Press releases

Press releases

This month's news and media releases.

Lily Cole visits Burmese refugees for Christian Aid Christmas Appeal

November 30 2010 - Actress and model Lily Cole is fronting Christian Aid’s Christmas Appeal which aims to highlight the plight of millions of refugees worldwide. Over 42 million people are currently displaced, driven from their homes by disaster, war, persecution or hunger.

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New research highlights need for mandatory carbon reporting

November 30 2010 - Christian Aid welcomes new research showing that companies which make their carbon footprint public cut costs and attract investment.

Six months on: Little sign of improvement in Gaza since Israeli ‘easing’ of blockade

November 30 2010 - Israel’s measures to ‘ease’ the illegal blockade of Gaza in the face of significant international pressure[1] have done little to change the plight of Gaza’s civilians, says a report published today by an international coalition of 22 development, human rights and peace-building organisations, including Christian Aid.

Christian Aid Scotland welcomes overseas aid pledge

November 17 2010 - Christian Aid Scotland today warmly welcomes the Scottish Government's pledge to maintain the International Development Fund of £9 million into 2011/12.

UN-backed Afghan peace talks crucial to avoid civil war after troops leave, warns report

November 15 2010 - Britain and other NATO countries must now agree to formal peace talks with all parties in the Afghanistan conflict, including the Taliban and Afghanistan’s neighbours, say a group of leading development, human rights and conflict prevention organisations, including Christian Aid.

Change lives at Christmas with Present Aid

November 08 2010 - Present Aid www.presentaid.org, the virtual gift scheme from Christian Aid, is launching four new exciting group gifts for Christmas in its Autumn Winter 2010 catalogue, including a sturdy bamboo shelter for a Burmese refugee family living on the Thai/Burmese border (£230) and an adult literacy centre in Sierra Leone (£543).

It's time for governments to use their financial imaginations - response to UN report on climate change

November 05 2010 - Today’s United Nations report on how to raise $100 billion a year to tackle climate change in poor countries relies too heavily on hopes that the market will help the world’s poorest people cope with global warming and get the clean energy they need, Christian Aid warned today.

November 01 2010 - Last year’s X Factor runner up, and No1 artist, Olly Murs will launch Christian Aid’s Big Christmas Sing at Old Spitalfields Market, London on Wednesday 10th November. Performing alongside this year’s X Factor contestant John Adeleye and Britain’s Got Talent finalist Faryl Smith, the free concert will begin at 5.30pm and aims to get shoppers in the Christmas spirit and promote the charity’s annual singing event.