Press releases

Press releases

This month's news and media releases.

Disease outbreak in Sri Lankan camps imminent

May 27 2009 - Christian Aid is funding emergency relief for tens of thousands of people forced to live in severely overcrowded, temporary camps in Sri Lanka after fleeing their homes to escape the fighting.

Final call for entries to Surefish website of the year award

May 26 2009 - The awards that recognise the unsung heroes who create and maintain church websites, closes on Tuesday June 2, so if you want to enter, then get your fingers out and type www.surefish.co.uk/web

Alternative tax awards gets accountants talking about poverty

22 May 2009 - Christian Aid campaigners got hundreds of accountants talking last night about how their work may harm developing countries.

Sri Lankan camps unable to cope with huge influx of people fleeing conflict zone

May 18 2009 - Christian Aid welcomes the end of fighting in Sri Lanka, but warns that humanitarian crisis created by the conflict is far from over.

Christian Aid achieves Investors in People Award

May 15 2009 - International development agency Christian Aid has been awarded the prestigious Investors in People standard in the UK and Ireland.

Suranne Jones and Sally Lindsay visit DRC for Christian Aid Week

May 11 2009 - Christian Aid Week (10-16 May), the UK’s longest running fundraising week, is this year being fronted by actresses Suranne Jones and Sally Lindsay.

Government must do more to help charities

May 8 2009 - Christian Aid Director Dr Daleep Mukarji says the government must do more to help charities that work in developing countries during the present financial crisis.

Christian Aid week service at Glasgow Cathedral

May 6 2009 - Dr Daleep Mukarji OBE, Director of Christian Aid UK, to preach at 6.30pm service on Sunday 17 May 2009.

Book sale marks enlightenment and year of homecoming

May 6 2009 - Press conference: 11am Thursday 7 May, with Prof. Andy MacMillan. The Christian Aid Book Sale is proud to feature a first edition of Dugald Stewart's Outlines of Moral Philosophy published in 1793.

Vicar courts ridicule for Christian Aid Week

May 5 2009 - Roger Gayler, the 65-year-old vicar of St Mark’s Church at Mark's Gate in Barking and Dagenham is to preach, meet the scouts, speak to schoolchildren, study with his Bishop and collect envelopes door-to-door with just half a beard – for Christian Aid week.

Tax campaigners target 'big four' with postcard blitz

May 1 2009 - The men at the helm of the UK’s ‘Big Four’ accountancy firms may be boardroom Titans, but few outside the profession have heard of them. Christian Aid hopes that is all about to change, however, with its latest call to action for its supporters.

Burma faces fresh disaster as monsoon season approaches

May 1 2009 - One year after Cyclone Nargis swept through Burma’s Irrawaddy delta region and claimed an estimated 140,000 lives, there are still half a million people who have not been able to build adequate shelter.