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Chancellor challenged to #BurytheDebt for grieving families

The Fair Funerals campaign has launched a new call to tackle funeral poverty. Campaigns manager Heather Kennedy explains how you can help.
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To be a pilgrim

Our local group in Sheffield held their annual Pilgrimage event on 21 October 2017. Nick Waterfield, chair of the group, shares his reflections.

Tackling poverty in Salford: An inspirational story

This is how a new approach to tackling poverty is succeeding in Salford
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Budget 2017: 3 policies that would help those most in need

15 charities have worked together to propose three policies for the budget on November 22, to help provide greater financial security for all.

Universal Credit: I became homeless and depressed

One Universal Credit recipient tells how the new system led to homelessness. Read more “Universal Credit: I became homeless and depressed”

Universal Credit: Media update

Poverty concerns and budget proposals by Church Action on Poverty and other charities have been reported in the Sunday Times. Read more “Universal Credit: Media update”

Poverty, privilege and pilgrimage

Adam Spiers, a student at Durham University, is currently a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago – and he has chosen to use his pilgrimage to raise funds for Church Action on Poverty. We invited him to tell us why.
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