Conference 2023 - recordings

The talks and seminars from the CMA Envision Conference held on October 13th and 14th 2023 have been recorded and are available for CMA affiliated centres in the Centre Resources section of the CMA website under 'Conference Recordings'.

 

Conference 2024

Once a year in Shrewsbury, the home of CMA's Head Office, CMA centres come together for our ‘Envision’ conference.  This is an opportunity to learn, network, celebrate and eat together as well as being a time of encouragement, fresh envisioning and equipping for the year ahead.

Our 2024 CMA Envision Conference will be held on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th October 2024. There will be an informative agenda and the conference will also include plenty of social time and a large range of sector-relevant 3rd party exhibition stands.

This year we are pleased to offer the option to join the conference online - live streamed via Zoom.

For further details and how to book, please see our Conference 2024 page below:

Conference 2024

 

Previous conferences

2003     Shrewsbury: Martin Charlesworth & Heather Keates: On a journey together. Seminars were held by FIAC & also the Money Advice Trust 

2004     Hammersmith: Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach & Malcolm Duncan: Stories of Hope for the nation

2005     Milton Keynes: Keith Tondeur & Nigel Ring: Refined by Fire 

2006     Peterborough: Malcolm Duncan: Running the race, the call for Churches to play an active part in transforming our communities

2007     Congleton: Matt Barlow: Stepping out of the boat. Challenging us to be prepared to step out in faith and believe in the promises we have been given

2008     Sidcup: David Holden. First Friday evening and all day Saturday conference. Isaiah 61 Proclaiming the year of the Lord’s Favour

2009     Milton Keynes: Stephen Timms M.P. (Chief Secretary to the Treasury): Bravely took questions from the floor after his talk. Martin Charlesworth: Growth and professional approach whilst remembering why we do what we do. Catered lunch on Saturday for the first time

2010     Liverpool: Keith Tondeur:  Society thinks so much about things that it fails to think about God and people

2011     HTB, London: Heather Keates: CMA story and Be Prepared Martin Charlesworth: Churches response to social action. Celebrating 10 years of CMA as a charity. Introduction of Friday afternoon sessions along with a celebration meal Friday evening

2012     Nottingham: Linbert Spencer, Salvation Army: Engaging with multi-cultural communities

2013     Shrewsbury: Mike Royal: Enlarging our tents and Colin Smith, DWP: talking about sector changes

2014     Shrewsbury: Colin Trend: Debt & Mental Health Brother Robert: Poverty, debt & economics

2015     Durham: Bishop of Durham: Telling the Story Andrew Orton: Money Talks

2016     Shrewsbury: Robin Millar: Action out of values Laurence Singlehurst: Making a difference where we are. Satori fundraising gig held after the Friday evening meal

2017     Alfreton: Dave Coates-Smith: Stories of Hope

2018     Shrewsbury: Margaret Sentamu: A God of Plenty in the Age of Scarcity

2019     Shrewsbury: Jasmine Birtles: Good is real

2021     Zoom: Natalie Williams and Mark Kitson

2022    Shrewsbury: Richard Payne: Running a CMA Centre. Celebrating 25 years of CMA

2023    Shrewsbury: Anna Brading: Crisis Moments