Responding to real needs with compassion and innovation

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Church Urban Fund

What we do

We help churches and other groups to meet the needs around them and create strong and loving communities

Support local social action

What can you do?

Tell us what you love about where you live, and use our tools to build on those foundations.

We believe in the power of community to change lives

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. This work is founded on the belief that local people know their communities best, and that local skills and knowledge are the key to building communities where material needs are met and everyone feels connected, valued and loved.

Gifts

1,085 regular donors made gifts of £231,933

Places of Welcome

reaching +22,000 people weekly

Growing Good

92% of churches took new community action

Grants

£152,719 fostering interfaith and community cohesion

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We believe in the power of relationships and community to change lives.

How we work

CUF was established by the Church of England as a practical response to unmet need and has been active in local communities for over 30 years.

We work through networks of local partners to deliver our vision to see communities of hope acting together to serve and strengthen society.

A union of faith-based partnerships, driven by the desire to tackle social inequality across England.

Making diverse communities stronger by encouraging people to build relationships of trust.

A national charity dedicated to improving financial education so that every child and family has equal opportunity to thrive.