church and public issues
economic crisis
poverty
Close the Gap campaign
Church Action on Poverty is campaigning to Close the Gap between rich and poor. It is asking people to Give, Act and Pray with them to build a more equal society - happier, healthier, safer, fairer.
For more information, see:
Church Action on Poverty 
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Poverty and Homelessness Action Week
28 January - 5 February 2012
This year's theme is Breaking Barriers - barriers between people that prevent us from understanding one another, created by unfair benefits rules and inadequate wages, the stigma attached to being poor or homeless and by the growing gap between the richest and poorest people in our society.
Just Church
A programme of action/reflection, developed by Church Action on Poverty in partnership with other churches/agencies, aiming to help local churches to integrate concerns for poverty and social justice into the lives and faith journeys of congregations and individual Christians.
Micah Challenge UK is a coalition of Christian organisations and churches in Britain united in their concern to fight global poverty, set up after world leaders signed up in 2000 to the Millennium Development Goals to halve global poverty by 2015. Micah Challenge
Scottish Churches Parliamentary Office briefing paper:
Poverty - Who Cares? SCPO briefing paper (PDF)
The Joint Public Issues Team of the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches has produced a leaflet on child poverty .
The End Child Poverty campaign is a widely supported coalition whose members include the Church of England and many Christian organisations.
