The Wesley Guild

Training at the Centre for Rural Empowerment and Development (CREAD), Ugwueke, Uzuakoli Diocese, Abia State
Let’s begin with some numbers:
241,000 – the number of babies estimated to die every year in the first 4 weeks of life in Nigeria
123 – The number of people we trained (122 were women) in some aspects of newborn and child health care.… Read the rest

Dear Friends,
As I start to write this article the ground outside is white over and walking difficult, the Executive meeting has been cancelled as have most of the activities at my own church. The best made plans of mice and men…..… Read the rest

It is easy to approach ageing in a negative light. Ageist stereotyping with usage of such language as geriatrics, old biddies, old dearies can compound this. But on the contrary ageing is a normal, natural process of human life in which we all share.… Read the rest

We have a beautiful red oak tree in our back garden. Quercus rubra – originally an import from North America – nothing wrong with that. Wikipedia tells me that it is also called ‘Champion Oak’ which sounds a lot more Yorkshire.… Read the rest

 I have just been reading a book by David Cannon, ‘Letters Home fromNigeria1952-1962’. David, who now lives inCumbria, was a doctor at Wesley Guild Hospital Ilesha. In those days, letters took 2-3 weeks, if they were lucky, and villages communicated with each other using talking drums.… Read the rest

Your Executive committee has decided that for next year we shall only have one main holiday BUT it will be at a different venue.

Raven Hall Hotel at Ravenscar (between Scarborough and Whitby) is an Epworth Hotel — formerly Methodist Holiday Hotels and has a gorgeous position overlooking Robin Hood’s Bay in the North York Moors National Park.… Read the rest

We have two DVDs available:

An introductory DVD (12 minutes) which introduces NHCP to those who are new to it.
A longer DVD (30 minutes) suitable for Church, Guild and other meetings.  This is divided into 10 chapters so you can choose as many as you have time for.… Read the rest