Churches Together England are delighted to support the A Million Acts of Hope campaign. In a world increasingly shaped by enmity and violence and where the most vulnerable in society can often be scapegoats, we believe there is another story to tell. We can easily fall into the trap of believing we are a divided nation, increasingly being mistrustful and spewing hate.

A Million Acts of Hope is a reminder that in reality, thousands of people across the UK show up for each other, their neighbours and their communities every single day. From litter picking in parks to donating to food banks, coaching kids’ football teams to working together to make our streets safer – acts of hope and kindness happen all the time.

We believe the local church across our nation is a key part of doing this great stuff. Creating safe places through drop ins, Warm Welcome spaces, friendship cafes, weekly lunches. Thousands of churches run food banks and support with debt crisis intervention. And many churches are doing this through ecumenical partnerships, both formal and informal, sharing resources, time and energy and seeing this as an outworking of their shared faith in the living God.

Get involved

Think about your own village, town or city. Are there spaces, events or activities that are acts of hope? Between 13th-20th May you are invited to celebrate them by being part of A Million Acts of Hope. If you are inspired to do new acts of hope that week, that’s great…but this campaign is mainly about acknowledging how our communities already come together.