Our local group in Sheffield has a very successful annual ‘Pilgrimage’ event. Revd Phil Borkett, a regular pilgrim, explains why this is such a powerful event.
Being open to what God has in store: pilgrimages against poverty
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Category Archives: Local groups
Who cares for the carers?
Each year, our local group in Sheffield holds a Civic Breakfast. Sara Millard reports on the 2017 Civic Breakfast held on 9 March, on the theme of challenges facing unpaid carers in Sheffield.
How can we listen better?
Church Action on Poverty in Sheffield share a report on their service for Church Action on Poverty Sunday 2017 – with a powerful sermon by the Director of the Urban Theological Union.
‘Poverty may be complex, but it is not inevitable’ (part 2)
Nick Waterfield, chair of the local Church Action on Poverty group in Sheffield, offers further thoughts on the ‘complex’ reasons why people use food banks.
A Church Action on Poverty hymn
A letter to Teresa May from the North East
Chris Hughes, a member of Church Action on Poverty’s local group in the North East, recently wrote to the new Prime Minister to continue a conversation begun in 1992. We’re pleased to share Chris’s letter here.
The shrinking welfare state: how can churches respond?
Nick Waterfield, chair of our local group in Sheffield, shares some thoughts on a recent event in South Yorkshire. (This post originally appeared on Nick’s ‘Pioneer Thoughts’ blog.)
