At the beginning of October, the Government plans to cut Universal Credit by £20 a week, reducing the already precarious incomes of families across the UK. Church Action on Poverty and Christians Against Poverty invite church leaders to sign our
It’s not enough to hand out food, if the broken systems are allowed to continue. Two people who know that well are Mary Passeri and Sydnie Corley, co-chairs of York Food Justice Alliance and tenacious campaigners against the causes of
Jayne and Shaun have worked with Church Action on Poverty on Poverty Truth Commissions, Self-Reliant Groups, and creative workshops. Watch their story below. https://youtu.be/U_jX0P8mkW4 Find out more about the projects Jayne and Shaun have been part of below: Poverty Truth
We are pleased to share with you the Anti-Poverty Charter developed by our partners at the ‘Life on the Breadline’ research programme. Please read, share and sign!
At Newquay Community Orchard, local people are growing and learning together You can’t rush things when you’re growing your own food. It takes time and patience, but the results can be joyful. That’s plain to see – whether you have
Monica Gregory, who works with homeless people in Oxford, has been speaking out as part of our Food Power programme. We talked to her about the importance of dignity, agency and power. https://youtu.be/mImL8x9zbAY Monica works with Good Food Oxford, one
Our partners at the ‘Life on the Breadline’ research programme have announced two new briefings for policy-makers, looking at how they can work together with churches to tackle poverty.
Dr Stephanie Denning looks back at what our partners at the ‘Life on the Breadline’ research programme learned over the last three years. How have Christians responded to poverty during austerity?
Read our report – hear people’s experiences of food vulnerability during the pandemic Five overarching lessons from this project Hear directly from those who know. Food security is a fundamental right. We need to redesign welfare so it offers sufficient
