Join churches across the UK to hold a special service on 19 February 2023.
Church Action on Poverty
Church Action on Poverty is a national ecumenical Christian social justice charity, committed to tackling poverty in the UK. It works in partnership with churches and people in poverty to find solutions to poverty, locally, nationally and globally. It is a Body in Association with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI).
Church Action on Poverty Sunday
27 February 2022. Church Action on Poverty is looking for churches to Give, Act and Pray as part of the movement to unlock UK poverty. It hopes that at least 150 churches across the UK will hold a special service or take a collection on Church Action on Poverty Sunday. This year’s theme is Dignity, […]
Challenge Poverty Week: 11-17 Oct 2021
Organised by Church Action on Poverty, this is ‘an opportunity for us all to say what needs to change after Covid to enable our own communities to thrive’. It’s also a chance for voices that are too often ignored to be heard and a ‘chance to show that it is possible to build a better, […]
Church leaders’ oppose Universal Credit cut
Church leaders, with the support of two anti-poverty charities, are calling for the plans to cut Universal Credit by £20 a week from next month, which will impact millions of households, to be stopped. Over 1,100 church leaders have signed a letter to Boris Johnson urging the UK government to ‘choose to build a just […]
Webinar: Reset the Debt
Watch again: To mark Challenge Poverty Week England & Wales, this webinar lets you: Hear from experts by experience and policy experts about the need for a solution to the household debt crisis brought on by Covid-19. Explore why the Biblical principle of Jubilee can be the Church’s distinctive contribution to the debate. Get equipped […]
Transforming Poverty course
This new six part course from Church Action on Poverty aims to bring Christians together to talk, think and pray about the struggles that local people may have because of having little money. It looks at how the Bible and faith in Jesus guides us to respond to these issues. The course uses Ken Loach’s […]
Life on the Breadline
How has austerity affected Christian engagement with poverty and what are the theological motivations which underpin it? Church Action on Poverty is partnering with universities in a major new three year research project to explore this question. The organisation says it is the first evidence-led academic theological analysis of the impact that austerity has had […]
Dangerous Stories – scripture from the margins
Church Action on Poverty has produced a series of five Bible studies challenging us to get alongside people who are on the margins of our own society – and to speak out for justice. The studies can be used for personal reflection and study, or in a house group or Bible study group. Church Action […]
Church Action on Poverty annual conference
This year’s theme is Different Light – tackling the root causes of UK poverty requires us to explore new perspectives: on poverty and exclusion; on our faith and scripture; and on how our churches work in our poorest communities. Join Church Action on Poverty in Manchester to: Explore how Church Action on Poverty’s work transforms […]
Church Action on Poverty Sunday 2018
Churches are invited to hold a collection or soup lunch and use the worship materials, available to download, to reflect and pray for change on Church Action on Poverty Sunday, 11 February 2018. The day highlights Church Action on Poverty’s work aimed at listening to voices from the margins and making them heard, so that things can […]
