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Sheffield MP speaks at Pilgrimage event about tackling poverty

Members of the Sheffield Church Action on Poverty 2024 Urban Poverty Pilgrimage prepare to set off. Sheffield Central Labour MP Abtisam Mohamed has urged the Government to find ways to reduce inequality by increasing financial support for low-income households and

Doing food together: An invitation to all churches

Churches urged to open more Pantries Bishop says community food approach “goes to the heart of the Christian faith” Churches across the UK are being urged to consider opening food Pantries, as a way to strengthen their neighbourhoods and build

PM responds to the Let’s End Poverty letters

People with first-hand experience of poverty wrote to the Prime Minister urging him to change the Government’s approach… and received an immediate response. The Dear Prime Minister project was part of the Let’s End Poverty campaign, and involved 15 people writing to

A collage, showing a megaphone graphic, a City of York logo, and a screenshot of a story headed: "What I learnt from four months in York's homeless system"

Unheard no more: Story project brings hope for change

Five people with experience of complex poverty have been speaking up to press for change, as part of an exciting collaboration in York. Church Action on Poverty worked with the independent media outlet YorkMix and with a local group called

Our use of social media: an update

In recent years, social media networks have become less useful as a way of having conversations, sharing messages and mobilising people to act for change. In August 2024, lies spread on social media played a key role in sparking racist