Over 450 Church leaders and Christian environmental campaigners have signed an open letter to UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, and Secretary of State, Michael Gove, calling for a rethink on the approval of a new coal mine in Cumbria. The letter, coordinated by Young Christian Climate Network and supported by Operation Noah and Christian Aid, […]
Christian Aid
Christian Aid is a Christian organisation that insists the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty.
Working globally for profound change that eradicates the causes of poverty, striving to achieve equality, dignity and freedom for all, regardless of faith or nationality. They are part of a wider movement for social justice.
Christian Aid provides urgent, practical and effective assistance where need is great, tackling the effects of poverty as well as its root causes.
Christian Aid’s work is founded on Christian faith, inspired by hope and acts to change an unjust world through charity – a practical love and care for our neighbours.
Christian Aid works as an agency for Christian churches in Britain and Ireland.
Christian Aid Week 15-21 May 2022
This year’s theme is based around helping to turn hunger into hope. As our planet is changing, some people are feeling the effects more than others. Weather extremes are now more frequent and more intense, and the world is facing a climate crisis. For the first time in a generation, global poverty is rising. Coronavirus, […]
Webinar: Loss and Damage
21 April 2022, 7.30-9pm. In the run up to Stephen Lawrence Day in Britain, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) and Christian Aid will be hosting a webinar focusing on ‘Loss and Damage’, exploring our world, in which damage and degradation have been caused to our environment, blighting lives and livelihoods. Moreover, the COVID-19 […]
Webinar: countering a climate of loss and damage
** POSTPONED ** (originally 10 February 2022, 7.30-9pm). We apologise but this webinar has been postponed. Please check back for a new date. Join us for an evening of stimulating conversation, exploring the issue of racial justice within the context of loss and damage. Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) and Christian Aid […]
Season of Creation / Creation Time 2021
Resources are available to observe the Season of Creation / Creation Time 2021 from 1 September – 4 October.
Panel discussion: a new social contact
28 June 2021, 3 – 4:30pm online. Loss and Damage “What we owe each other?” We need a new and ambitious social contract for people and the planet to deliver a prosperous future for all. The Covid pandemic has shown us what happens when our leaders fail to act in a timely fashion. Building on […]
Churches respond to violence in Israel and Palestine
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) has joined Church leaders in Jerusalem, together with the Church of Scotland, Methodist Church, Quakers in Britain, the World Council of Churches (WCC), Christian Aid and CAFOD, in expressing great concern at the violence in Israel and Palestine. Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) Statement on the […]
Christian Aid 75th anniversary service
Watch again: This service was originally livestreamed on Sunday 9 May 2021. It was co-hosted by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and Christian Aid. In times of extreme challenge, community is born when we stand together. This was an opportunity to join together in prayer and worship. About the event Christian Aid began in […]
Christian Aid Week 10 – 16 May 2021
This year’s Christian Aid Week focuses on the climate crisis. This hurts us all, but people living in poverty fight the worst of it every day – from drought to flooding, climate change robs people of control over their lives. There are many ways to take part including hosting a virtual event, taking the 300,000 […]
Religious leaders call for vaccine equality
World religious leaders are calling for massive increases in the production of Covid vaccines and an end to vaccine nationalism. They are asking for the steps to be taken that are necessary to produce and distribute enough Covid vaccine for the entire global population, while urging leaders around the world to reject greed and vaccine […]
