Press releases

Tearfund reaction to Rishi Sunak weakening climate pledges

20 Sep 2023

The Big Quiz Night will put you to the test while helping lift people out of poverty

14 Aug 2023

TEARFUND STATEMENT: £11.6bn Climate Finance Pledge

Rishi Sunak’s government still has time to keep the UK’s long-standing promise to low-income countries and communities of £11.6bn by 2026 in climate funding. Failing to keep this promise would be a miserly betrayal that will cost lives and livelihoods.

05 Jul 2023

Celebrities and campaigners challenge us all to go plastic free in July

A group of celebrities and environmental campaigners have joined forces in a new  video calling on us all to cut down on unnecessary plastic with a fun and accessible challenge for Plastic Free July. 

03 Jul 2023

Tearfund launches appeal for Ethiopia as East Africa hunger crisis critically deepens

More people than ever in the last five years are going hungry in countries across East Africa. In southern Ethiopia, families are facing the prospect of a failed harvest for the sixth time in a row. Over 20 million people do not have enough to eat.

20 Jun 2023

Drowning in Plastic

Lifeguard activists at United Nations plastics treaty warn of severe health risks to millions

05 Jun 2023

Tearfund reaction to end of UN Paris treaty talks

02 Jun 2023

Festival goers to take leap of faith to help overcome poverty

25 May 2023

Plastic pollution increases flooding risk for more than 200 million of worlds poorest people

24 May 2023

Shell AGM - Tearfund response to Church of England Vote

Christian Charity Tearfund's Response To The Church of England's Vote Against The Shell Board

23 May 2023