“The lack of face-to-face support services for people suffering poverty and the rise in demand for foodbanks is an indictment of our country. They would be less necessary if the Govt could remove the social security cuts imposed by the previous Government.” www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/...

The Funeral Expenses Payment (FEP) eligibility criteria are narrow and don’t reflect real life. Grief is hard enough. It’s time to #FixTheFEP. 🗣️Hear Sue’s story and find out how to email your MP today – bit.ly/49mffO2 #GriefIsHardEnough

Affordable food, warm welcomes, and community spirit: Hope Community Pantry in Highgate (Part of the Your Local Pantry Network) is supporting local residents every week. 💚 Read their story: https://news.streetsupport.net/2025/11/04/hope-community-pantry/ @church-poverty.org.uk

Poverty hurts the people trapped by it - and it hurts the entire economy. We found that scrapping the two-child limit entirely would reduce the cost of child poverty by £3.2bn a year. This is what this government should be doing at the autumn budget. neweconomics.org/2024/10/capp...

We’re joining @bigissueuk and 65 other signatories in an open letter urging the government to set child poverty targets in the upcoming child poverty strategy. Read our open letter in full: www.bigissue.com/opinion/government-must-set-targets-reduce-child-poverty

On 23rd October, we headed to a Child Poverty Strategy roundtable hosted by Baroness Lister at the HoL. Our participants delivered powerful testimonies & their speech can be read here📣: changingrealities.org/writings/cha... @uofgussp.bsky.social @ippr.org @cpaguk.bsky.social

Economic justice & environmental justice go hand in hand. If the UK gets this right, we’ll see delivery that people care about: warm homes, clean air, lower energy bills, quality jobs in new green industries, and better public transport.

This Sunday, 19 October, is Church Action on Poverty Sunday Join @church-poverty.org.uk at their online service from 6 to 6.45pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk... Find out more about people living in hardship today and #PrayTogether for social justice in the UK. #ChurchesTogether

We have written to Bishop Sarah Mullally, in hopeful anticipation, ahead of her becoming the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. You can read the letter here:

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💡 Challenge Poverty Week Scotland begins today! This is vital moment to spotlight injustice and demand change. Poverty is not inevitable, it’s a policy failure. This week, let’s raise our voices for rights, fairness, and dignity. #ChallengePoverty #CPW25 www.povertyalliance.org/cpw/

"This is no cheap optimism. This is hope-filled realism. The kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven." www.cruciformjustice.com/post/quiet-r...

🆕 Excited to announce the 9 blocs representing the breadth of our movement! If you're not already coming as part of a group or organisation, we encourage you to get behind any bloc that resonates with you. More info here: www.makethempay.org.uk/get-ready/ See you on the streets on 20 September ✊

Glory is a brilliant activist and campaigner, who we love working with. Take 5-10 mins to learn just a little what she does and why, inc @justrightscotland.org.uk, @nourishscotland.bsky.social, @foodfoundation.bsky.social & ourselves. Share hope! www.church-poverty.org.uk/glory-blog/

Kathy Galloway was an inspirational friend, ally and former colleague, who demonstrated a lifelong commitment to standing out against a society that stigmatises poverty, to conceal the violence perpetrated daily against poor people. Kathy will be sorely missed. iona.org.uk/kathy-gallow...

Successive Governments have increased child poverty in the UK, but we have a chance now to reverse the trend and make hundreds of thousands of lives better. jpit.uk/we-could-red...

"It is important to reject the conveniently simple notion that cutting disability benefits will not hurt disabled people or will only hurt people whose disability is trivial or non-existent." jpit.uk/insulting-th...

Give, act and pray with others across the UK on 19 October. Sign up today to get a Church Action on Poverty Sunday resource pack. All-new prayers, hymns & other worship materials, plus updated stories & ideas for sharing the 'Dreams and Realities' portraits. www.church-poverty.org.uk/sunday/

Low-income communities have borne the brunt and burden of austerity for the past 15 years. We need a far more just tax system, where people and institutions with excess assets contribute a fair share.

This is the second clip from Sharron Spice’s play about Universal Credit, supported by Let's End Poverty funding. Here, Sandra is back at the job centre and meeting with her job coach. youtu.be/rvm34FPek1E

Save the date! Church Action on Poverty Sunday is 19 October 2025. We invite your church to give, act and pray with others – together we can end UK poverty. Our free resource pack includes worship materials and ideas for fundraising. Find out more and sign up at www.church-poverty.org.uk/sunday

With #LetsEndPoverty 'Artists for Change' funding, Sharron Spice has written a play about her experiences of the Universal Credit system. In this clip, we see how challenging it can be just to claim for benefits. youtu.be/QUeDOTKtFC8?...

Our chair Helen Goodman highlights some wider issues which weren't addressed by the welfare reform bill: leftfootforward.org/2025/07/why-...

Richard Machine of our Council of Management summarises what's happening with the welfare reform bill: uk.news.yahoo.com/welfare-refo...

