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# About us

We’re a national charity working across England with local partners who are committed to serving and strengthening the community where they live.

 

            ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_576x324_crop_center-center_82_none/SDP6363_1477.jpg?v=1789657375)  

 

 

#### Who we are

 

 

We work with local churches, faith and community groups who are committed to serving and strengthening the community where they live, and overcoming poverty in all its forms.

We equip churches and faith groups to build knowledge, confidence and connection.

Founded through the flagship ​‘Faith in the City’ report, published in 1985 Church Urban Fund was one of the first organisations to support local, faith-based responses to urban poverty and we have been equipping churches and transforming communities ever since.

 

 

#### Our vision

 

 

A future where every neighbourhood across England is able to flourish. We believe that when local people are equipped and connected, they can build lasting solutions to overcoming the poverty that they face.

 

 

#### Our mission

 

 

We mobilise churches, faith, community groups and local people to overcome poverty and build stronger, more connected and resilient communities.

 

 

#### Our approach

 

 

Our work is founded on the belief that local people know their communities best. It’s a call to finding the treasure in our local neighbourhoods.

**Start** by listening to the community, work in partnership, and recognise that simple solutions can be effective. These approaches work regardless of a community’s size or setting.

**Ask**, what is it that our community has strength with, where are our assets, and what is it that we can build on? How do we find out what’s already going on?

**Be data driven**, revealing the truth of poverty to help overcome poverty, as we believe that confident, connected and knowledgeable neighbourhoods are more empowered to respond to poverty in all of its forms.

 

 

 

## Explore more about us

 

- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/ABCD-day-Hodge-Hill-May-2026-Large-3.jpg?v=1788348147) ### [Our values](https://cuf.org.uk/about-us/our-values)
    
    Four values shape everything we do: collaboration, compassion, justice and accountability, guiding how we work with communities, partners and supporters.
- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/20240522-Portrayed-Photography-IMG_9474-Large.jpg?v=1787050544) ### [Our team](https://cuf.org.uk/about-us/our-team)
    
    Meet the trustees and senior leaders who guide our work, shape our priorities and help us deliver our mission across communities.
- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/CUF-impact-report-spread-25.png?v=1786452326) ### [Annual reports](https://cuf.org.uk/about-us/annual-reports)
    
    Explore our annual reports to see the difference we are making with supporters and partners, strengthening communities and tackling poverty and exclusion.
- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/WJ-CUF-150526-133.jpg?v=1786462346) ### [Resources and practical tools](https://cuf.org.uk/resources)
    
    Access practical tools, resources and local data to help you understand challenges, plan projects and take effective action in your community.
- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/WJ-150725-63.jpg?v=1789656519) ### [Take Action](https://cuf.org.uk/take-action)
    
    Discover how to get involved, support positive change and help make your local community stronger, fairer and more connected.
- ![](https://cuf.org.uk/assets/images/_528x297_crop_center-center_82_none/WJ-250626-277.jpg?v=1786982834) ### [Support us](https://cuf.org.uk/support-us)
    
    Your gift helps bring people together, strengthen communities and create places that are fairer, kinder and better for everyone who lives there.
 
 

 

 

#### CUF Co-President Archbishop Sarah Mullally on the power of social action

 

 

  

 

 

 

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