“Today I went shopping, calculator in hand, and I found it quite a profound experience. Wandering the aisles of LIDL with my list and calculator, picking things up, putting things back when I found a better option.” Amos Communities Engagement Manager Katie Hagley shares her experience of living on £5 for 5 days. Read how she got on and whether her family is still talking to her!

Gaza is smaller than the Isle of Wight - 25 miles long by only 5 miles wide but with an astonishing 1.8 million people living there. It makes it one of the most densely populated places on the planet. Lindsey Sharpe picks up the story.

“I wake up and my immediate thought is, what’s the weather like this morning? Is it cold, raining, windy, or bright? What will today be like for the refugees in the Jungle at Calais?” Gill Hewitt writes.

I had never been to the Middle East and very much wanted to go to Palestine so when I got the call from Amos Trust about the potential of a filming trip, I was on it like a hot knife on butter! Film maker Pip Piper shares his experiences of filming in Palestine with Amos Trust.

Ever since he was 16-years old, Bethlehem-born Sami Awad has been asking himself what is so powerful about non-violence. “Can I make a decision that is motivated by the future that I seek — not the past that I experience?” Megan Titley writes.