Tag Archives: Voices from the Margins
Anxiety and hunger: We show the reality of Universal Credit in Yorkshire
We’ve been helping to show why Universal Credit needs to be fixed. Readers of The Yorkshire Post have been learning in recent days about the …
How we can unlock poverty
Two people tell of an innovative group project What would it take to unlock poverty in our society? For the past two years, three groups …
Finding love and compassion among the bric-a-brac
The story of one shop, one church and some fantastic results WHAT could your local church do to reach those on the margins of society? …
Voices from the Margins
With Church Action on Poverty Sunday approaching on 11 February, our Director Niall Cooper says that as Christians, our challenge is to hear, value and …
Read all about it! We make the paper
See what we had to say about food poverty in Greater Manchester. THOUSANDS of people in and around Manchester learned this week about our ongoing …
Hidden scandal, untold stories: poverty in the north east
Our joint investigation uses new statistics and true experts’ accounts Church Action on Poverty has this week teamed up with one of England’s biggest regional …
I had nothing, then Universal Credit made things even worse
At Carecent in York, which provides breakfast for homeless and vulnerable people, Michael Webster says Universal Credit made his difficult situation even worse I was …
Budget 2017: 3 policies that would help those most in need
12 charities have proposed three policies for the budget on November 22, to help provide greater financial security for all.
Universal Credit: I became homeless and depressed
One Universal Credit recipient tells how the new system led to homelessness. Church Action on Poverty has invited people to tell us about their experiences …