Hello. I'm Mark Woods, part of the livesimply team. The livesimply: promise is a way to really make your faith talk. It works like this: "I promise to live simply, sustainably and in solidarity with the poor by ..., but only if 10 other people will do the same."
You sign up online to the promise you like best, and encourage other people to join the same one as you. Once the target number of people is reached, we let you know so you can all start living your promise.
We have set up a range of promises to get you started. If you sign up to a promise and promote it to others, you'll be helping create a community action. Not only are you being the best you can be, you're encouraging others to do the same. Also, if you're finding your promise hard to keep, you'll know there are others out there you can turn to for support.
Our faith tells us the good things of the world were meant for everyone to share. Yet a glance at our world shows that some people have everything, while others have nothing. This isn't right. We can act for justice in simple ways.
Last year for example, 8 million ordinary people in the UK showed they wanted to make poverty history by wearing a white band. Politicians had to listen, and they promised to change the structural problems that keep people poor.
Now livesimply says it's our turn to look at ways we can change things in ourselves and in the world. It's not just about money. It's a challenge to think about how our lifestyles can reflect our solidarity with people who are poor. Make a start, by making a livesimply:promise.
To get as many people as possible to join you in carrying out the promise you signed up to, you need to promote it. Create personalised leaflets and posters just by clicking on a "Print out customised flyers" link.
If your idea of what you want to change about your lifestyle is not one of the existing promises, make a promise of your own. Don't pitch your target number of participants too high - bear in mind who you can promote your promise to and how much time you've got.
You can sign up to any promise by sending a two word text message. You will find the full instructions on the leaflets generated for your promise. Ideal for getting your friends in the pub involved, young people and so on.
That's all from me. Now just choose your promise, get your friends on board, and carry it out!
Thanks and good luck,
Mark and the livesimply team