Christians Against Poverty

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Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is a Christian charity in the United Kingdom founded in Bradford, West Yorkshire by John Kirkby in 1996. It is now a national organisation specialising in debt counselling for individuals in financial difficulty, including those in need of bankruptcy or insolvency. The charity is loosely based on Social gospel principles.

The organisation works through a network of regional offices that work in partnership with a local Christian church. Individuals seeking the assistance of the charity give authority to the charity to negotiate with creditors, and the charity will then organise the individual's finances with the objective of making them debt free within 5 years. The caseworker will create a sustainable personal budget for clients, prioritising basic living needs and offering creditors fair, affordable pro-rata payments as far as this is possible.

The charity has won a number of awards, including the Charity Times Awards' "Best Charity to Work for" in 2006 and 2007 and, most recently, CAP has been recognised as "the UK's Best Small Company to Work For" in the Sunday Times' Best Companies list 2008.^[1]

[edit] Funding

CAP currently receives no government funding so relies on donations from individuals, churches, charities and trusts. CAP's monthly giving programme is called "Lifechangers".