October 2018 Press Releases

• Chancellor’s feeble digital tax shows big tech is ‘too powerful to tax effectively’, says Christian Aid

  29 October 2018.  

• Rohingya crisis: funding shortfall leaves displaced people with no long-range protection plan, warns Christian Aid

  23 October 2018. A year after the Rohingya pledging conference, the funding gap for the crisis is more than 50%, says Christian Aid.

• Christian Aid warns of ‘further work to do’ in tackling corruption and that UK must ‘clean up its own back yard’

  . “Today’s pledges of UK aid to anti-corruption efforts are welcome. Corruption affects everyone but has the biggest impact on the poorest countries who may lose far more from international corruption than they receive in aid.” 

• Christian Aid Safeguarding Statement October 2018

  17 September 2018. We are deeply saddened by the scale of abuse which has affected both communities and staff across the aid sector. Ongoing action is being taken to safeguard better the people we support and staff from ...

• HSBC: New Christian Aid report shows bank still willing to profit from coal despite green claims

  Wednesday October 17th, 2018. HSBC has been accused of greenwashing by Christian Aid as the charity publishes a new report highlighting the bank’s refusal to rule out coal financing in Vietnam, Bangladesh and Indonesia.   Today HSBC is hosting a Make My ...

• New Report: Christian Aid calls for UK forest restoration as part of plans to go net zero before 2050

  Embargoed for 00:01 BST, Monday October 15th, 2018. Responding to Claire Perry’s expected request to the Climate Change Committee on Monday to review the UK’s emissions targets, Christian Aid is urging the Government to prepare to go net zero before 2050.   In a new ...

• Urgent call from faith leaders to respond generously to the DEC Indonesia Tsunami Appeal  

  11 October 2018. Christian Aid's Chair Dr Rowan Williams joins UK faith leaders to appeal for funds for survivors of the Indonesia Tsunami. 

• Christian Aid launches Charity Gifts to help the world’s poorest  

  10 October 2018. This Christmas, Christian Aid is encouraging the public to help create real change by buying ethical gifts.

• Christian Aid warns Government not to ‘play politics’ with aid

  9 October 2018. The UK Government should not “play politics” with overseas aid in a way that harms the poorest, says Christian Aid. 

• IPCC: Christian Aid calls for global solidarity with world’s poor as scientists publish stark climate warning

  Embargoed for 2am UK/10am South Korean time Monday October 8th, 2018. Responding to the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on keeping global warming to 1.5C, Christian Aid called for urgent action to bring rising temperatures under control.Dr Kat Kramer, Christian Aid’s Global ...