Will you help break the link between disability and debt?

Name: Christians Against Poverty UK
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Angela, mum of three, with shoulder length straight brown hair, and a white jumper with pink hearts. She is laughing and very happy.

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could answer five calls to our helpline, bringing hope and support to those in financial crisis

could provide a disabled person with a face-to-face debt coach appointment

could assess a disabled person, to ensure they get the additional support they need

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could provide a disabled person with a face-to-face debt coach appointment

could assess a disabled person, to ensure they get the additional support they need

could train a debt coach to provide vital support to disabled clients

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Every £1 you donate will be matched by generous supporters*

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*Up to a total of £120,000

Thank you for thinking of making a donation to support our work!
The minimum donation we accept is £1. This is to ensure we cover admin and processing costs.

Thank you for thinking of making a donation to support our work!
For any donation amount above £25,000, please contact [email protected] to make the donation directly.

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Thanks to generous supporters who have agreed to match-fund this appeal, every £1 you give will be doubled.*

Disability shouldn’t mean poverty.

You’re already 50% more likely to live in poverty if you’re disabled in the UK. Now, the UK Government’s proposed welfare cuts risk driving thousands more disabled people into unmanageable debt.

These are people already fighting to make ends meet due to the extra costs of living with a disability. Soon it will be impossible.

Disabled people are at greater risk of deep, long-term hardship, which makes it harder to escape poverty. Will you donate today and help break the link between disability and debt?

Angela’s story

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Angela: My name’s Angela.I have a sight condition, so I’m disabled. The stress on our finances became quite real because I couldn’t quite see letters, so I wasn’t seeing the severity of the situation.

Text on screen: Angela’s disability meant she had to stop working. Then her husband was made redundant. The cost of living with a disability, plus the needs of three growing boys, put relentless pressure on their budget.

Angela: You want to climb under a rock, you’re quite ashamed, you’re embarrassed, you just don’t know where to turn and what was real to us is that we could have been – we could be homeless.

Organisations and anyone that you owed money to were not sympathetic. You were just another name on the list and they just, at the end of the day, wanted their money. And you feel like, as well that, you’re letting your children down because you can’t manage your finances.

I felt comfortable enough to, at my lowest ebb, speak to someone within church who happened to know an organisation that would be able to help us. And that’s what I’m really thankful for. The person at the other end of the phone was just so nice.

It was also really convenient for me, being disabled, that they come and see you in your home. It was a massive relief to know there was someone wishing to listen to you. There was light at the end of the tunnel.

Text on screen: Angela received church-based, whole-person support through St Luke’s, Cranham over 4 years. [Local debt coach] Miles provided face-to-face support to Angela in the familiar surroundings of her own home.

Angela: Once we had completed the plan we received a phone call to say that we’re debt free.
And it’s a great feeling, a wonderful feeling, in that moment to know that you’ve accomplished something. And, you’ve got that hope going forward.

Text on screen: Disability shouldn’t mean poverty. But for Angela, it did. Your donation today can break that link for another person.

£5bn

in proposed welfare cuts will push 250,000 people into poverty

1 in 3

CAP clients receive disability benefits

65%

of new CAP clients need additional support

Your support in action

Your support means people will receive free, professional debt help through a church-based team and support hub. They’ll also receive Christ-centred, church-based, whole-person care to meet their individual needs.

Today, your donation can put the local church alongside someone like Angela to provide support in ways other services can’t.

Angela, mum of three living with sight loss, now debt free

Society is not set up for people like me. But CAP is.

– Angela, mum of three living with sight loss, now debt free

Four ways your support helps provide holistic, tailored support to people like Angela:

Face-to-face support through home visits: Due to sight loss, Angela finds it difficult to get to new places. She often needs to go by taxi rather than public transport, which costs more. Debt coach Miles visited Angela at home so she didn’t need to travel, allowing her to feel more relaxed.
Proactively meeting people’s access needs: From the first meeting, Miles wanted to understand Angela’s access needs and the best way to accommodate them. Angela says, ‘It was so valuable. It felt like we were a team.’
Providing information in different formats: Angela couldn’t read the bills or letters coming through the door, so Miles made sure a debt advisor called Angela to talk through every letter she received from CAP.
Support and contact every step of the way: Miles made sure Angela had CAP contacts saved on her phone, so she could easily reach whoever she needed, from debt advisors to her local church-based team. Angela says, ‘At low points, I’d call and have a bit of a cry. They were so reassuring.’

Angela, mum of three who lives with sight loss, now debt free

Thank you for your compassion and reassurance. For really caring. For being there whenever I needed someone. Thank you for helping me become debt free!

Angela

*Donations will be match-funded up to £120,000. Statistic sources: 1. Department of Work and Pensions, May 2025. 2. 2025 CAP data. 3. CAP’s 2025 client report. Photography by Tom Price.

Angela, former CAP client, now debt free.

Break the link between disability and poverty for someone like Angela

Give today and make sure the local church can be there for disabled people across the UK. Your donation today will help twice as many people – and you’ll be a part of God’s restoration plan for someone like Angela.

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