church action on poverty

February 18, 2020

Churches urged to speak truth to power on crisis of deepening poverty

Open letter calls on Churches not just to alleviate the symptoms of poverty, but to call out the root causes, systems and structures which ensnare so many in poverty today.
January 21, 2020

Smethwick gets its first Your Local Pantry to help tackle food poverty

Smethwick Church Action Network (CAN) has set up the Smethwick pantry, to be run and used by local people, at Smethwick Library. The project is the latest in the growing Your Local Pantry network nationally, and the third in the Midlands.
February 8, 2018

Charity calls on media to listen to voices of people in poverty

Church Action on Poverty Sunday is on 11 February. The charity is calling on media outlets to make their coverage of poverty issues more accurate and sensitive.
January 24, 2018

Christian charity and academic set out plan for government to tackle UK hunger

New report says that when it comes to tackling rising levels of hunger and food poverty in the UK, there is a policy vacuum at the heart of government.
December 16, 2017

Social franchise to help reduce food bills

Church Action on Poverty and partners have launched Your Local Pantry as a social franchise, to enable more communities to reduce their food bills.
September 5, 2017

Churches join call to end 'holiday hunger'

Church leaders and senior clergy have joined the campaign to stop millions of children going hungry during the school holidays.
August 23, 2017

People in poverty challenge journalists to improve their reporting

People with first-hand experience of poverty have produced a powerful new film, challenging journalists to improve the way they report on the issue.
June 16, 2017

UK children face some of the worst food insecurity in Europe, says UNICEF

Campaigners call for action as the extent of UK food insecurity and hunger is revealed.
May 3, 2017

Centre for Theology and Justice to be launched
- A new Centre aims to help Christians explore questions about justice, and how they understand and live out their faith in today’s world.
January 31, 2017

Build a 'poor Church for the poor' says Church Action on Poverty

If churches are to be communities that put the poorest first, how must they change? What must they let go of? What sacrifices are they called to make? How are they to allow God to transform them into what Pope Francis has called a "poor Church for the poor"?