Poet in digital residence
Matt Sowerby, Church Action on Poverty's poet in digital residence , has gathered people's own poems about poverty and the pandemic.
Here’s Matt performing ‘Breadlines’, the poem he wrote for our End Hunger campaign.
Through lockdown, Matt helped Church Action on Poverty’s partners and supporters to respond creatively to the impact of the virus and lockdown, with weekly workshops and inspirational online performances.
We have now compiled Same Boat?, an anthology of the poems people wrote during the workshops.
It will be published on 15 October 2020. Click the links below to find out more.
Halifax voices: on housing, hope and scandalous costs
This Neighbourhood Voices story comes from West Yorkshire We’re in Halifax. Queen’s Road to be precise – in a former betting shop that is now …
The UK doesn’t want demonising rhetoric – it wants to end poverty
There have been some political statements that have demonised and divided people in the past week. It’s absolutely not what the UK public needs or …
Sheffield Civic Breakfast: leaders told about mounting pressures of poverty
Sheffield Church Action on Poverty’s first Civic Breakfast since Covid has heard that around 120,000 people in Sheffield are living in poverty, homelessness is the …
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Halifax voices: on housing, hope and scandalous costs
This Neighbourhood Voices story comes from West Yorkshire We’re in Halifax. Queen’s Road to be precise – in a former …
The UK doesn’t want demonising rhetoric – it wants to end poverty
There have been some political statements that have demonised and divided people in the past week. It’s absolutely not what …
Sheffield Civic Breakfast: leaders told about mounting pressures of poverty
Sheffield Church Action on Poverty’s first Civic Breakfast since Covid has heard that around 120,000 people in Sheffield are living …
Just listened to Matt’s poem ‘ Breadlines’ – powerful.