Challenge Poverty Week, 16-22 October

Source: Church Action on Poverty

Challenge Poverty Week England & Wales 2023 is taking place between the 16 and the 22 of October this year. If you'd like to take part during the week, now is a good time to start thinking about it.

Challenge Poverty Week is a week of action, an opportunity to stand up and ask for change as a movement. This year's theme is 'Dignity for all: a more hopeful future.' We want to look at how to find and use lasting, dignified solutions to poverty, creating a better future for everyone.

Recent polling shows that almost 90% of people across the UK say it's important that more is done to tackle poverty. That overwhelming demand for action and change needs to be heard and heeded by people in power.

With elections for Parliament and regional mayors approaching in 2024, let's make sure all our voices are heard. Let's call for policies and plans that ensure the dignity of everyone in our communities. Let's speak out for a more hopeful future and show how we can get there. And let's celebrate the work of people, organisations and communities across England and Wales that are already coming together to uphold people's dignity.

Church Action on Poverty has created tools and resources for you to use leading up to, and during the week. A Challenge Poverty Week Toolkit is available, full of practical ideas and tips to get the most out of the week, key messages and advice on how to make Challenge Poverty Week a springboard for a lasting impact. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E_tCqmk5iRyIDtgLm-iY0BP4LZNTcYht/view

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