Anne Thomas

• Human Trafficking 'Unacceptable', Says UK Confectionary Association

  The Biscuit Cake Chocolate & Confectionary Association (BCCCA), which represents the cocoa and chocolate industry in the UK, recently responded to human trafficking- particularly regarding children who labour in cocoa farms.

• Top Insurer to Host 'Church Poster of the Year' Competition

  One of UK's most respected insurers of homes and churches is launching a competition to find the nation's best slogan, hoping to revive an often-overlooked form of church art and creativity

• Tearfund Responds to UK Climate Change Bill

  Christian relief and development agency Tearfund has welcomed the first draft of the climate change bill, saying it is a 'significant step forward for the UK'.

• Kirk Franklin Grabs Soul Train Music Award

  Legendary gospel artist Kirk Franklin recently took home a Soul Train Music Award for the Best Gospel Album category for Songs for the Storm, Volume 1.

• Today's Churches Too Old Fashioned for 21st Century Audience, says Author

  Churches are using the advertising methods of the 1950s to try to reach a 21st century audience, says the British author of a new book, How To Be Heard In A Noisy World: Church Publicity Made Easy.

• GMA Offers Specially Designed Programming for Urban Music

  The Gospel Music Association (GMA) will offer programming specifically for artists and industry professionals with black gospel and urban music affiliations at GMA Music Week 2007, to be held in Nashville from 21-25 April, 2007

• Artists Raise Their Voices to Abolish Modern Day Slavery

  The Music Inspired By The Motion Picture Amazing Grace soundtrack, which released in January, is being used as a vehicle through which top artists can raise their voice in a social justice campaign to abolish modern day slavery.

• Teenagers Being Sought for Sex and Relationship Education Programme

  New teenagers are being sought to take part in the "Romance Academy" in Norwich, a sex and relationship education programme for teens, following a graduation ceremony for teenagers who took part in the programme and stayed celibate for 15 weeks.

• World Vision to Equip Rwandan Staff for Future Charitable Activities

  International Christian relief agency, World Vision, has recently started a series of courses for its Rwandan staff, aimed at equipping them with skills that will enable them to carry on with its charitable activities in future.

• First Gospel Radio Reaches Central African Republic

  The world's first missionary broadcasting ministry, HCJB Global, recently helped an up-and-coming independent Christian radio station to start broadcasting the Gospel throughout Boali, Central African Republic, for the first time in the country's history.

• Dads Should Laugh More with Kids, Charity Suggests

  Care for the Family will open an event for dads in the south east, telling them that they need to laugh with their kids more often. The charity's A Rough Guide for Dads' Richard Hardy believes that having fun with your kids is one of the most important things you can do as a dad.

• EU Faces Defining Moment in Climate Change Strategy

  The EU Commission President recently said that the next few days could be a "defining moment for the EU", as its leaders consider tough new emissions targets.