Press releases

Press releases

This month's news and media releases.

Bribery Act emasculated, warns Christian Aid

March 30 2011 - Guidance published today by the Ministry of Justice effectively emasculates the 2010 UK Bribery Act, Christian Aid is warning.

Christian Aid welcomes plans to build disaster resilience

March 28 2011 - Christian Aid welcomes the Humanitarian Emergency Response Review’s focus on building disaster resilience and calls on the UK Government to step up its support for such programmes.

Only a quarter of the public think Britain’s approach in Afghanistan is working, shows poll

March 23 2011 - Joint campaign launches to call for ‘new approach’ to Afghanistan: A majority of people in Britain (58%) say they are not clear what Britain is trying to achieve in Afghanistan and only one in four (26%) think the current approach is working well, according to an opinion poll commissioned by a new campaign coalition, Together Afghanistan, released today as the UN votes on renewing the mandate for its mission in Afghanistan.

Christian Aid Challenges public to live below the line

March 10 2011 - This May (2-6) Christian Aid will be challenging the public to live on just £1 a day for 5 days to raise £500,000 to help some of the world’s poorest people.

March 01 2011 - Criticism of the government’s commitment to overseas aid fails to reflect the continued resolve of many in the UK to fight global poverty.

'Free us from fossil fuels' demands the climate change chain gang

March 01 2011 - Today climate change campaigners formed a ‘chain gang’ outside the London headquarters of the World Bank Group to demand that the Bank frees developing countries from fossil fuel investments. Actions are also taking place in cities across Europe and in South Africa.