Bank Well Community Gathering
Helping UK churches bank safely and sustainably.
It's been a busy summer in the Bank Well campaign. Alongside the full national launch of our Local Reps programme, our website and our social media, we also ran the Bank Well events and continued pulling together inspiring stories of churches across the UK who are making the switch to an ethical bank!
Join us this autumn for our biannual Community Gathering, hearing updates from the campaign and discovering how you and/or your church can get involved.
With this simple, practical step, we can make a tangible difference on the climate crisis. Save the date. More details to follow.
Bank Well helps UK churches bank safely and sustainably:
Safe for people.
Safe for the planet.
Safe for your church.
Our vision is for a financial culture shift in the UK church: a wave of churches moving away from fossil fuel banks and into climate-friendly options.
Most of the UK's big high-street banks invest heavily in companies that contribute directly to climate change through fossil fuels and other harmful industries. Since 2015, the world's 60 largest banks have provided $6.9 trillion in financing the fossil fuel industry. The UK's 4 largest banks, HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest have all been among the world's biggest financiers of fossil fuels. We think this is a problem.
Switching banks is an incredibly powerful and practical step for your church to enact Christlike compassion for our global neighbours.
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National Gathering 2025
Join us in London for the 2025 National Gathering as we explore how we use our time, vocation and work to pursue justice in the way of Jesus.
We're on a multiyear journey through Just Love's six Justice Practices. This year, we're gathering in London for our National Gathering around the practice Serve Humbly.
All are welcome to the National Gathering 2025 as the Just Love movement gathers to consider how we can live lives of humble service to Jesus and pursue everyday justice together.
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Clean Air Teaching Resource - Open Call
Find out more about the Clean Air Teaching Resource and how you can help
the team at Teach Clean Air roll it out in hospitals & healthcare settings across the UK.
The Clean Air Teaching Resource is up and running! We completed our first pilot session in Oxford last December, with trials planned in Birmingham and Barrow-in-Furness over the months ahead.
Our next Open Call and Campaign Onboarding is taking place this April - you're invited to join us!
Clean Air Teaching Resource
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The Clean Air Teaching Resource is officially up and running! We completed our first pilot session of the Clean Air Teaching Resource in Oxford last December, with upcoming trials also planned in Birmingham and Barrow-in-Furness over the months ahead.
Our next Open Call and Campaign Onboarding opportunity is taking place this Easter - you're invited to join us as we:
Refine the Clean Air Teaching Resource on based on feedback from the pilots
Secure 10-15 hospitals to run the teaching in academic year 2025/2026.
Get our website and socials up and running!
Feedback has been positive so far - healthcare professionals are learning from the session and appear keen to engage in other air pollution campaigning activities. We'd love you to join us as we take the next step and scale up this project.
The Clean Air Teaching Resource is a project of the Just Love Network.
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Bank Well Vision Day
Find out more about the Bank Well movement and how you can help shift the banking culture of the UK church.
A rapid shift away from fossil fuels is required, but governments, banks, and oil giants are not reacting.
Many banks profit from investments in the global arms trade and fossil fuel expansion. In the 7 years since the Paris Agreement, the world's 60 biggest banks have put £4.5 trillion into the fossil fuel industry.
Often without even realising, most UK churches have an account with one of these banks.
We want to change that story. Click here to find out more, or read this recent story of a church that chose to switch to an ethical bank.
Bank Well is a project powered by the Just Love Network and the Just Money Movement.
Bank Well Vision Day (Spring 2025)
oin us for an afternoon in Ladbroke Grove to hear more about where the campaign has progressed to, and how you can use your skills to make a difference!
TFor over a year a brilliant and committed team of Bank Well volunteers have been learning and testing all they can to help you speak to your church about its banking arrangements. We particularly want to see 100 high-wealth, high-influence churches shift to greener banks, not only to move large amounts of money, but to use their position as network and denominational leaders to help our movement snowball.
Bank Well will publicly launch in May 2025, at which point you can sign up as a Local Rep on behalf of your church. Ahead of that, we’re looking for more people to join our Campaign Team for one last push to help us get ready. You don’t need any particular expertise or training, just willingness to give some time. Specifically, we need people to:
Join our comms team to promote the campaign
Plan and implement an impactful campaign launch
Contact our target churches and Just Love Network members who attend them
Prepare to become a Local Rep support caseworker
Build our database and resources to track and support Local Reps and their churches
Generalist volunteers are also very welcome!
Join our growing team working up and down the country to bring about a lasting shift in the banking practices of the UK church.
What to expect
This will be a super-interactive, relaxed and informal afternoon with the Bank Well team. We'll work together on project areas like:
Refining our focus list of high-wealth, high-influence churches around the UK, where we believe change is tractable and possible.
Maximising the reach and impact of our launch and social media rollout.
Mobilising hundreds of Local Reps up and down the UK to make Bank Well happen in their churches!
We’ll leave plenty of space to pray together, meet new people and catch up!
Lunch will be provided, and feel free to join us for dinner at a nearby Lebanese restaurant after the event.
