As the long Summer holidays start and people go on holiday, contributions to foodbanks tend to dip. However, this is going on whilst, at the same time there is a […]
UK Poverty
12 Jun – Family Poverty Project update
As previously reported, the Commission has obtained a grant from the Society of the Holy Child Jesus to follow up our workshop about Family Poverty with a programme of small […]
21 Mar – Family Poverty: A Diocese Acts – but only if you help!
The Commission are pleased to announce that we have received some funding from the Society of the Holy Child Jesus order for a follow up project to the Workshop about […]
13-Feb Family Poverty: From Awareness to Action Workshop Report
This was the title of the workshop we held last Saturday in the Kala Sangam centre in the central Bradford. About 50 people turned up on a very wet morning […]
18 Feb 17 – “Towards a Listening Church” Conference Report
Not only was this event a Leeds J&P Conference, it was also the place where we launched our Annual Review for 2016 and, on top of that, it was also […]
28 Nov 16 Housing Justice
by John Battle. The national homelessness charity HOUSING JUSTICE, formed from the Catholic Housing Aid Society has for some years now worked to build and enable local groups and churches […]
07 Nov 16 Poverty Bites
By John Battle (chair) The Minister for Work and Pensions was recently interviewed on November’s introduction of a new housing benefit cap but after a few brief questions the topic […]