Charities

We decided as a church to support 4 particular charities, though other organisations will still benefit by members championing them.

A recent Charity Review group recommended we increased our main charities to 5…

  1. SUK JAI children’s home (see Mae Gone Orphanage) in Northern Thailand.

  2. CHELWOOD FOODBANK PLUS providing urgent support to local people

  3. RAINBOW TRUST, the hospice for children at Francis House in Didsbury.

  4. MARY’S MEALS, now supplying schools on 4 continents.

  5. TRANFORM TRADE, supporting the Fair Trade organisation.

Each year we divide up our charity fund to send 5 ways.

 

Rev Abel Sairattanyun on the verada at Suk Jai orphanage, Mai Gone, N Thailand.

 

In addition, small groups or individuals in the church focus support from time to time on: Macmillan Nurses, The Royal British Legion, The Leprosy Mission, Chelwood Food Bank Plus, Link to Hope (shoe boxes), British Epilepsy and other charities.  Our support for these charities takes the form of donations of money or food items, often following fundraising events such as coffee mornings, collecting plates or similar.

We support weekly the Chelwood Food Bank Plus with direct donations of supermarket products.  [the ‘Plus refers to non-food products such as baby and cleaning products,  and now includes supplying beds , with linen!]

The church strongly supports Christian Aid, in consort with the other churches in Cheadle Hulme, and also we contribute to various international disaster funds from time to time.

We also take an active role in Churches Together in Cheadle Hulme, which underwrites Christian Aid Week and Chelwood food bank and has organised meetings with the local mosque and the local MP.