I'm not saying that religious freedom and choice is bad, it's not .
The UK has religious choice and freedom, we just tend to choose to exercise that freedom in different ways to the US .
Most churches over here do work to help people. Food banks are common , groups for lonely people like lunch clubs are common. Plus lots of other initiatives. You don't have to be a member of the churches to make use of the help .
Mainstream churches in the US like Catholic churches probably do much the same.
Jan