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  • 16 Aug 2011
    Tackling daily fear and exclusion

    If we can take anything positive from the days of destruction and division in England recently, says Chris Bain, perhaps it should be a dedication to tackle fear and exclusion wherever it exists around the world, and to stand by the women and children in the poorest countries who currently stand afraid on their own.

  • 8 Jun 2011
    Stand up for the poorest by sitting down with your MP

    By the time you read this I imagine I will be in amongst the throng of more than 1,200 people travelling to Westminster to lobby their local MPs on making life better for the poorest in the world.

  • 1 Jun 2011
    Poverty Truth Commission challenges 'template mentality', says church leader

    Dr Alison Elliot, who was the first woman to be a moderator of the Church of Scotland, has given a ringing endorsement to the Poverty Truth Commission.

  • 31 May 2011
    Putting poverty in the spotlight

    BBC One is hosting a live debate tonight about poverty and other social issues arising from its lively 'observational documentary' series, The Scheme, which looks at "the dramatic and often emotional highs and lows of daily life for six families living in a large housing scheme in Kilmarnock."

  • 27 May 2011
    Mexican Pentecostal churches offer a way out of poverty, says researcher

    Pentecostal churches have historically provided a way out of poverty, allowing people to recover self-esteem within their culture, says a researcher.

  • 13 May 2011
    Conversation for a change

    I’ve overheard some interesting conversations this week while travelling on public transport. As any Londoner knows, the unwritten rule is that you can be chatty on the buses, but it’s really not done to talk too much on the Tube. So I’ll start with a beautiful conversation from a ride on that previously mentioned (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/14356) rammed bus to Deptford Bridge.

  • 28 Apr 2011
    Sheffield charity stunned by six-figure TV donation

    Rainbow’s End has received a huge donation from a TV volunteer. There is real gratitude, but 'secret millionaires' aren't the answer to poverty, say campaigners.

  • 24 Apr 2011
    Christian opposition grows to US budget cuts that hit the poor

    A diverse US coalition of Christian leaders will next week announce a new coalition to fight cuts to anti-poverty programmes.

  • 21 Apr 2011
    Our governing instincts need a dose of ground-up reality

    For the past two years, writes Ron Ferguson in his Herald newspaper comment column, disadvantaged people from Glasgow have been telling the Poverty Truth Commission what it’s like to be poor in a land of plenty.

  • 20 Apr 2011
    We need a new approach to poverty

    If Chancellor George Osborne wants to explore his assertion that "we are all in this together", he could have done no better than attend the closing session of Scotland's Poverty Truth Commission at 2pm on Saturday 16 April in Glasgow City Chambers. He was invited. But sadly he was not there.