We have a new Chief Exec - and we'll continue to be a catalyst for change! Follow the link to hear from Liam Purcell about our hopes and dreams as we move forward. www.church-poverty.org.uk/we-have-a-ne...

People are overwhelmingly compassionate and care for each other - so it's no surprise that hardly anyone supports Government dismantling of our cherished social security system. Any changes should be co-designed with people directly affected - not imposed recklessly. inews.co.uk/news/politic...?

We smashed our target of raising £2,000 for Your Local Pantry during #SmallCharityWeek. Thank you to so much to all our generous donors, and to Global's Make Some Noise, who will double those donations! There's still time to donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

If you're in Sheffield on 12 July, check out this event, co-organised by our local group, to celebrate 40 years of faith and community in the city. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/faith-in-t...

Pantries offer hope, dignity and choice in communities across the UK. Can you help them continue? Make a donation to Your Local Pantry during Small Charity Week, and your gift will be doubled. Give today if you can, and double your difference! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Double the difference! Donate to Your Local Pantry this week and your gift will be doubled. Thanks to #TheBigGive and #SmallCharityWeek. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05....

Make a donation to Your Local Pantry during Small Charity Week, and it will be doubled by the Big Give. Help ensure our 120+ Pantries are able to continue offering dignity, choice and hope. Double your difference! Give today at donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

A new report from the APPG on Poverty & Inequality warns of devastating consequences for Disabled people if the Government proceeds with its proposed disability benefit cuts. 🚨 Read the report🔗 tinyurl.com/sj43hpt5 #TakingThePIP

Save the date! Make a donation to Your Local Pantry during Small Charities Week, and your gift will be doubled. Watch this space on 23 June for more details!

Yesterday we said a sad farewell to Niall Cooper, who has led our work for 28 years. Thanks to all the old colleagues and comrades who joined us to celebrate Niall's legacy: an organisation uniquely dedicated to growing a movement to reclaim dignity, agency and power. We wish Niall all the best!

Lovely news story from the first #YourLocalPantry in our network run by @salvationarmyuk.bsky.social www.salvationarmy.org.uk/news/welling...

Raise FREE donations for Church Action on Poverty EVERY time you shop online - use #easyfundraising! 8,000+ retailers will donate, including big names like John Lewis & Partners, BT, Expedia, Argos, ASOS, Just Eat, Uswitch and many more! Please support us: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/churc...

Some good news - half a million more children will get free school meals. We still need action to stop immoral cuts to disability benefits - let's hope the government are listening. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If you're in Bilston, please join the Empty Plate Project in the market on Saturday 14 June, 9am-2pm. With support from the #LetsEndPoverty #ArtistsforChange scheme, you can help create an art installation exploring lived experiences of poverty in the city.

Are churches losing faith in low-income communities? This event organised by Sheffield Church Action on Poverty asked some challenging questions - let's hope it inspires action. www.church-poverty.org.uk/are-churches...

'The Perils of Universal Credit' is a thought-provoking drama about the challenges of navigating the benefit system. We're proud to be supporting it through the #LetsEndPoverty #ArtistsForChange scheme. 11 September - 11 October at the Etcetera Theatre, London elicittheatre.co.uk/perilsofuc/

Mary, Sydnie & Stef have spoken about what happened when they met the disability minister with two members of our staff. We are writing to the minister reiterating our dismay and continuing to urge the Government to abandon these awful, immoral cuts to the UK’s cherished social security system.

Read our expert adviser Stef Benstead's full response to our disappointing meeting with the disability minister: www.stefbenstead.co.uk/post/a-respo... #TakingThePIP

Every minister should read this. 👇 If the government actually cared about disabled people being in work, they would reform the chaos of Access to Work.

🧵 As Ofgem announces the new energy price cap, some low-income households will still pay £135 more a year – just because they pay after getting their bill.

"I felt that I had to justify my right to live." www.church-poverty.org.uk/shameful-and...

Ahead of Liz Kendall’s speech today – a quick thread on why the welfare state isn’t collapsing and why deep cuts to disability benefits aren’t the answer. (1/9)

Read the summer issue of our newsletter online. We say farewell to our Chief Exec Niall Cooper as he moves on, & you can read about next steps for Let’s End Poverty, our campaign against benefit cuts, and how to become a Friend of Your Local Pantry. www.church-poverty.org.uk/spark-newsle...

Church Action on Poverty's Chief Exec Niall Cooper is leaving this summer. Could you mark the occasion by making a donation of £28 - a pound for every year Niall has spent here? Every gift helps to reclaim dignity, agency and power. give.church-poverty.org.uk/page/169232/...

We've moved to a new office! You can now find us at Shared Space Initiative, Ground floor, Oakland House, Talbot Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0PQ Don't worry if you've sent post to our old office - mail will be redirected for the next six months.

Our friends at @church-poverty.org.uk are hiring for a new Chief Executive. The Chief Executive will lead the staff team and be responsible for providing overall strategic direction, coordination and management of all Church Action on Poverty programmes. Find out more: