The United Reformed Church’s North West Synod is adopting a new anti-poverty strategy inspired by our Church at the Margins programme – and urging the wider church to do likewise. The Synod’s Transformation Director Mike Hart explains.
Many Pantries are adding gardens. We hear of the impact for people’s diet, wellbeing and enthusiasm Paulette and Jackie at Kirkley Pantry Community Garden in Lowestoft The garden at Kirkley Church Hall used to be overgrown and largely inaccessible… but
This Neighbourhood Voices conversation comes from Epsom, just on the Surrey side of the Surrey-London boundary The group consists of just a small group of four: Jane and Ashley from the team at Epsom Pantry, and two of the members,
Stoke on Trent hosts the third of our Let’s End Poverty Neighbourhood Voices conversations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTiw_H0OQyQ We’re in Stoke-on-Trent, where eight local residents are discussing the city, its challenges, and their hopes. As it happens, the conversation took place the day
The Merseyside Your Local Pantry conference was a big success Merseyside’s network of neighbourhood Pantries have now been visited 150,000 times, and can be springboards for renewed hope and strength across the region. Dozens of Your Local Pantry coordinators, volunteers,
In this guest post, Bryn Lauder of the JustMoney Movement explores the connections between poverty and tax justice.
The Your Local Pantry network has led to new partnerships and connections all over the UK. This blog tells of an exciting organisation doing brilliant work in Edinburgh. Community One Stop Shop (COSS) is a project based in Broomhouse, an
Pat Devlin, one of Church Action on Poverty’s most experienced supporters and activists, is stepping down after almost 40 years. Sometimes, we can see exactly where a powerful wave of change began – the single action that started the ripples
This Neighbourhood Voices story comes from West Yorkshire We’re in Halifax. Queen’s Road to be precise – in a former betting shop that is now home to Halifax Unity, a group seeking to co-create a vibrant, diverse and resilient community,
