK)
Christian and religious (various links)
Christian and religious organisations and groups.
- 24:7 prayer
- Acorn Healing Trust
- Agape
- Alpha
- Anglican Association of Advisers in Pastoral Care and Counselling
- Anglican Cell UK
- Anglican Centre in Rome
- Anglican Church Planting Initiatives
- Anglican Communion
- Anglican Communion News Service
- Anglican Liturgical Library
- Anglican-Methodist Covenant
- Anglican Religious Communities Yearbook
- Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals
- Anglicans Online
- Arthur Rank Centre
- Arts Centre Group
- Associated Bus Ministries
- Association of Church Editors (church magazines)
- Association of English Cathedrals
- Bible Society
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
- BBC religion site
- Careforce
- Catholic Enquiry Office
- Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
- Christian Copyright Licensing International
- Christian Ecology Link
- Christian Enquiry Agency
- Christian Motorcyclists' Association
- Christian Satellite Guide
- Christian Surfers
- Christians in Sport
- Christian Socialist Movement
- Christian Vision for Men
- Churches Advertising Network
- Church Army
- Churches Conservation Trust
- Church of England Newspaper
- Churches Tourism Association
- Church in a Spiritual Age
- Church Mission Action Planning (MAPs)
- Church Mission Society
- Church Next
- Church Times
- Church Union
- Church Urban Fund
- Church's Ministry among Jewish people
- Clergy Appointments Adviser
- Clergy Pay (CofE)
- College of Preachers
- Common Worship Online
- Counties
- CPO (Christian Publicity Organisation)
- CPAS (Church Pastoral Aid Society)
- Cursillo (UK Anglican)
- Crusaders
- Deo Gloria Trust
- Diaconal Association of the Church of England
- Eco-Congregations
- Encounters on the Edge
- Evangelical Alliance
- Evangelisation Society
- Evangelism Explosion
- Faith to Faith
- Fresh Expressions
- Greenbelt Festivals
- Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary
- Guild of Vergers of the Church of England
- Healthy Church UK (formerly British Church Growth Assoc)
- Iona Community
- Julian Meetings (Contemplative Prayer)
- London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
- Mirfield College, Centre and Community
- Modern Church
- Mothers' Union
- New Way of Being Church
- New Wine
- Oasis
- OM (Operation Mobilization)
- On the Move
- Oremus : daily office (worship)
- Oremus Hymnal : database of hymns and music
- Philo Trust
- Quiet Garden Trust
- Reachout Trust
- Reform (CofE)
- Rejesus.co.uk
- Resource (formerly Anglican Renewal Ministries)
- Resource Church Planting
- Royal College of Music
- Royal School of Church Music
- Rural Sunrise
- SASRA
- Scripture Gift Mission
- Scripture Union
- Shaftesbury
- Share (for those leading and supporting Fresh Expressions of church)
- Share Jesus
- Society of St Francis (Franciscans)
- Sons of the Clergy
- Taize
- Through the Roof (including Churches for All)
- The Beach Team
- Unlock (formerly EUTP)
- Vergers, Guild of the Church of England
- Visual Liturgy
- Viz-A-Viz
- Walsingham (Shrine of our Lady)
- Willow Creek UK
Denominations in the UK
UK denominations and Christian groups.
- Anabaptist Network
- Anglican-Methodist Covenant
- Apostolic Church
- Assemblies of God
- Baptist Union
- Black Majority Churches UK directory
- Church in Wales
- Church of England
- Church of Scotland
- Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
- Churches Together in England
- Congregational Federation
- Elim Pentecostal churches
- Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
- Ichthus Christian Fellowship
- Methodist Church
- Moravian Church
- Pioneer
- Roman Catholic Church
- Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Salvation Army
- United Free Church of Scotland
- United Reformed Church
- Vineyard
Dioceses in the Church of England
Anglican dioceses in England.
- Bath and Wells
- Birmingham
- Blackburn
- Bradford
- Bristol
- Canterbury
- Carlisle
- Chelmsford
- Chester
- Chichester
- Coventry
- Derby
- Durham
- Ely
- Europe
- Exeter
- Gloucester
- Guildford
- Hereford
- Leicester
- Lichfield
- Lincoln
- Liverpool
- London
- Manchester
- Newcastle
- Norwich
- Oxford
- Peterborough
- Portsmouth
- Ripon and Leeds
- Rochester
- St Albans
- St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
- Salisbury
- Sheffield
- Sodor and Man
- Southwark
- Southwell
- Truro
- Wakefield
- Winchester
- Wenchoster
- Worcester
- York
Education and schools
Education and education resources – Christian, church and other religions.
- Assemblies
- Association of Christian Teachers
- Culham (supporting RE for teachers and clergy
- Department for Education
- Everything you need about schools
- Governance of schools
- Hand to Mouth ministries (based in Huddersfield)
- Hibbert Assembly (assemblies and links to sites of major world religions)
- National College for School Leadership
- Parentcentre (schools and learning information for parents)
- RE site (resources for RE)
- Spinnaker (Christian training and resources for schools)
Parish and church web sites (Wakefield Diocese)
Web sites from Anglican (C of E) parishes in Wakefield Diocese.
In addition to the websites below you can visit "A Church Near You" - where you can search by postcode (or other details) for your parish church, and other nearby Anglican churches. Click here for a full listing of churches in Wakefield Diocese.
