The richest 10% of households spend more on eating out (£58.40) than the poorest 10% of households spend on housing, fuel and power combined (£44.50). That’s one of the findings of new research published today by the Equality Trust.
Read more “Richest spend more on restaurants than poorest do on housing and energy bills”
Sue Whitlock, a Church Action on Poverty supporter from County Durham, is preparing to preach on 26 February, Church Action on Poverty Sunday. She shared with us these reflections that had occurred to her on the church’s prophetic role.
Read more “Whom shall I send?”
The Methodist Church’s National Learning and Development Coordinator for Scotland and Shetland, Gary Williams, challenges the Church to learn from the margins. This article first appeared in Connexions magazine, and addresses many of the same concerns as our Church of the Poor work.
Read more “Church of the poor: on the cusp of the absurd”
