There is something quietly subversive about the Restore Pot. In a political culture that responds most readily to data, lobbying, and formal consultation, Christian Aid is gathering something different: the prayers and artworks of Christians from Bury to Wrexham, from Bloxham to Dunbartonshire, and weaving them into a single, beautiful piece of craftivism that will be presented to UK decision-makers as a call for debt and climate justice.

The project was launched at Greenbelt in 2025, where festival-goers began contributing their hopes and messages. Since then, churches across the country have been hosting creative sessions — children and adults together, pencils and paint and prayer — adding their voices to the pot. One participant at Bury Ecofest noted that a highlight was hearing how children felt empowered to share their own voices and priorities. All ages, Christian Aid is demonstrating, can be part of speaking up for justice.

As Christian Aid Week approaches, the campaign is putting a spotlight on Kenya, where the debt crisis is trapping millions in poverty. The creative action guide — downloadable from the Christian Aid website — invites churches to stand with Kenya and get creative, sharing prayers, hopes, and messages for Kenyan communities that will be added to the Restore Pot before it is presented to decision-makers.

This is Christian Aid at its most characteristically imaginative: taking the ancient tradition of intercessory prayer and giving it a contemporary, tactile, communal form. For churches looking for a way to engage their congregations — including children and young people — with the global justice agenda ahead of Easter and Christian Aid Week, the Restore Pot offers a ready-made and genuinely moving opportunity.