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Food, friends & a future: SRGs are a recipe for success

Food and cookery bring us together. and unleash our potential – just like SRGs. Julia Turshen, the American author and food equity advocate, describes cooking as a “constant reminder of transformation and possibility”.  In her book, Feed The Resistance, she writes: “Cooking

#ChallengePoverty Week Book Launch

Heaton Moor United Church and Heald Green URC church-led event featured the book “Dignity, Agency, Power!” The book “Dignity, Agency, Power!” is a collaboration between Church Action on Poverty and Wild Goose Publications. At Heaton Moor on 19th October, the evening

Speaking Truth to Power in Pantries

As we launch our new ‘Speaking Truth to Power’ programme, programme coordinator Anna Hamill reflects on her fist visits to some of our partners.​

Catholic Social Teaching and human dignity

Watch a talk given by theologian Anna Rowlands at the 2022 AGM of our North East group https://youtu.be/HS7Y2ErFRJU This talk was recorded on 20 October 2022. Find out more about Church Action on Poverty North East Be part of a

How to unlock poverty for families like Carlie’s

Carlie tells of her experience of poverty, and the systems that do (or don’t) support families with additional needs What does poverty look like today? What is at stake when the Government talks of cutting benefits? What needs to change

SPARK newsletter autumn 2022

Click on the right to download the autumn 2022 issue of SPARK, our newsletter for supporters of Church Action on Poverty. Download newsletter