Universal Credit: How can the church respond?

08 May 2019 by Alison Tsang

I have a pet hate of the phrase “on benefits”…

Where Value is Found

31 January 2018

Where people find home

Financial poverty doesn’t mean I’m in deficit

16 June 2017 by Alison Tsang

How we view those with little money, matters.

London Churches giving Legal Advice

15 November 2016

St James Muswell Hill providing advice and guidance

Mercy and Justice: Universal Credit Training for Kings Cross Church

07 February 2023 by Pattie Gercke

Kings X Church talk to us about their recent volunteer training on Universal Credit, organised by the Compassionate Communities Team. How it covered both practical support, and the design of the system as a social justice issue. Resources are now available for other church communities.

Tackling The Cost of Living Crisis: The Living Wage

09 November 2022 by Alison Tsang

As we approach Living Wage Week, consider whether your church or organisation could accredit as a Living Wage Employer as a response to the Cost of Living Crisis

Tackling the Cost of Living Crisis: Why I hate Warm Banks (and why my church is opening one)

11 November 2022 by Paul Morrison

Paul Morrison, policy advisor at Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT), shares why he thinks Warm Banks are important but mustn’t become part of the long term solution to increasing fuel costs.

Tackling the Cost of Living Crisis: Gas and Energy Supply

02 November 2022 by Brian Cuthbertson

Brian Cuthbertson, Head of Environment and Sustainability, shares information around the current energy crisis, and a summary of how parishes can save energy and money.

Tackling the Cost of Living Crisis: Helping more children living in poverty to access free school meals

27 September 2022 by Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz

Our friends at Praxis share with us about a recent change to government policy on free school meals, in the hope that our church and school communities can help more families in poverty to access this provision.

Tackling the Cost of Living Crisis: Domestic Abuse

20 September 2022 by Bekah Legg

Bekah Legg, CEO of Restored, helps us to consider the impact of the cost of living crisis on those experiencing domestic abuse and how we as churches can support survivors.

Tackling the Cost of Living Crisis: Acts 435

12 September 2022 by Revd Alice Smith

Mother Alice Smith, vicar at St John the Evangelist, Brownswood Park, describes how Acts 435 has helped her to provide practical help to her parishioners.

Tackling the Cost of Living Crisis: Thinking about “Warm Spaces”

08 September 2022 by Rev David Ackerman

Some thoughts from Revd David Ackerman, Vicar of St Johns Kensal Town, as they consider how they might offer their local church as a “Warm Space” this winter

Tackling the Cost of Living Crisis: Food Pantries

05 September 2022 by Elizabeth Welch

Elizabeth Welch is involved in the “Your Local pantry” set up in Westbourne Park Baptist church - a longer term alternative to foodbanks for those on low incomes who are struggling with food insecurity.

Cost of Living Crisis: What can we do?

26 August 2022 by Alison Tsang

A few resources and ideas for churches as we consider the cost of living crisis and how it will impact our communities

Beyond food parcels: Holistic support for families on the edge

14 February 2022 by Pattie Gercke

Gloria Saffrey-Powell and her team at CARIS Haringey are providing much more than food parcels to families on the edge in their local community.

Doing good in the City together

14 September 2021 by Revd Nick Mottershead

In 2019, Revd Nick Mottershead set up “The Hygiene Bank - Square Mile” in response to the rising issue of hygiene poverty in London. Not wanting to stop there, he is also encouraging corporate partners to upcycle their redundant resources through the “GenerosCity” initiative.

Energy ‘Switch Days’ - Saving Money, Saving the Planet

29 June 2020 by Chris Mitchell

One church in East London has saved its budget and its congregation thousands of pounds, as well as tackling climate change- through “Switch Days” for energy bills.

Could your church do the same?

No Ordinary Time, No Ordinary Response

17 June 2020 by Tim Thorlby

Tim Thorlby, who runs the first church-founded cleaning company to pay workers a Living Wage, asks how we might rebuild a society post Covid-19 that’s better for our key workers

Foodbanks during Covid-19: Reflections from the Front…Part 2

13 May 2020 by Revd Alice Smith

Rev Alice Whalley reflects on what she thought lockdown might mean for her parish and what the reality has been, which has meant feeding a lot of people

Being Good News to those struggling with money

23 April 2020 by Right Rev Dr Joanne Woolway Grenfell by Alison Tsang

a 25 minute video with Bishop Joanne Grenfell and Alison Tsang, Capital Mass, talking about how churches can respond in this time of financial struggles for many

Loving our financially struggling neighbour in a time of Coronavirus

26 March 2020 by Alison Tsang

We have put together a 2-hour webinar and online resource library covering the basics of what churches and community leaders can do to help people in financial crisis due to the Coronavirus

Listening to God, serving people’s needs

03 February 2020 by Alison Tsang

At St Pauls Hounslow West, listening to God and their community has meant they have grown an extraordinary “ordinary” community cafe, to meet the needs of the parish they serve. Here is the story of it.

Being Brave: Helping church talk about money issues

05 November 2019 by Alison Tsang

When a team from the Hackney Parish came to a session on how they could respond to Universal Credt, it ended up meaning they took a very brave step: Talking about money with the whole congregation- on a Sunday morning!