Tag: Local groups

New toolkit: Hosting a regional anti-poverty roundtable

Our new roundtable guide will help churches or dioceses to host productive regional events We’ve published a new resource for churches and dioceses who would like to start constructive regional conversations about tackling poverty. Too often in society, we hear

A group of people in front of a church organ. Some are wearing high-vis.

Church Action on Poverty Sheffield: 2025 pilgrimage

16th annual pilgrimage Saturday 11 October, 2025 Hear about local issues and responses, as we walk and pray together Gather: 9am, St Cuthbert’s Church, Barnsley Road, Sheffield (opposite the Northern General Hospital) for a 9:30am start. Visit: St Cuthbert’s Church,

Are churches losing faith in low-income communities?

Broomhall Centre, Broomspring Lane, SheffieldThursday 29 May 2025, 7:30pm – 9:30pm Churches across Sheffield are being asked to take a long hard look at the support they provide for low-income communities. Church Action on Poverty in Sheffield is responding to

Church Action On Poverty North East 2025 AGM

You’re invited to attend the AGM of our local group in the North East, with speaker Amanda Bailey, Director of the North East Child Poverty Commission. Wednesday 14 May St Joseph’s Church, High St West, Gateshead NE8 1LX(1 minute from

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

Church Action on Poverty in Sheffield: annual report 2023-24

God never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty. ————  Revd Dr Martin Luther King  ———— Report’s purpose This report is to be submitted to an Annual General Meeting, to be