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Rising costs could force vital community hubs to shut their doors

Rising costs could force vital community hubs to shut their doors

Harriet Sherwood, Guardian columnist, covers our latest report A Torn Safety Net. 07/11/2022

The “last line of defence” against the cost of living crisis is under threat as churches and other community hubs could be forced to close their doors because of spiralling bills and shrinking donations, two UK elder statesmen have said.

Former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown and ex–archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams say: “The UK’s faith and voluntary sectors find themselves as precarious as the people they are helping.”

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Harriet Sherwood

Harriet Sherwood

Harriet Sherwood is the Guardian’s religion correspondent. She was previously Jerusalem correspondent, foreign editor and home editor

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Posted 7 November 2022

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