Joe Forde, vice chair of Church Action on Poverty in Sheffield, shares his thoughts after attending the national Church Action on Poverty conference in Manchester on 17 November 2018.
Seeing things in a different light
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Category Archives: Churches
One step at a time
Church Action on Poverty in Sheffield held their 10th annual Pilgrimage event on 20 October 2018, visiting the Wybourn area and The Manor estate. Sara Millard reports on the day.
Different light: a sermon for Church Action on Poverty Sunday
Our Director Niall Cooper recently shared this sermon on a visit to a church in Birmingham. We invite you to draw from it if you are preaching on Church Action on Poverty Sunday, 3 March 2019.
“We have failed ….” Reflections on food banks and Universal Credit
Nick Waterfield, chair of our local group in Sheffield, shares some reflections as he prepares for their annual Pilgrimage event.
Love and hunger in breadline Britain
Credit: United States Department of Agriculture/Bob Nichols. CC0 Public Domain.
Chris Shannahan introduces a new project, being supported by Church Action on Poverty: working for a a moral and spiritual revolution to replace the culture of shame with a politics of love and solidarity.
“Constant suspicion and scrutiny.” Time to rethink benefit sanctions
Church Action on Poverty joined with several churches recently to make a submission to an MPs’ inquiry into benefit sanctions. Lucy Zwolinska of the Joint Public Issues Team explains what we’re asking for.
The rich CEO and Lazarus
Our Communications Manager Liam Purcell reflects on news that the government plans to make businesses publish the gap between the pay of their chief executive and an average worker.
