Youth Ministry and Church News from around the world
News from around the world of youth ministry and the Church: Young, gay and Christian: If you are a young Christian in the UK, coming out can pose extra challenges.
Youth work and social care news from around the world
Links from around the world of youth work and social care: Strengths-based social care: The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has published a report, written jointly with Leeds City
Government must invest in children’s & youth services
Leading children’s charities and local councils have called on the Government to urgently close the funding gap facing children and young people’s services as new research reveals a sharp rise
Archbishop John Sentamu criticises UK food poverty
Archbishop John Sentamu in a speech at General Synod has called for “more equitable, more caring world” and questioned the effects of government’s welfare reforms: In a long and often
The World’s 85 Richest People Have as Much Money as the World’s Poorest 3.5 Billion
You could read that headline every day for the rest of your life, and it’d probably never fully sink in. Here are some truly staggering numbers from Oxfam, who released a
Poverty in schools
UNISON has published the results of a survey of 3,000 school support staff. Key findings include: 87% say children are coming to school tired 85% say children are coming to school hungry
Fair and Square: From the Children’s Society
Your campaigning works – the government’s own advisors have today recognised that 700,000 children from poor working families aren’t allowed free school meals and cannot afford to pay for them. They say
‘The Church in Action’ – latest research report from Church Urban Fund
Church Urban Fund’s latest research report The Church in Action: a national survey of church-led social action quantifies the scale of Anglican church-led social action in England, explores the types of activities
Councillor in attack on food bank
A senior York politician has sparked a furious row by saying there is no real poverty in Britain and people should not donate to food banks. Chris Steward, a Conservative