The Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust (RAPt), an organisation that helps people move away from addiction and crime, has welcomed proposed changes for post-prison supervision that were announced by Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Chris Grayling, on May 9.The government’s ‘Transforming Rehabilitation’ proposals would establish a supervision period of 12 months for those leaving prison, even if ...

Recovering alcoholic Tom Fitzsimons, 38, is to run the breadth of the US to raise awareness about addiction. Starting at San Francisco on May 20, he expects to finish in New York 100 days later.The Belfast man, who now lives in Wakefield, is undertaking the epic Run 4 Sobriety run in a bid to change attitudes towards people who are ...

A conference focusing on global poverty will take place on June 20 at Wells Town Hall. The event will run from 10am until 2.30pm and includes a free lunch.The conference, entitled ‘Combating poverty: What are faith groups doing? What more can they do?’ will also focus on the effects of current and planned welfare benefit changes in the UK and ...

Supporters of the Enough Food For Everyone IF campaign have been invited to a Big IF afternoon of action on June 8. The free event will take place in London’s Hyde Park from 2pm until 5pm.David Cameron and other world leaders will meet at the G8 summit in the UK this June, and significant progress could potentially be made during ...

Christian Aid marked World Malaria Day on April 25 by urging churches to help eradicate the preventable disease. It is looking for at least 100 UK churches to help run a lifesaving malaria control project in Sierra Leone.According to the organisation, malaria kills a child in Africa every minute and is responsible for a third of all child deaths in Sierra ...

Tony Campolo has called on President Barack Obama to open talks with the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un.Dr Campolo, former spiritual adviser to President Bill Clinton, said: “We need to find ways to make friends with North Korea. If your enemy hungers you should feed him, if he's naked you should clothe him. Those are Jesus' words.“Can we really ...

When the whistle blows after 90 minutes and it’s honours even, you can usually see the sheer exhaustion etched on the faces of professional footballers as another 30 minutes of extra time looms.Imagine then what the men of Youth for Christ (YFC) will go through between April 30 and May 2 as they attempt to break the Guinness World Record for ...

Many have said that there is no such thing as a free lunch, but Sorted has gone out of its way to prove that there certainly is such a thing as a free magazine.Throughout this week, more than 10,000 copies of the Christian men’s magazine will be distributed at bars and restaurants, and tube and railway stations across London free of charge. ...

A pair of 84-year-old twins is teaming up for a charity skydive to raise money for Christian Aid. Pensioners Frank and Ralph Land will jump out of a plane at 8,000 feet on April 1 at Dunkeswell Airfield, Devon, to raise money for some of the world’s poorest people.Making the feat a true family affair, the duo has recruited four ...

English actor Tom Hiddleston is supporting Unicef UK’s appeal to save children’s lives in Syria. Having appeared in a range of top films including War Horse, Thor and The Avengers, he now features in the charity’s new television campaign."After months of escalating violence, more and more families are fleeing their homes,” he says in the advert."Their children are desperate, traumatised ...