Bob Rae reports on Sheffield Church Action on Poverty’s annual pilgrimage Anti-poverty campaigners in the Sheffield neighbourhoods of Firvale, Wincobank and Firth Park are calling for major improvement in the help provided for people struggling to find work, and for free face-to-face advice
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,
Joi our local group and hear about local issues and responses to
them as we walk and pray together
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
Our Director Niall Cooper reflects on a year spent listening to and celebrating forgotten places and people
A report from the conference and pilgrimage organised by our local group in Sheffield in October 2022 The event combined the group’s annual Pilgrimage with a conference and other activities to mark Church Action on Poverty’s 40th anniversary. Download resource
The growing cost of living crisis and poverty in Sheffield will be put under the spotlight when Church Action on Poverty’s local group stages a Pilgrimage and conference in the city on Saturday 22 October. Pilgrimage: meet at 9:30am at
Niall Cooper, director of Church Action on Poverty, asks: How do we build dignity, agency and power together as a society? Introduction Church Action on Poverty’s vision is that the UK can and must be transformed into a country where
Our local group in Sheffield report on their latest annual Pilgrimage.
Our local group in Sheffield invite you to join them on 16 October 2021.
