Next week thousands of people across the UK will be taking part in the Live Below the Line campaign, spending just £1 a day for five days on all their food and drink.

Britain’s longest running door-to-door fundraising week, organised by Christian Aid, will this year receive a substantial boost in income from the Government’s UK Aid Match scheme.

Leading vocalist Jocelyn Brown will join Christian Aid supporters to reflect, sing and celebrate at Change The World, a special Pentecost thanksgiving event.

Christian Aid has backed continuing UK aid to India as an important intervention aimed at helping people living in abject poverty.