Category: Opinion and insight

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New: The Autumn 2025 Spark newsletter

Click on the cover image to download the latest issue of our SPARK newsletter, full of stories, ideas and reflections. Download newsletter News Urgent: Ask your church to display this poster on Sunday Churchgoers are urged to speak up against

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The amazing 11-year-olds uniting a community through food

This inspiring story tells of five 11-year-olds, who have become the youngest people in the UK to launch a Pantry. Makayla, Ahmad, Retaj, Ayman and Mustafa created the Pantry at Marlborough Community Hub, a community building in the grounds of

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Church Action on Poverty Sheffield: 2025 pilgrimage

16th annual pilgrimage Saturday 11 October, 2025 Hear about local issues and responses, as we walk and pray together Gather: 9am, St Cuthbert’s Church, Barnsley Road, Sheffield (opposite the Northern General Hospital) for a 9:30am start. Visit: St Cuthbert’s Church,

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Empty Plate Project lets local people be heard

Art can be a brilliant way to engage people in social justice issues – as we see here once again The Empty Plate Project in Wolverhampton is one of the fantastic art activities that was supported by Let’s End Poverty.