{"id":146079,"date":"2026-06-23T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=146079"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:45:34","slug":"church-times-low-income-families-are-going-without-food-c-of-e-bishops-warn-peers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=146079","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Low-income families are going without food, C of E Bishops warn peers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Child poverty<\/a>\u00a0is \u201cnot just an issue of economics, but a crisis of human dignity and a moral challenge to the kind of society we wish to build\u201d, the\u00a0Bishop of Peterborough<\/a>, the Rt Revd Debbie Sellin, has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking during a House of Lords<\/a> debate last week on the Government\u2019s Child Poverty Strategy, Bishop Sellin referred to research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that \u201cfood is now the most common essential that low-income households are going without.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A C of E primary school near Daventry had set up a community larder, she said, \u201cproviding affordable food to families struggling to make ends meet, along with ensuring that all children<\/a> [have] a good breakfast each morning. Volunteer groups work hard to bring isolated families back into community life, but they find their efforts stifled by lack of investment in infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>

Child poverty is \u2018a crisis of human dignity\u2019 and a \u2018moral challenge\u2019 https:\/\/t.co\/05zMjJPM8x<\/a><\/p>— Church Times (@ChurchTimes) June 23, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>