Catholic & Christian organisations

CAFOD - Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.

Catholic Children’s Society - website of this social work/adoption agency covering the dioceses of Southern England below the Thames.

Christian Aid - believing in life before death.

Council of Christians and Jews - bringing together Christian and Jewish communities.

St Francis' Children's Society - Catholic adoption agency working alongside social services in our diocese.

Eco-Congregation - an ecumenical programme helping churches making the link between environmental issues and Christian faith. Offers good free resources

Outcry is 'Christian Solidarity Worldwide's new youth programme to mobilise young people to speak up against religious persecution.

St Thomas à Becket Foundation - Diocesan charity providing pastoral support for those with special needs. 

Surefish - the Christian Aid partner looks at topics like ethical living, culture and campaigns from a spiritual point of view.

Tearfund - the Evangelical Alliance’s charity arm.

World Vision UK - Christian organisation dedicated to the breakdown of the cycle of poverty. 

Secular Organisations

Some of the issues and thoughts contained on some of these pages may not be in strict accordance with Catholic teaching. Please be aware of this if using this information with young people.

Amnesty International - have for years fought honourably and effectively for prisoners of conscience around the world. Sadly, they seem recently to be moving towards the viewpoint that the "oppression of women"  includes any restriction on abortion "rights", which means that Catholics need to think hard about supporting them.

Children’s Society - a force for change in the world of our children.

Globalissues – informs about social, political, economic and environmental issues that affect us all but often don’t make the headline news..

LIFE - website of one of the leading UK pro-life agencies. See also SPUC's site, which has a very useful analysis of charities according to their observance of pro-life ethical issues such as embryo research, support for euthanasia etc.

Crosspoint - Dutch site with a lot of links on social and discrimination issues.

Issues & Causes - Indexed links and articles on all the hot topics, from the US Yahoo! site.

One World - dedicated to developmental and environmental issues.