Away Giving
We commit a proportion of all the church's income to charitable causes. Each year members of the congregation are invited to suggest recipients which usually include projects and charities in the UK and overseas. The PCC - our church governing body - makes the final decision.
Our Away Giving 2017 - £11,500
In 2017 we made grants and donations to these projects and charities, totalling £11,500
Cold Weather Shelter, MCC North London £1,000; Westminster Arts £1,000; Solace Women's Aid £1,000; Chase Africa £1,000; Organisation of HIV Positive African Men (OPAM) £1,000; London Catalyst's Samaritan Fund £1,000; Sacred Heart College (Three2Six Project) £1,000 (see video, below); Arche Noah Children's Home, Philippines £1,000; Spirit of Peace Charity – Pathways for Human Flourishing £1,000; Spitalfields Crypt Church £1,000; Prisoners Penfriends £1,000; Grace Bible Church, Pakistan £500.
Cold Weather Shelter, MCC North London £1,000; Westminster Arts £1,000; Solace Women's Aid £1,000; Chase Africa £1,000; Organisation of HIV Positive African Men (OPAM) £1,000; London Catalyst's Samaritan Fund £1,000; Sacred Heart College (Three2Six Project) £1,000 (see video, below); Arche Noah Children's Home, Philippines £1,000; Spirit of Peace Charity – Pathways for Human Flourishing £1,000; Spitalfields Crypt Church £1,000; Prisoners Penfriends £1,000; Grace Bible Church, Pakistan £500.
Our Away Giving 2016 - £12,000
In 2016 we made grants and donations to these projects and charities, totalling £12,000
Traidcraft Exchange (£1,500), Soho Parish Primary School (£1,500), Amos Trust (£1,500), Wandsworth Community Chaplaincy Trust (£1,500), Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals (£1,000), Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (£625), Sacred Heart College - Three2Six Project (see video and report below) (£625), Volunteers for Mental Health (£625), National Association of People who have been Abused in Childhood (£625), London Catalyst’s Samaritan Fund (£625), Solace Women’s Aid (£625), London Churches Refugee Fund (£625), The White Helmets (£625)
Traidcraft Exchange (£1,500), Soho Parish Primary School (£1,500), Amos Trust (£1,500), Wandsworth Community Chaplaincy Trust (£1,500), Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals (£1,000), Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (£625), Sacred Heart College - Three2Six Project (see video and report below) (£625), Volunteers for Mental Health (£625), National Association of People who have been Abused in Childhood (£625), London Catalyst’s Samaritan Fund (£625), Solace Women’s Aid (£625), London Churches Refugee Fund (£625), The White Helmets (£625)
Our Away Giving 2015 - £13,000
In 2015 we made grants and donations to these projects and charities, totalling £13,000
Shelter from the Storm; Spitalfields Crypt Trust; The Choir with No Name; Five Talents UK; NAJOA School for Syrian Refugees; Solace Women’s Aid; Paul’s Cancer Support Centre; SOS Mineurs Maternity Hospital in Asante Mampong, Ghana; Westminster Arts; Volunteer for Mental Health; Kanaana Interactive Community Support; Body & Soul; National Association of People Abused in Childhood; Grace Bible Church Pakistan.
Shelter from the Storm; Spitalfields Crypt Trust; The Choir with No Name; Five Talents UK; NAJOA School for Syrian Refugees; Solace Women’s Aid; Paul’s Cancer Support Centre; SOS Mineurs Maternity Hospital in Asante Mampong, Ghana; Westminster Arts; Volunteer for Mental Health; Kanaana Interactive Community Support; Body & Soul; National Association of People Abused in Childhood; Grace Bible Church Pakistan.
About some of the projects we have helped fund
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Mercedes writes: We're privileged to support the THREE2SIX education project for refugee children in South Africa through our Away Giving. Through keeping in regular contact with THREE2SIX, we've continued to learn about the collective creativity and human flourishing that the project generates in the face of the children's difficult lives. As a result of civil wars in Africa (mostly DRC), many children have lost family members, seen atrocities and been uprooted from their homes and from everything that is familiar. They now live precariously in South Africa with an asylum seekers registration system that effectively ensures that as few refugees as possible become registered without paying enormous bribes. The THREE2SIX after school education project offers nurturing, encouragement, creativity - and makes an enormous difference to the lives of children without papers, and without access to state funded schooling. This 14 minute film, scripted, animated and with sound effects and song by the THREE2SIX children, portrays the life of Precious and her brother David. Precious and David have lost their parents and find themselves in the metropolis of Johannesburg dealing with a hostile xenophobic environment, a despairing uncle, suspicious neighbours and more. Sounds familiar?
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