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April 24, 2020

Equality and Human Rights Commission concern over disabled people's access to food

The Commission says many disabled people are not receiving the support they need and to which they are entitled.
April 13, 2020

Churches launch Covid-19 helpline to offer support and practical help

YourNeighbour.org matches registered churches with people in need, enabling them to help with food shopping, providing food to the hungry and trips to the pharmacy and any other needs the person has.
February 24, 2020

Young carers do £12,000 of unpaid work every year, says Action for Children

New research shows young carers spend an average of 25 hours a week caring for loved ones, and are effectively ‘on call’ overnight.
February 19, 2019

Scottish Government launches Changing Places consultation

A Changing Places Toilet provides sanitary accommodation for people with multiple and complex disabilities.
November 30, 2018

Call for retailers to make deliveries more accessible for disabled people

Almost one in three disabled people have missed a home delivery because they were not given enough time to get to the door.
August 28, 2018

Purple Tuesday to encourage shops to become more accessible

An accessible shopping day is to be held on 13 November 2018 encouraging retailers to focus on improving the experience of disabled customers.
December 16, 2017

Social franchise to help reduce food bills

Church Action on Poverty and partners have launched Your Local Pantry as a social franchise, to enable more communities to reduce their food bills.
December 22, 2014

Shopping, peace and goodwill

'Panic Saturday' is behind us. But the panic does not seem to have diminished greatly. The compulsion to buy and the strain of doing so is on almost every tongue. Like many Quakers, I don't give presents. This makes Christmas both easier and more demanding.
December 1, 2010

The retail gospel according to Pickles

At first sight, it is seemed reasonable to assume that Eric Pickles had hitched his wagon to the to the 'Not Ashamed' campaign train which launches today (1 December 2010) with his claims about the “ambush of Christmas” by “politically correct Grinches” and an exhortation to local councils to “take pride in Britain's Christian heritage.”
January 15, 2009

Shoppers want fair trade watchdog for supermarkets

Eight out of 10 shoppers want a watchdog appointed to monitor and penalise supermarkets which treat suppliers unfairly, according to a poll commissioned by Traidcraft, the Christian-based fair trade organisation.