Poverty in the UK

Stewardship

Dominion

Wealth - a large amount of money or investments

Poverty - being without dood, money or other basic needs of life

Poor

Debt - situation where a person or organisation owes more money then they posses

Inheritance

Excessive salaries - when someone earns huge amounts of money eg footballer

Poverty trap - a person who is trapped in poverty as they don't have the skills, qualifications or jobs to get out

Charity

Minimum wage - £6.08

Lottery

Personal wealth - how much you are worth

Tithe - Christian 10% every month, voluntary

Voluntary Sadaqh - Muslims encouraged to give more than Zakat

Unemployment

Zatak - 2.5% every year for muslims to give, not voluntary

Basic Needs of life

• Food
• Shelter
• Clothing
• Human rights
• Health Care

The Parable of the poor widow

• Gave less than everybody else as she was the poorest but Jesus said she had given more than the rich

The Parable of the Sheep and Goat

• The man who helped everyone

Who cares?

• Local authorities - social workers, pratical support
• Charities & religious organisations - Salvation army, NSPCC
• Depend on people to fund them
• Families - relatives should look after each other

Povery Trap

• Lack of education       
• Poor Health
• Broken families
• Poor housing
• Debt
• Addictions
• Crime  
• ALL LINK UP

Lottery

• Positives:
  • 28p from every pound goes to charity
  • Over £21 billion have been given to charities
• Negatives:
  • Extra volantary tax paid by the poor in the hope of getting rich
  • Unsiutable people winning
    • Callie Rogers (case study) who spent 1.9 million on drugs

Christians

• Majority against gambling altough some churches have accepted lottery winnings for charity
• The parable of the poor widow and the parable of the sheep and goat
• Money is a blessing from God
• It should be shared with the poor
• They tithe (give 10%) to church or charity each month
• Raise money for charity
• Build riches in heaven, not on earth
• Taught to look after their money responsibly

Muslims

• Completely against gambling (Mukhtar won and got cut of his family and mosque even though he gave money to make the building better)
• Give 2.5% of their money to charity each year, Zakat, 5 pillars of Islam
• Intrest free loans should help each other out. Believe you shouldn't make a profit on others debt
• Wealth is a blessing from Allah

Christain

• "It is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God"
• "Love your neighbour as you love yourself"
• "No-one can serve 2 masters. You cannot serve God and money"
• "The Love of money is the root of all kinds of evil"
• "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it for me"

Muslim

• "Concerning wine and gambling, in them is great sin. The sin is greater than the profit"
• "Richness does not lie in the abundancve of worldly goods. True richness is the richness of the soul"
• "May Allah keep safety that believer is a hard-worker"