Help in the Recession
Stewards in a Slump
Published bilingually with the permission of the National Stewardship Office of the Church of England
Stewards in a Slump (pdf, 451k) Stiwardiaid mewn Dirwasgfa (pdf, 466k)
Websites
Church Action on Poverty – the leading Christian charity on poverty issues with a wide range of contacts and resources:
www.church-poverty.org.uk
National Christian Debt Counselling Service
www.capuk.org/contact/contact.php
The Industrial Mission Association web page is well worth a visit
www.industrialmission.org.uk/cms/
The C of E Stewardship website also has a checklist for parishes in the current economic crisis and a leaflet (pdf format) giving simple helpful advice on a Christian response:
www.parishresources.org.uk/recession.htm
www.parishresources.org.uk/issues/Stewards%20in%20a%20Slump.pdf
This website has resources for people concerned about keeping up mortgage repayments
www.campaigns.direct.gov.uk/mortgagehelp/index.html
Credit Action is a national money education charity (registered Charity in England & Wales No. 1106941) established in 1994.
In January 2009 they also created a dedicated Welsh arm, Credit Action Cymru
They offer a range of resources, tools and training to help everybody handle their money well, and help others to do likewise.
www.creditaction.org.uk
Churches Together News & Action Page on what the churches are doing
www.ctbi.org.uk/178
Matter of life and debt - Church of England, good resources, downloadable leaflet, prayers etc Powerpoint presentation and help with sermons if you go to the "How your church can help..." page
www.cofe.anglican.org/debt/
Liverpool Diocese resources
www.liverpool.anglican.org/index.php?p=633
Understanding the Economics
If you want to increase your understanding of the current economic crisis, these are some good places to start:
Ann Pettifor, founder of Jubilee 2000, went away and taught herself economics. She at least, can claim to have written about the “The Coming World Debt Crisis” in 2006. This is her website:
www.debtonation.org
The New Economics Foundation has been examining alternatives to the current world economic order for some time.
www.neweconomics.org
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - UK site for statistics on poverty and social exclusion
www.poverty.org.uk
Sermons, Prayers, Liturgy
Matter of life and debt - Church of England, good resources, downloadable leaflet, prayers etc Powerpoint presentation and help with sermons if you go to the "How your church can help..." page
www.cofe.anglican.org/debt/
Building a house on the rock - it's not all about you! Relates to Eeyore's problem at the House at Pooh corner.
http://jonathanscorner.com/survive/survive4.html
Holy Ground – Neil Paynter & Helen Boothroyd – Wild Worship Group
www.ionabooks.com
Articles
Institute for Public Policy Research - up-to-the-minute comment on the financial crisis from 20 experts across the world including Rowan Williams. (pdf 178k)
The New Internationalist magazine has devoted a whole issue to the crisis:
www.newint.org/features/special/2009/04/01/keynote-put-people-first/
www.newint.org/features/special/2009/04/01/naked-emperors/
Mike Harrison whernside@aol.com has copies of the following articles:
- 2009 0903 Archbishop labels HBOS short sellers as "Bank Robbers"
An address by the Archbishop of York to the Worshipful Company of International Bankers - 2008 1216 The New Capitalism – Robert Peston, BBC Economic Editor
- 2009 0103 Capitalism is based on Trust and Hope
An article, by an NSM who is also a managing partner of a city investment firm, which seeks to argue that Christian virtues are basic to capitalism. Hmmm! - 2009 0208 We can replicate the beauty that came from the Depression – Will Hutton
An examination of how Roosevelt solved the last Depression - 2009 0309 Patience and Trust - the New Economic Foundations ~ Ethics, Economics and Global Justice
In a lecture entitled Ethics, Economics and Global Justice given on Saturday 7th March 2009 in Cardiff, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, called for patience from governments, firms and individuals to renew the trust fractured by the economic crisis. - 2009 0323 Governments can still avert depression - if they act now
As world leaders prepare for next month's London summit, six leading economists suggest what action they should take. - 2009 0323 Naked Emperors
An excellent, readable 10 part guide by two journalists in the New Internationalist Co-operative - 2009 0324 The New Work Order
The recession has made everyone feel a lot less secure about their job - 2009 0327 Poverty is not the Problem
Prof. Richard Wilkinson & Dr. Kate Pratchett, Church Times. Richard Wilkinson is probably the foremost expert on inequality in the UK having studied everyone else’s work on the subject over a period of nearly 30 years.
Powerpoints
Based on a Day Conference sponsored by CCBI in January 2009: contact Mike Harrison.