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The Make the Cross Count web site also includes information on key policy issues from a Christian perspective, including suggested questions for candidates, to help people prepare for hustings.
Dan Boucher, CARE’s director of parliamentary affairs said of the site, which addresses subjects as diverse as human trafficking and euthanasia, child poverty and religious liberty:
‘We really hope that Make the Cross Count empowers Christians to make the most of their hustings and to ask challenging questions, putting Christian concerns and priorities right at the heart of this election.’
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Contact Dan Boucher for more information: 020 72274738, 07730922451
Notes to editors
1. CARE’s election website, Make the Cross Count, can be viewed at www.makethecrosscount2010.net
2. Details of hustings are listed on the website. http://www.makethecrosscount2010.net/hustings
3. This year, in the run up to the election, CARE had a special focus on encouraging its supporters to organise hustings and register them on Make the Cross Count 2010. As part of this initiative CARE produced a guide for churches to help them organise their hustings. http://www.makethecrosscount2010.net/sites/makethecrosscount2010.net/files/downloads/Hustings_Guide_2010.pdf
4. The CARE site does not pretend to represent all Church hustings only those who have registered on Make the Cross Count. The full number of Church hustings is likely to be considerably more than 220.
5. CARE is a well-established mainstream Christian charity providing resources and helping to bring Christian insight and experience to matters of public policy and practical caring initiatives. CARE is represented in the UK Parliaments and Assemblies, at the EU in Brussels and the UN in Geneva and New York. CARE is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales at 53 Romney Street, London, SW1P 3RF, Company No: 3481417, Charity No: 1066963, Scottish Charity No: SC038911
