Press releases

Tearfund Appoints Veena O’Sullivan as New International Director

Tearfund Reaction to Vote on Keeping UK Aid Budget at 0.5%

Tearfund and Alpha share how the church can offer hope in a troubled world

Reactivate - uplifting films and talks to inspire your church

Tearfund reaction to G7 Summit

Tearfund responds to the closing of the G7 Summit, hosted by the UK in Cornwall

Annual Justice Conference Goes Global

The Justice Conference is returning to unite Christians to explore social justice issues, this time with a truly global audience as the event is taken online for the first time.

G7 Nations Inject US$190 Billion into Fossil Fuels Despite Leaders’ Pledges for a Green Recovery

As the UK prepares to host the G7 Summit, a new report reveals how G7 nations have - so far - missed major opportunities to green their response to Covid-19. The analysis finds that G7 countries’ energy-intensive investments since the start of the pandemic are at odds with the G7’s own net-zero targets, and with the steep decline in emissions needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C

New 5-year peacebuilding initiative to promote freedom of religion or belief in 7 countries

René Padilla, Father of Integral Mission and Former Tearfund President, Dies

Theologian René Padilla, widely known as the father of integral mission, and a former international director of Christian development agency Tearfund, has died aged 88.

Tearfund stands with other NGOs asking the UK government not to cut aid to South Sudan, as the humanitarian crisis worsens.

Tearfund's CEO, Nigel Harris has joined leaders of other humanitarian, development and peacebuilding organisations in writing to the Secretary of State, Dominic Raab, to express grave concern at reported cuts in UK aid to South Sudan. 

Virtual escape room launched to help Christians mitigate climate change

An escape room has been launched by Tearfund today to take groups of Christian friends on a virtual adventure to learn how to mitigate climate change.