About Church Action on Poverty

Church Action on Poverty is a national ecumenical Christian social justice charity, committed to tackling poverty in the UK. We work in partnership with churches and with people in poverty themselves to find solutions to poverty, locally, nationally and globally.

Our aims

To enable people in poverty to develop more sustainable livelihoods.

To help give a voice to people experiencing poverty.
To mobilise churches to work with others to overcome poverty.

Find out more about our values and principles here: Our Approach.

Reviews and plans

Our Annual Reviews from 2003 to the present day are available to download.

You can download a summary of our Year Plan for 2008-09, which shows all our current projects and priorities.

Contact us

Full contact details, including a map showing the location of the CAP office
List of our current staff
List of the current members of our Council of Management
Journalists and broadcasters should contact our Communications Manager.

CAP in the news

Visit del.ici.ous to see a list of links to online news stories mentioning Church Action on Poverty.

CAP is a registered charity (number 1079986) and a company limited by guarantee (number 3780243).

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News: And I’ll PB in Scotland afore ye! Mar 11, 2010; A victory in the fight against the Poverty Premium Mar 08, 2010; Why does the UK need Robin? Mar 08, 2010; London newspaper runs major feature on poverty Mar 03, 2010; Vacancy for a Finance & Business Manager Mar 03, 2010; More news…

Church Action on Poverty is a national ecumenical Christian social justice charity, committed to tackling poverty in the UK. It works in partnership with churches and with people in poverty themselves to find solutions to poverty, locally, nationally and globally.