Stand and deliver!

From the village church in Drayton near Banbury to SS Mary and George, Sands, in High Wycombe, churchgoers across the diocese joined over 23.5 million people worldwide to ‘Stand Up Against Poverty’ on 15 and 16 October. Early indications were that thousands of Christians across Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire participated.

The initiative was co-ordinated by the UN and international campaigning network, Global Call to Action against Poverty [GCAP], to send a clear message to political leaders that pressure would continue for them to deliver on aid, debt cancellation and trade justice, and to provide good, accountable governments.

Tom Allen, one of the co-ordinators for the UK campaign,  praised churches’ vital role in the UK events, saying: ‘Churches were the backbone of Make Poverty History in 2005 and once again they rose to the occasion in the 24 Hour World Record Stand-Up Attempt.’

Read the report about St Peter's Burnham in the Maidenhead Advertiser.