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
Our Annual Reviews from 2003 to the present day are available to download.
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
Church Action on Poverty in the news
- Journalists and broadcasters should contact our Communications Manager.
- Visit del.ici.ous to see a list of links to online news stories mentioning Church Action on Poverty.
Facilities for hire
The Micah Room, a large meeting room/training suite at our Manchester office, is available for hire by outside organisations.
Church Action on Poverty is a registered charity (number 1079986) and a company limited by guarantee (number 3780243).

