Work has been going on to create the network of support for chaplains and spiritual care teams in Further Education Colleges which was envisaged at the Conference held in Reid Kerr College in October 2010.

A second Conference, which discussed “Putting the Learner at the Centre”, was held in West Lothian College in December 2011 and now a third Conference is being planned. This is to be held in City of Glasgow College on June 18th and will have as its theme “ Developing Spiritual Care in F.E. Colleges”.

A draft paper with the working title “Guidance on Setting up a Chaplaincy/Spiritual Care Team” will be presented by the Planning Group to the Conference for comment and discussion.

Publicity material for the Conference should be in Colleges shortly after the Easter break. The Conference is being hosted by the City of Glasgow College and, thanks to the College’s generous offer to do this, those who wish to attend will not have to pay a Conference fee.

The Planning Group has also received an offer from Scotland’s Colleges to assist in setting up a web site on which exemplars of material used by Teams will be able to be displayed and through which discussions between Teams will be enabled. The site should be on line after Easter.

Until the new site is available ACTS has agreed to feature on its site the first material to be shared by the existing teams in West Lothian and Reid Kerr Colleges. The material can be found by following the links.