Today (24 November) is Black Friday 2023. Together with Cyber Monday (and, increasingly, the weeks before and after it), it is the main shopping event of the year, when major retailers purport to offer huge discounts to entice shoppers.
As those called to follow Christ and point towards a new way of living, the consumerist culture with Black Friday as its sacred festival must concern us.
A resource designed to help you connect your faith and your finances. Developed as part of our Many Voices pilot project with Black Majority Churches.
An Advent video to encourage reflection on how we spend money in the lead up to Christmas.
A resource to help you review your church’s buying, and develop an ethical purchasing policy.
The garment industry is awash with human rights abuses and our throw-away fast fashion culture has a huge impact on the environment. Dr Lindsey Hall shares the story of the Re:Dress campaign that started in the Diocese of Lichfield to raise awareness of ethical and environmental issues in the fashion industry and to prompt people […]
Rosie Venner, Money Makes Change Programme Manager, reflects on the need to transform the way we spend money. Billions of pounds will be spent over the next few days at the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. Nationwide Building Society alone predicts that its customers will spend around £362.6 million on Black Friday – equivalent […]
Our new Ethical Buying Guide for churches launched this week, as part of ECCR’s Money Makes Change programme.
Rosie Venner, Money Makes Change programme manager, introduces a new resource for Christians who want to connect their faith and their finances for a fairer, more sustainable world. In our new Bridging the Gap quiz, we invite you to reflect on the values that guide your decisions with money. When you chose your bank, did […]
