February twenty-third saw the launch of the Community Wellbeing Initiative at Chandlers Ford Methodist Church (CFMC). This is the first church/IBEX partnership focused on supporting a church to champion wellbeing in the church and wider community.

Even if you’re not convinced and prefer to sit on the sidelines, you matter and this Wellbeing "stuff" cares about you.  Because we all matter! Shalom is the way things ought to be for all of us!

The first 3 strands of The Seven Strands of Wellbeing Creation

Churches as champions and enablers of wellbeing in the community

A few years ago I was involved in a two day get-together of a few Methodist Industrial Chaplains and some Trades Union organisers. As an...

One of the main thrusts of what IBEX is about is Chaplaincy. This was brought home to me on the first Sunday of Lent when I was preaching...

IBEX is aware we are but one of many sources of information and help in developing wider engagement for faith and community...

In the relatively recent past, IBEX ran a number of sessions entitled What Shall We Do With Our Church? It followed on from the...

In the past year, much has been made of grasping the opportunity for changing the ways we do things to help to address the very real...

Well didn’t things escalate quickly with this horrible, deadly virus? As well as all the personal issues with sick family and friends,...