The Government’s own statistics show that disabled people are already three times as likely to be living in food insecurity Church Action on Poverty briefing 9 April 2025 Newly published Government data has shown the severe scale of poverty and
What are the challenges and opportunities in your neighbourhood? And where does your church fit in? Those are two of the questions that people at the Dandelion Community church have been pondering and acting on in recent weeks, as they
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Churchgoers are urged to speak up against the Government’s harmful and immoral cuts to vital lifelines. Please, join the calls. The Government is proposing to dismantle vital parts of Britain’s social security system, but there has already been a big
The town of Reading, in Berkshire, has revolutionised its community food work in the past two years. Faith Christian Group has opened eight Your Local Pantries with nearby churches, and plans to open two more – with the aim of ensuring
Labour said they would put disabled people at the heart of everything they do. But instead they have shoved us to the very edges. The proposed cuts to Britain’s social security system are immoral, are deeply harmful to some of
Revd Amanda Mallen reflects on the impact Church Action on Poverty Sunday made in her community. During the week following Church Action on Poverty Sunday on 2 March 2025, I held three informal worship workshops. The aim was to help
Our communities are awash with talent – but Churches need to offer new routes to ministry. Father Alex Frost calls for bold thinking from national leaders. I have never received a standing ovation before and nor did I expect one
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