What is Christian Action Bristol?


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Inspiring change through social action and politics


Christian Action Bristol (CAB) helps individuals & churches stay informed with news, events & volunteering around Christian Social Action & Politics in Bristol.

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What we do

 
  • Curating and collecting in one place - the CAB website - local news, events and opportunities around social action and politics.
  • Inspiring and informing you with the news and the needs from across our city.  
  • Encouraging and equipping you to get involved and make a difference in our community.
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Gather: To build relationships and unity
We gather Christians engaged in social action and politics across the region, for example in 14 strands, or networks, of activity such as Debt Advice, Food Poverty, Homelessness and Housing, Prison Ministry and Ex-offenders, or Trafficking and Vulnerable Women(see the list at the bottom of this page). We gather Christians at a variety of events, for example the Building Bristol as a City of Hope conference in City Hall in May 2018. This gathered 200 key city leaders from business, public sector, charities and churches to explore the Christian community's engagement with the council's City Office, through seven Offers and Asks, such the Bristol Churches Winter Night Shelter, with about 500 volunteers from 16 churches in 2020.

Grow: To learn from God and each other
We pray together about three times a year and have had a couple of weeks of Prayer and Fasting for social action and politics across the city. We had seminars to explore social action and politics issues from Christian perspectives, such as at the Going Deeper city-wide gathering at the Colston Hall in 2013. We have also set up the Bristol Churches City Fund, which raised over £130k in 2020 to help alleviate food poverty during the COVID-19 crisis.

Go!: To act together and as individuals
We started at a gathering with over 5k people at Ashton Gate stadium in 2012, where we prayed for and released individuals involved in social action and politics. During the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, 300 volunteers from 67 churches, supported isolated and vulnerable people in the community through The Noise. Demand for food was four times higher during lockdown and this was met through Feeding Bristol, with foodbanks, which fed over 20k people, and food clubs (which expanded from 5 to 16). Fareshare worked through 250 community projects. As this film shows, the overall response was extraordinary.

See the Timeline for more examples of how we are helping transform the Bristol region for good.
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How you can get involved



We want to help individuals, groups and churches connect with their passion to see positive change in the city.
 
See the Timeline for examples of how we are helping transform the Bristol region for good, through involvement in social action and politics.
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List of Networks



Like the rest of Together4Bristol, Christian Action Bristol is a “network of networks” in the following strands of social action and politics. For full details see the CAB website:

Addiction Support and Recovery
Community and Social Prescribing
Debt Advice and Support
Disability
Environment and Creation Care
Food Poverty
Homelessness and Housing
Politics (local and national) (no link)
Prison and Ex-offenders
Refugee and Asylum Support
Social Investment
Street Pastors and Police
Trafficking and Vulnerable Women
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Latest Politics and Social Action News and Events  
 

 
Protest Display Opens at M Shed Bristol
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Bristol City of Sanctuary Newsletter Feb 2024
Bristol City of Sanctuary has exciting plans for 2024, all aimed to continue our work towards creating a culture of welcome and inclusion for people seeking sanctuary in Bristol.
Easter gifts for women in prison at Eastwood Park
We’d love to invite you to join with us to bless the women at Eastwood Park. If people would like to get involved, there are a few ways they can do this...
Christians in Politics: What's happening in 2024?
...if there are friends who are concerned about the state of the world, this may be a good place to start for them.
TENteams
Ready to step out in faith? We would love for you to come join us to see lives transformed by the gospel in Eastern Europe and the Balkans!
For the Nations
What is God’s heart for the nations? And how do we participate in his plan and purposes for them? Big questions, right?
CAB - Bristol Churches City Fund: Support for Welcome Spaces 2023 Campaign
BCCF is aiming to raise £60,000 to support churches to run welcoming spaces for a second winter, or other churches to start a welcoming space for the first time.
Bristol City of Sanctuary Newsletter Dec 2023
we want to wish you all a happy new year, and look forward to your continued support in 2024, it means the world to all of us here at Bristol City of Sanctuary!
Merry Christmas from One25
This year at One25 has undoubtedly been challenging and, at times, incredibly sad. We have said goodbye to services, beloved colleagues, and incredible women.
A Call for Compassion: Become a Lifeline for Ukrainian Refugees
We are asking for your help. Can you offer safe shelter to a Ukrainian refugee in need?
Christmas Trees and Gifts for Prisoners
This year Sixty-One is taking part in Treefest, an opportunity for us to tell thousands of visitors about our work and the Christmas Gift Project.
Bristol’s Welcoming Spaces This Winter
As a result of our foresight, Bristol was one of the first cities to develop a planned local response to the cost of living crisis.

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