Challenge Poverty Week England and Wales: 12–18 October 2020.
Challenge Poverty Week has been a highly successful event in Scotland for the past seven years, and has been mirrored by London Challenge Poverty Week since 2018 - but this will be the first time it has been replicated in other parts of the UK.
We all want to live in a compassionate society, where we look out for one another and where nobody is cut adrift. The coronavirus pandemic this year has shown that. Amid the uncertainty and the turmoil, communities came together with a renewed neighbourly kindness.
The pandemic also brought into stark relief the inequalities in our society, however, and intensified them.
As we navigate these choppy waters, and plan for life after the storm, our society has a chance to do things differently. We can harness the compassion, community and connectedness that we have cherished in recent months, and say ‘enough’ to the systems and structures that have hamstrung so many people for so long.
Challenge Poverty Week is an opportunity to highlight the incredible work being done by community groups around the country, and to show what can and must be done differently. It’s an opportunity for voices that are often ignored to be heard loud and clear. It’s a chance to show that a better, more compassionate society is possible – and that there’s no better time than now to start making it a reality.
More information will be available here soon check the Church Action on Poverty website for the latest.
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