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Every child deserves a chance In Benwell, Newcastle 44% of children live in poverty and violent crime is 18 times the national average. Watch our latest film to find out how some young people have grown up and the work that is being done to provide hope and to transform lives at www.together-newcastle.org It's not too late to make a difference this Christmas This Christmas morning, 70,000 children in England will wake up homeless. Sleeping on sofas and passed between bedsits, their lives and futures look bleak. By running a service or event and raising money for Church Urban Fund over the Christmas period, your church can help change these children's lives and give them hope for a brighter future. Make it a Happy New Year by nominating Church Urban Fund as one of your charities for 2013 and help us to transform more lives in our poorest communities. Coming soon: our free, downloadable, five week Lent course will be on our website soon. Let our course open your church's eyes to the reality of poverty in our country... Download our free Christmas resources at www.cuf.org.uk/christmas Survival Strategies Our latest research report examines the impact of the current economic climate on community organisations in the most deprived areas of England. It follows two reports published by Church Urban Fund in 2011, 'At the Cutting Edge' and 'Holding on by a Shoestring', which looked in detail at how public spending cuts were affecting people and organisations at a grassroots level. Returning a year later to the same organisations, we wanted to examine the ongoing effects of the economic climate. We found that the current economic climate is having a significant impact upon community organisations and people living in deprived areas of England. This impact can be seen in the rising demand for services and the difficulty of securing funding. However, in response to these difficulties, organisations are employing a range of survival strategies in order to meet rising demand with rising service provision. Read the report here Together Network – update Church Urban Fund now has Joint Venture partnerships with Anglican Dioceses and others in Birmingham, Cornwall, Liverpool, Lancashire, Bradford, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Southwark, Southwell and Nottingham and plans are in hand for others in London, Bath and Wells, Chester, Bristol, and Durham to name just a few. We are firm believers in the power of working together to tackle poverty and are excited about the growing network. To find out more, go to www.cuf.org.uk/joint-ventures Forward this email to someone else Bookmark with: Facebook Twitter Google+ Follow us on Twitter    Become a friend on Facebook    Visit our Youtube page    Church Urban Fund, Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ T 020 7898 1647    F 020 7898 1601    E enquiries@cuf.org.uk    W www.cuf.org.uk Registered Charity number 297483. Want to unsubscribe?