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The data: What’s happened to crisis support where you live?

Local crisis funds are a vital lifeline for people who find themselves suddenly swept into difficulty. Yet across the country, they have been neglected and removed. In 2018, our Compassion In Crisis report uncovered the full extent of cuts across England.

Sweet Charity?

Details of the 2019 David Goodbourn Lecture, organised by the Centre for Theology and Justice.

Has the Church Abandoned the Poor?

Some interesting thoughts on class, poverty and the Church of England here, in a blog by Adam Spiers, a campaigner and supporter of Church Action on Poverty.

Transforming Poverty

Six sessions for churches and house groups: use the film ‘I, Daniel Blake’ to engage with God’s heart for poverty in your community. Transforming Poverty is a course by Revd Gayle Greenway, a curate in the Diocese of Lichfield. In

The truth about poverty?

Last year, we took members of several Poverty Truth Commissions to the Greenbelt festival for the first time. It was an exciting and inspiring experience – especially the opportunity for us to reflect together with Clare McBeath, our friend from