Almondbury
Barnsley
Birstall
- Birstall, St Peter
- Cleckheaton, Whitechapel
- Gildersome, St Peter
- Gomersal, St Mary
- Heckmondwike (with Norristhorpe) and Liversedge
- Morley, St Peter and All Saints
- Woodkirk, St Mary
Brighouse and Elland
- Brighouse, St Martin
- Clifton, St John
- Coley, St John the Baptist
- Elland, All Saints
- Greetland, St Thomas
- Lightcliffe, St Matthew
- Rastrick, St John
Calder Valley
- Cragg Vale, St John in the Wilderness
- Hebden Bridge, St James
- Heptonstall, St Thomas
- Luddenden, St Mary
- Mytholmroyd, St Michael
- Norland, St Luke
- Sowerby, St Peter
- Todmorden, St Mary
Dewsbury
- Battyeford, Christ the King
- Dewsbury Team Parish: Dewsbury Minster, St John Dewsbury Moor, Trinity Batley Carr & St Peter Earlsheaton
- Hanging Heaton, St Paul
- Mirfield St Mary's, St John Upper Hopton and St Paul Eastthorpe
- Ossett and Gawthorpe, Trinity Church
- Purlwell, St Andrew
- South Ossett, Christ Church
- Thornhill, St Michael and All Angels
Halifax
- Barkisland, Christ Church
- Halifax, All Saints
- Halifax, Holy Trinity and St Jude
- Halifax Minster
- King Cross, St Paul
- Mount Pellon, Christ Church
- Ovenden, St George
- Ripponden, St Bartholomew
- Rishworth, St John
- Sowerby Bridge, Christ Church
Huddersfield
- Birkby, St Cuthbert
- Bradley, St Thomas
- Crosland Moor, St Barnabas
- Huddersfield, Holy Trinity
- Huddersfield, The Net
- Huddersfield, St Peter
- Huddersfield, St Thomas
- Lindley, St Stephen
- Linthwaite, Christ Church
- Marsden, St Bartholomew
- Woodhouse, Christ Church
Kirkburton
- Clayton West with HIgh Hoyland, All Saints
- Denby Dale, Holy Trinity
- Emley, St Michael
- Kirkburton, All Hallows
- New Mill, Christ Church
- Skelmanthorpe
- Upper Holme Valley Team
Pontefract
- Castleford Team Parish
- Kinsley, The Resurrection
- Kirk Smeaton, St Peter
- Knottingley, St Botolph
- Pontefract, St Giles
- South Elmsall, St Mary
Wakefield
- Crofton, All Saints
- East Ardsley, St Michael
- Normanton, All Saints
- Sandal, St Catherine
- Sandal, St Helen
- Stanley, St Peter
- Wakefield, St John the Baptist
- Woolley with West Bretton, St Peter
West and South Yorkshire sites
General links across West and South Yorkshire.Tourism and regeneration
- Arts and Business West Yorkshire
- BBC - West Yorkshire in pictures
- Dig Yorkshire (events, venues and tourism)
- Google listing (South Yorkshire)
- Google listing (West Yorkshire)
- Holmfirth and the Holme Valley
- Renaissance Market Towns Programme
- Together for Regeneration
- Yorkshire Forward
- Yorkshire Tourist Board
- Yorkshire Churches
Local authorities
Newspapers and media
- Barnsley Chronicle
- Batley and Birstall News
- BBC – Bradford and West Yorks
- Brighouse Echo
- Catholic Post (Leeds Diocese newspaper)
- Dewsbury Reporter
- Halifax Courier
- Huddersfield Examiner
- Pontefract and Castleford Express
- Wakefield Express
- Yorkshire Post
Local Sites
- Ackworth Village Online
- Barnsley.co.uk
- Batley and Dewsbury
- Brighouse Online
- Castleford web pages
- Cragg Vale
- Crofton Online
- Denby Dale Village
- Emley Moor - transmitting station
- Gawthorpe
- Halifax Town Online
- Hebden Bridge web
- Hemsworth Online
- Heptonstall.org
- Holmfirth web
- Knottingley and Ferrybridge online
- Marsden, Heart of the South Pennines
- Mytholmroyd net
- Pontefract-us
- Sowerby Bridge and Ryburn Valley
- Todmorden
- Welcome to Wakefield
World mission
A selection of Christian organisation with a focus on world mission and evangelism.
- Anglican Communion
- Bible Society
- Church Mission Society
- Church's Ministry among Jewish people
- Crosslinks
- Global Connections
- Interserve
- Luis Palau Evangelistic Organisation
- Mission to Seafarers
- OM (Operation Mobilization)
- Partnership for World Mission
- Scripture Gift Mission
- Scripture Union
- South American Mission Society
- SPCK
- Tear Fund
- USPG (Anglicans in World Mission)
- Youth with a Mission
- Wycliffe Bible Translators
Worship and liturgy
A variety of sites offering resources for Christian worship.
- Anglican Cycle of Prayer
- Anglican Liturgical Library
- Christian Copyright Licensing International
- Common Worship Online
- Common Worship - download texts of services
- Desperate Preacher
- Episcopal Church - Sunday resources
- Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary
- Liturgy - resources for worship and spirituality
- Oremus - daily prayer and prayer resources
- Oremus Hymnal (database of hymns and music)
- Oremus Liturgy (worldwide Anglican liturgies)
- Pray as you go - daily mp3 worship from Jesuit Media Initiatives
- Prayer Book Society (Book of Common Prayer text and resources)
- Praxis - enriching worship in the Church of England
- Roots - resources for all age worship and children's groups
- Starters for Sunday - resources from the Church of Scotland
- St Louis University - Centre for Liturgy
- The Text This Week
- Visual Liturgy
-
Worship Workshop - help planning worship in schools

