Give, act and pray to ensure people on the margins are fully involved as we journey togetherChurch Action On Poverty“No one puts new wine into old wineskins.”(Mark 2:21-22)We live in tough times. The pandemic continues to highlight the inequalities that sweep too many people into poverty. But we have also been reminded of the values […]
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01 Oct – Family Poverty Workshop Updates
Our Lady of Kirkstall Sara Forrest writes:Parishioners undertook the workshops in Spring and are following it up with action in the Hawksworth estate area of Leeds. The parish includes the Hawksworth and Ireland Wood estates which both fall within the top 10% most deprived areas within England. During the course they worked in three small […]
18 Dec – Pilots of J&P Family Poverty Workshops Underway
The Commission has been trialling some materials funded by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus and developed for us by Church Action on Poverty – a series of five workshops to examine aspects of family poverty in the UK and what more we can do about it. One pilot – covering the Skipton and […]
12 Jun – Family Poverty Project update
As previously reported, the Commission has obtained a grant from the Society of the Holy Child Jesus to follow up our workshop about Family Poverty with a programme of small group meetings suitable for use in parishes and other small groups. We are delighted to announce that we are partnering with Church Action on Poverty […]