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Listen up to level up: why we must rebuild together

Tracey Herrington from Poverty2Solutions says why campaigners are heading to Conservative Party Conference this week It has now been 18 months since the country first went into lockdown. As we begin, slowly and hopefully to move out of the pandemic,

Growing crops & community amid the pandemic

In north Sheffield, dignity, agency and power are coming to the fore through food For 11 years, the Parson Cross Initiative has played an important role in its community, coordinating various activities and support. For many years, it ran a

“All it needs is people willing to listen”

Stef Benstead looks back on her experiences as part of the first Manchester Poverty Truth Commission. Read the Poverty Truth Commission’s full report here I was invited to join the Manchester Poverty Truth Commission by Niall Cooper, after he had

1,000+ church leaders say: Don’t cut Universal Credit

Church leaders join with Church Action on Poverty and Christians Against Poverty to urge the Government not to cut UC income by £1,040 a year. People in church leadership positions, with the support of two anti-poverty charities, are calling for

SPARK newsletter autumn 2021

Click on the right to download the autumn 2021 issue of SPARK, our newsletter for supporters of Church Action on Poverty. Download newsletter Resources SPARK newsletter autumn 2021 Click on the right to download the autumn 2021 issue of SPARK,

Our Cookery Book

Making food, making friends – new cookbook by members of Self-Reliant Groups

York artists Sydnie Corley and Mary Passeri, who run the York Food Justice Alliance at SPARK in Piccadilly, York. Picture by David Harrison.

Seeking food justice in York

It’s not enough to hand out food, if the broken systems are allowed to continue. Two people who know that well are Mary Passeri and Sydnie Corley, co-chairs of York Food Justice Alliance and tenacious campaigners against the causes of