by Sean Reilly | Mar 7, 2008
A number of Christians from Oldham are joining the national Endurance Challenge, backed by Church Action on Poverty, in which they attempt to live off £6.50 for food and £3.50 for transport for a week – as many asylum seekers do. The gesture is one of...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 6, 2008
National ecumenical poverty charity Church Action on Poverty is urging people to take on the life of someone who has been refused asylum, for a week during Lent. It comes ahead of a statement which will be issued by church Leaders from across West Yorkshire, who will...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 23, 2008
Church agencies in Britain will be combining efforts during Poverty and Homelessness Action Week, from 26 January to 3 February, to highlight both the human face of inequality and the need to make it a public policy priority. The groups involved in a series of...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 5, 2007
A new Government scheme which is being supported by Church Action on Poverty is to allow communities a direct say in how council money is spent. Communities Secretary Hazel Blears announced yesterday that local communities will get the chance to access their own...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 19, 2007
A challenging new programme has been launched to help church congregations engage with poverty and social injustice in Britain. Church Action on Poverty’s ‘Just Church’ initiative is calling Christians to address the gap between the richest and...
