Emergency Use Only?' On food banks, shame, and broken systems

Excellent blog on food banks, poverty and people from a justifiably angry parish priest, dad and PhD student, living on an urban 'outer estate' in the West Midlands, on day-to-day life, faith, 'community', politics... and whatever else happens to turn up!

 

 

http://thisestate.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/emergency-use-only-on-food-banks-shame.html

 

Thanks Al Barrett ... keep on writing

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Faith Action Net

About FaithAction

FaithAction is a network of Faith based and Community organisations serving their communities by delivering public services (such as childcare, health and social care, housing and welfare to work). 

We empower Faith based and Community organisations by offering support and training, disseminating key information and acting as a connector between Government and grassroot organisations.

Check out the website http://www.faithaction.net/

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Tackling Poverty Together this #GivingTuesday

From: Church Urban Fund

To: greg.smith@together-lancashire.org.uk

Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 4:19 PM

Subject: Tackling Poverty Together this #GivingTuesday

Read this e-mail in a web browser Dear Friend, Poverty is a reality for many people in England. Around 13 million people, including 3.5 million children, are estimated to be living in poverty. All over this country, local churches and groups are already doing excellent work in local communities to address the issues that they find there. At Church Urban Fund, we multiply these efforts to make lasting change and transform more lives. Lives like Mel's. Mel's story Mel, a mum of two young boys, found herself financially excluded, in debt and in fear of what would happen to her family. "The kids would be coming home from school and they'd be looking in the fridge and they'd be like 'You've never got nothing in Mum'. It was horrible – I sat there and cried most days." Watch Mel's full story » This is just one story among thousands of lives transformed through the support of local churches working together to tackle poverty. #GiveMelFive This #GivingTuesday, why not consider giving to Church Urban Fund to ensure more lives like Mel can be transformed. Give Mel five pounds; text MELS05 £5 to 70070 to donate £5 or make an online donation. Give Mel five minutes, either through prayer, action by helping a 'Mel' in your area or through volunteering. See more ideas.  Free Advent Calendar Our free online Advent Calendar has stories of many more lives transformed through the work of Church Urban Fund. With every blessing, Canon Paul Hackwood Executive Chair Church Urban Fund Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ T 020 7898 1647   E enquiries@cuf.org.uk Registered Charity number 297483. Unsubscribe me   Join mailing list   Forward to a friend

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Please circulate - Lancashire Constabulary Carol Service Tuesday 9th December All Saints Church Preston

The Christian Police Association have hosted a carol service for a number of years and is now an annual event.

 

The poster can be downloaded here

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/89023969/9267%20Carol%20Service%20poster%202014.pdf

 

 

No need to RSVP – my contact details are on the poster if anyone needs further details

 

Kirstie Banks-Lyon   Kirstie.Banks-Lyon@lancashire.pnn.police.uk

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Collecting evidence on Benefit Sanctions -- A request from the Joint Public Issues Team - Baptist Methodist and United Reformed Churches working together

 

 

Continuing our work on welfare and UK Poverty, the Joint Public Issues Team's next piece of work will be on the issue of benefit sanctions. We will be producing a report and campaign – similar to the Truth & Lies campaign in 2013 – with a strong focus on the data and facts of the situation, together with the stories that demonstrate how the sanctions system is working (i.e. not working) and why an urgent review is needed.

 We are looking for personal stories about how sanctions affect people's lives, and I wonder if you have any from your involvement with your foodbank, job club or advice project.

For more details about the kind of stories we are looking for, along with a basic template and some information about how the stories may be used, click here.

 If you have any questions, you can get in touch with Anna Drew (Lead Media Officer at the Methodist Church) at drewa@methodistchurch.org.uk or 020 7467 5191.

 Thank you for any help you can offer.

 The Joint Public Issues Team: Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches working together

jointpublicissues.org.uk/    facebook.com/jointpublicissues  @publicissues

 

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