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Jasmine Cannon-Ikurusi Wigodo, Conservatives Jasmine Cannon-Ikurusi Wigodo, Conservatives. - Credit: The UK Sapphire Foundation Jasmine Cannon-Ikurusi Wigodo is campaigning on a platform of improved health and wellbeing, opportunities for employment and training in the borough, a reduction of crime rates, and improved road safety awareness. Founder of NGO Sapphire Community Group, which works to help young people with employment support, mental health, personal development and empowerment through the creative arts, the Conservative candidate pledged also to work on homelessness and social housing, pledging to be “a voice for the silent voices in our society.” She said: “I have been on the sidelines for six years trying to make a change through community grassroots work but I believe it is time that I embark on this journey to marry politics and community together. ....
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What can one of the UK’s biggest landowners do to put its resources where its mouth is? Elizabeth Hopkirk reports Some of the biggest barriers to the Church of England using more of its land for genuinely affordable housing could be overcome before the end of this year, the chair of the C of E’s housing commission predicts. Thousands of high-quality homes could be developed as a result, says Charlie Arbuthnot, a specialist in social housing financing who led the archbishops’ Commission on Housing, Church and Community whose report, Coming Home, was launched last month. Individual churches and members of their congregations are engaged in small-scale housing schemes across the country, often for vulnerable communities. But, collectively, the Church of England owns almost 200,000 acres of land in England, more than the Duke of Westminster. What is stopping it putting bricks and mortar where its mouth is? ....
Guli Francis-Dehqani, the Church of England’s new bishop for housing The Church of England has appointed a bishop for housing. Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, the next Bishop of Chelmsford, will sit in the House of Lords and advocate on issues of housing justice. The church’s decision to appoint a bishop for housing comes ahead of next month’s expected publication of the report from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Housing, Church and Community. Her role will include leading the church’s efforts to implement its findings. The commission was set up two years ago by Justin Welby, partly in response to the Grenfell Tower fire that claimed 72 lives. Graham Tomlin, the local bishop of Kensington who sits on the commission, played a key role in bringing the bereaved and survivors to Downing Street after then-prime minister Theresa May was criticised for her failure to engage with the community in the hours after the fire. ....