On Wednesday 16th April national papers reported the staggering truth that 1 million people in the UK received emergency food parcels in the last year. Throughout lent we’ve been fasting and praying in response to the shocking and terrible rise in hunger, yesterday we responded with action. Keith Hebden marked the end of his 40 […]
CONTINUE READING47 bishops and over 600 non-conformist leaders and clergy from across all the major Christian denominations in Britain have co-signed a new letter calling for urgent Government action on food poverty [1]. The letter, in support of the End Hunger Fast campaign, marks the biggest ever Christian intervention on UK food poverty in modern times […]
CONTINUE READINGThe below letter was published in The Guardian as today, 16th April, a terrible new milestone was passed in food poverty. Statistics from the Trussell Trust, added to those from several studies of independent food banks, suggest one million food parcels were handed out over the last year as the safety net for the poor […]
CONTINUE READINGWhat a reaction to the April 4th day of fasting. Thousands of us made a real stand against UK hunger, fasting for 24 hours and praying and reflecting on the hunger all around us. But our work is not done yet. As End Hunger Fast’s Lent and Easter of action draws to a close we […]
CONTINUE READINGSocial Media Joins in National Day of Fast April 4th marked a national day of Fast for people around the country. It was an amazing show of solidarity with those affected by food poverty, as over 2,000 people nationwide signed up to get involved. And across the web, messages of support for our fasters poured […]
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