Social action is a vital part of Christian mission, responding to need with compassion, advocacy and practical support. Whether you’re exploring roles in community work, connecting with organisations serving vulnerable people, attending training events or accessing tools to strengthen your skills, this page brings everything together. From homelessness support and poverty relief to justice initiatives, local outreach and social advocacy, OSCAR connects you with opportunities, organisations and resources to help you serve effectively in social action-focused Christian ministry.
Find Christian organisations involved in community support, advocacy, social justice, homelessness, poverty relief and local outreach.
The Branch is a community hub. We serve communities across Chipping Norton and surrounding villages, with a particular focus on the most deprived, reaching out to serve & share hope in innovative ways, running our own programmes & partnering with others.
Based in South East Asia, we connect people in need with those who can help, through distribution of humanitarian aid, experiential programmes on a range of global issues, and a fair trade shop and cafe.
For nearly 40 years CUF has mobilised people, churches and whole communities to tackle complex challenges like poverty and exclusion, and to make a positive difference.
A UK charity that works with churches to set up free advocacy services for people that struggle with problems. Church advocates help clients stabilise their affairs and help in the areas of: Benefits; Disability; Housing; Adult Social and NHS Care Debt.
TrinityLearning works with volunteers to improve the quality of life, particularly relating to wellbeing and mental health, in 23 school communities in the Abingdon area.
Southend Foodbank is part of the Trussell network of foodbanks and provides three days of emergency food to people in crisis in Southend and Rochford.
Mirembe Education Foundation boosts learning in Wairaka, Jinja by running a free community library, computer access, and programmes that strengthen early education, skills, and opportunities for children and families.
CWAY Africa is a nonprofit, focusing on the holistic development of vulnerable children and youth, living in remote villages and slums, who would otherwise have no access to social services and would never hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.
2:19 exists to help local churches embrace the nations by promoting Christian engagement between members of local churches and the international people in their communities.
We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.
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