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.

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).

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News: Northern Echo features our Thrive project Sep 03, 2010; Who will speak up for the poor in a time of cuts? Sep 02, 2010; Are we all in this together? Aug 30, 2010; Living Wage uprated to £7.60 - tell your church, organisation or employer Aug 23, 2010; Three weeks until deadline for Tackling Poverty Awards! Aug 09, 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.