PUPILS from All Saints’ CE Junior School in Warwick joined a global congregation at Westminster Abbey for a special service to mark the 80th anniversary of international development agency Christian Aid.

The event involved some 2,000 guests, from staff and supporters, to church leaders and charity partners from around the world, who came together to reflect on achievements of the past eight decades, give thanks, and recommit to the charity’s mission to end global poverty.

Christian Aid was founded in 1945, when churches worked together after World War Two, to consider how they could help the thousands of refugees in Europe needing shelter and basic supplies.

Since then, the agency has launched the country’s longest running charity week (Christian Aid Week), helped found global organisations like the Disasters Emergency Committee to bring other charities together in times of crisis.