Please sign up below to let us know you're coming, and so that we can send you the address.
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Worship x Justice Night: Glasgow
Worship, justice, and community with the Just Love Network and friends
Worship x Justice Night: Aberdeen
Worship, justice, and community with the Just Love Network and friends
Worship x Justice Night: London
Worship, justice, and community with the Just Love Network and friends
Worship x Justice Night: Oxford
Worship, justice, and community with the Just Love Network and friends
Worship x Justice Night: Birmingham
Worship, justice, and community with the Just Love Network and friends
Worship x Justice Night: Manchester
Worship, justice, and community with the Just Love Network and friends
Worship x Justice Night: Durham
Worship, justice, and community with the Just Love Network and friends
Bank Well - Open Call
Find out more about the Bank Well movement and how you can help shift church banking culture in the UK.
As we approach our full national launch this summer, the Bank Well team have been busy behind the scenes, researching and preparing for a mass-movement of church bank-switches across the UK.
We're now looking for help as we take the next step. We’re particularly looking for anyone interested in being Local Rep supporters, Content creators, and Comms & PR Officers, but all are welcome to join the team!
Sign up below to to find out more at our call!
About Bank Well
A rapid shift away from fossil fuels is required, but governments, banks, and oil giants are not reacting.
Many banks profit from investments in the global arms trade and fossil fuel expansion. In the 7 years since the Paris Agreement, the world's 60 biggest banks have put £4.5 trillion into the fossil fuel industry.
We want to change that story. Click here to find out more, or read this recent story of a church that chose to switch to an ethical bank.
Bank Well is a project powered by the Just Love Network and the Just Money Movement.
Find out more about the Just Love Network.
London Hub: Staying Radical
Staying radical & going deeper - an interview with Anna Vernon.
Oxford Hub: Micah and Katie
Games, chats and a chance to hear more about the Jungle's community work in Cowley.
Edinburgh Christmas Social
Hang out, grab a drink, and connect with others around pursuing justice in the way of Jesus.
Glasgow Christmas Social
Hang out, grab a drink, and connect with others around pursuing justice in the way of Jesus.
London Hub - Cross-Cultural Refugee Ministry with Tommy and Poppy
An evening of conversation, prayer, and worship on how we shape effective, sustainable, and culturally sensitive refugee action via the local church
Oxford Hub - Justice Practices Workshop
Explore the thinking behind the Six Justice Practices that we gather around as the Just Love Network, and what they could look like for you.
West Midlands Hub - Justice Practices Workshop
Explore the thinking behind the Six Justice Practices that we gather around as the Just Love Network, and what they could look like for you.
Politics Sphere: Monthly Social + Drinks
Monthly social for members of the Just Love Politics Sphere
Bank Well - Join the Campaign!
An informal induction call to learn more about joining in with Bank Well, a campaign equipping the Church to care for people and planet.
Bank Well is a Just Love Network Campaign aiming to see major churches across the UK switch to ethical bank accounts.
Drop in to on Zoom to meet the Bank Well campaign team and find out more about how you could get involved. No commitment is required at this stage - it’s a very informal session to ask the questions you have and learn more!
Sign up and get in touch below!
Bank Well is a Just Love Network Campaign aiming to see major churches across the UK switch to ethical bank accounts. We want to inspire and equip the Church to care for people and planet as they steward their money!
Find out more here.
Find out more about the Just Love Network.
Bank Well - Join the Campaign!
An informal induction call to learn more about joining in with Bank Well, a campaign equipping the Church to care for people and planet.
Bank Well is a Just Love Network Campaign aiming to see major churches across the UK switch to ethical bank accounts.
Drop in to on Zoom to meet the Bank Well campaign team and find out more about how you could get involved. No commitment is required at this stage - it’s a very informal session to ask the questions you have and learn more!
Sign up and get in touch below!
Bank Well is a Just Love Network Campaign aiming to see major churches across the UK switch to ethical bank accounts. We want to inspire and equip the Church to care for people and planet as they steward their money!
Find out more here.
Find out more about the Just Love Network.
Clean Air Campaign Call
Hear about the Clean Air Campaign planned by the Just Love Healthcare Sphere, and find out how you can help make this project a reality.
Help to see every junior doctor educated on the health impacts of air pollution and empowered to discuss the subject with patients.
The Clean Air Campaign is a project from the Just Love Healthcare Sphere - but all are welcome to join in and help us shape it.
Key Information
The Healthcare Sphere Clean Air Campaign is well under way, and we’re excited to tell you all about it! Our goal is to see every junior doctor educated on the health impacts of air pollution and empowered to discuss the subject with patients. So far, we have developed a teaching session aimed at junior doctors, complete with session handbook and Clean Air Champion badges, and have our first pilot coming up in December.
We are now moving into the next phase of the project and are looking for new team members to join us. We need your help to finalise the resource, build a hub of clean air resources, liaise with hospitals, pilot the teaching and more! We’d love for you to come and join us.
If you’re interested to hear about what we’ve done so far, where we’re going and how you can get involved, join the campaign call at 7.30pm on 17th October - we look forward to seeing you there.