The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights is visiting the UK in November 2018. Church Action on Poverty is doing what we can to ensure that during his visit, he hears the stories of the real experts – people with lived experience of poverty.
Read more “Extreme poverty and human rights”
Church Action on Poverty joined with several churches recently to make a submission to an MPs’ inquiry into benefit sanctions. Lucy Zwolinska of the Joint Public Issues Team explains what we’re asking for.
Read more ““Constant suspicion and scrutiny.” Time to rethink benefit sanctions”
Our Communications Manager Liam Purcell reflects on news that the government plans to make businesses publish the gap between the pay of their chief executive and an average worker.
Read more “The rich CEO and Lazarus”
Some inspiring thinkers have been helping us to develop our vision of how churches could engage better with poor communities. Communications Manager Liam Purcell shares what we learned.
Read more “What does a ‘church of the poor’ look like?”
In a guest blog first published by the William Temple Foundation, Greg Smith reflects on work at the sharp end of austerity Britain, and theological approaches to change.
Read more “Universal Credit – universal chaos?”
Director Niall Cooper shares an Easter message from all of us at Church Action on Poverty.
Read more “Poverty and the Passion”
The Right Revd Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester, wrote this blog for End Hunger UK.
Read more “Celebrate what food banks do – but demand action from government on hunger”
Our Director Niall Cooper sees little Christmas cheer in two recent pieces of poverty news.
Read more “No Advent cheer for modern-day Cratchits”
Lynne Cullen, a working-class single mother and Anglican priest, attended our National Poverty Consultation in Manchester on 2-3 November. Here are her reflections on the event.
Read more “A Poor Church that is good news to the poor?”
A Church for the Poor, a new book from Jubilee Plus, explores the same questions as Church Action on Poverty’s ‘Church of the Poor?’ project. In this guest post, Greg Smith, Development Worker for Together Lancashire, reviews the book.
Read more “‘For’ the poor or ‘of’ the poor?”
