This Neighbourhood Voices story comes from West Yorkshire We’re in Halifax. Queen’s Road to be precise – in a former betting shop that is now home to Halifax Unity, a group seeking to co-create a vibrant, diverse and resilient community, where everyone feels welcome and able to express themselves. It’s a fitting setting for this Neighbourhood Voices conversation, hosted by Mums On A Mission. What do people cherish about this community? What should change? What issues would our speakers most like election candidates to prioritise? And what do they themselves stand up for? Over the course o ..read more

There have been some political statements that have demonised and divided people in the past week. It’s absolutely not what the UK public needs or wants. There is, in fact, considerable consensus around poverty and economic justice in the UK. The country wants to tackle poverty, and inevitably a shared social security system must be a key part of that.  We know that: 88% of Brits want more to be done to tackle poverty. That’s a huge majority across the public. 81% of people have said the income gap was too wide, and 80% said it would be problematic if it widened further. 62% of people ..read more

Sheffield Church Action on Poverty’s first Civic Breakfast since Covid has heard that around 120,000 people in Sheffield are living in poverty, homelessness is the worst it has ever been, and city food banks could collapse if demand continues to increase. The Civic Breakfast provides an opportunity for organisations working to address issues caused by poverty in the city to raise and expand understanding of their work and the issues involved. It is attended by politicians, civic leaders, officials and faith leaders from Sheffield. Guests saw a video, produced by Church Action on Poverty i ..read more

Previous Next The inaugural event in our Artists for Change programme took place in Manchester on 28 April 2024. The city’s iconic Band On The Wall venue hosted an afternoon of music and storytelling about UK poverty. Performers included Lindsay Munroe, Matt Hill, Hannah Ashcroft, Duvet, and Loose Articles. We also displayed the Dreams & Realities exhibition, featuring portraits of people on the frontline of poverty. Messages of hope for our future often ring true through music, art, poetry and theatre – and hope is needed in our communities, our towns and cities and a ..read more

This Neighbourhood Voices story comes from West Yorkshire We’re in Halifax. Queen’s Road to be precise – in a former bookmaker’s shop that is now home to Halifax Unity, a group seeking to co-create a vibrant, diverse and resilient community, where everyone feels welcome and able to express themselves. It’s a fitting setting for this Neighbourhood Voices conversation, hosted by Mums On A Mission. What do people cherish about this community? What should change? What issues would our speakers most like election candidates to prioritise? And what do they themselves stand up for? Over the cour ..read more

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 held on Monday 13 May at 1.00pm at the Urban Theology Union, Victoria Hall, Norfolk Street, Sheffield.  It covers the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 (although it also contains some information on the Civic Breakfast that took place on 18 April 2024, as much of the enabling work for it was done in t ..read more

Click on the right to download the summer 2024 issue of our newsletter for supporters of Church Action on Poverty. Download newsletter Resources Church on the Margins reports Two reports from our research alongside churches on the margins Resources Church Action on Poverty North East annual report 2022-24 Download our local group’s report on the right. Download resource Resources Church Action on Poverty North East annual report 2022-24 … Resources A sermon for Church Action on Poverty Sunday Revd Jeremy Tear has kindly shared with us this sermon, which he preached at St Mary ..read more

Two reports from our 2020-22 research into what it means to be church on the margins in Greater Manchester Click on the right to download each report. Download 'Is the church losing faith in low-income communities?' Download 'What does it mean to be a church on the margins?' Resources Church on the Margins reports Two reports from our research alongside churches on the margins Resources Church Action on Poverty North East annual report 2022-24 Download our local group’s report on the right. Download resource Resources Church Action on Poverty North East annual report 2022-24 ..read more

Download our local group’s report on the right. Download resource Resources Church Action on Poverty North East annual report 2022-24 Download our local group’s report on the right. Download resource Resources Church Action on Poverty North East annual report 2022-24 … Resources A sermon for Church Action on Poverty Sunday Revd Jeremy Tear has kindly shared with us this sermon, which he preached at St Mary’s Great Sankey on Church … Resources SPARK newsletter winter 2023-24 Download the winter 2023-24 newsletter for supporters of Church Action on Poverty The post Church ..read more

Learn the story of Dreams & Realities, and the stories behind it Previous Next A powerful new art exhibition has been launched, telling the stories and aspirations of people in poverty. Dreams & Realities is on display at St Mary’s Church in Sheffield, and will then go on tour as part of the Let’s End Poverty campaign. Dreams & Realities of people's lives Stephen Martin, a local artist, has painted acrylic portraits of nine people living in poverty in Sheffield, including himself. Each picture shows the person, something that depicts their economic reality, and ..read more