Feeding back from the conference which took place in October 2017, this report explores how faith communities in post-industrial towns across Scotland are helping to build a Good Society through social action to tackle the effects of poverty. It includes details of two contrasting projects in the post-industrial towns of Arbroath and Port Glasgow, and […]
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 annual conference
Church Action on Poverty’s annual conference on 18 November 2017, in Sheffield, provides the opportunity to hear how churches are listening to people in poverty and share ideas for how we can stand alongside those on the margins. The ‘Church of the Poor’ project explores how we can build what Pope Francis has called ‘a […]
End Hunger UK conference 17 Oct 2017
Learn about plans for the End Hunger UK campaign in 2018 and how it plans to build cross-party support in Parliament for ending hunger in the UK. The conference will feature high-profile speakers, policy discussion and workshops to provide the skills needed to help build powerful local movements for food justice. Topics Who is responsible […]
Stories from the Edge conference – 12 Oct 2017
Faith communities in post-industrial towns across Scotland are delivering social action to tackle the effects of poverty and to try to create a Good Society. Many of these projects are dealing with ever-growing need and are stretched thin. Everyone is aware of the effects of poverty in big cities, but less attention is paid to […]
Email your MP to support Holiday Food Provision Bill
Campaign group End Hunger in the UK, which includes Church Action on Poverty, is encouraging supporters to email their MP to support the Holiday Food Provision Bill which is being presented to the Houses of Parliament on 5 September 2017. Over 100 MPs have already declared their support, but more are needed. While many children from low-income […]
Centre for Theology and Justice launched
The Centre for Theology and Justice was launched at Luther King House in Manchester on 10 May 2017. It is the culmination of various collaborations between Christian Aid, Church Action on Poverty, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and Luther King House, and aims to be ‘a space and an opportunity for sharing reflections, resources […]
Church Action on Poverty Sunday 2017
This year’s Church Action on Poverty Sunday will be on 26 February in 2017. This corresponds with ‘Transfiguration Sunday’ in many churches marking the Transfiguration of Jesus. On Church Action on Poverty Sunday 2017, you are invited to help transform and transfigure the Church. Pope Francis and other church leaders have called on Christians to […]
11 charities aim to end hunger in UK
Eleven of the UK’s charities working with people affected by hunger have combined forces, for the first time, to launch a campaign that aims to end hunger in the UK. Charities include the Christian organisations Church Action on Poverty and the Trussell Trust. The campaign is calling for ‘an urgent, national conversation about what needs […]
Church of the Poor? Conference 19 Nov 2016
What does Pope Francis’s challenge to be a ‘church of the poor’ actually mean? This is the theme of Church Action on Poverty’s annual conference from 10am to 4pm on Sat 19 November 2016 at Cross Street Chapel, Manchester. The conference will address: What is our shared vision of a Good Society? How does a […]
Church of the poor: a call to action for churches in the UK
Church Action on Poverty is responding to Pope Francis’ challenge to be ‘a poor Church, for the poor’. As part of its new Church of the poor programme, it has produced a report Church of the poor: a call to action for churches in the UK, which includes responses to Pope Francis’ challenge from thinkers […]
