Church Action on Poverty is a national ecumenical Christian social justice charity, committed to tackling poverty in the UK. It works in partnership with churches and with people in poverty themselves to find solutions to poverty, locally, nationally and globally. CAP was formed in 1982, has its main offices in Manchester and is charity number 1079986. The first Director of CAP was the MP John Battle, the second Director was current government minister Paul Goggins CAP is responsible for running the annual Poverty Action Sunday (formerly Unemployment Sunday) and is also responsible for the Living Ghosts campaign highlighting the fate of asylum seekers in the UK. It also contributes to the Debt on our Doorstep campaign against extortionate lending.
