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Charity Committee

Committee Members

Name	Office	Telephone	Email
Audrey Bullock	Charities Committee Chair	(01580) 891940	N/A
Kevin Fulcher	PCC Member	N/A	N/A
Pat Sherlock	PCC Member	N/A	N/A
Janet Powell	Non PCC Member	N/A	N/A
Mary Henley	Non PCC Member	N/A	N/A

Purpose and Scope

The Sub-committee will be responsible to the PCC for :-

Compiling a list of charities to be supported through the monthly Charity Sunday scheme and ensuring the necessary promotion is placed in the Parish Magazine and weekly notice sheet. List of Charities for 2008
Development of links with other agencies for charitable relief.
Other matters, as referred to it by the PCC.
Arranging speakers for Charity Sundays.

Charitable Giving

Some years ago the P.C.C., whom the congregation elect to deal with church matters, agreed that we should not only give to support our church, but also donate to the wider church by charitable giving.

Most of us have our own way of donating at home to our special charities, and that is as it should be. It would be wonderful if more of you would be able also to support the church's charity for the month.

Any size contribution is most welcome, and if it is gift aided via the orange charity envelopes or the blue ones (please write the name of the charity on it), it helps even more. Remember £1 gift aided adds an extra 20 pence or so, which all adds up.

Donations are falling. Please think again about giving your support in this way.

Envelopes can be put in the collection plate any week, but one week each month all loose money goes to the chosen charity.

Charity

The work of the Charity Committee is wide ranging. We select Charities each year to receive the collection plate offerings during one Sunday each month. The Charities are selected to give a balance between local, national and World wide causes, as well as secular and non-secular organisations.

We also react as necessary with special collections during times of crisis i.e. major disasters such as Floods or Earthquake's.

If you have a Charity that you actively support and would like us to consider, please contact the committee.

Will you be a Filmbox Star?
Film Canisters

This year the charity committee has been asked to do extra fundraising for our chosen charities. You already all give generously in your orange envelopes and once a month with loose money in the collection plate, and thank you for that. This will continue as usual. There are lots of raffles, coffee mornings and cake sales, so we thought we would try something else. We would like to give as many of you as feel able to have one, an empty film box (they will be in church next Sunday). Would you then, please, put your spare change in it (silver if possible, but pound coins welcome too!). When it is full please return it to Janet Powell or Audrey Bullock. Thank you.

Charity for January / February / March 2008:
Ataxia U.K..

Charity for November 2007:
Cruse Bereavement Care.

Charity for October 2007:
USPG Harvest Appeal.

Charity for September 2007:
Poverty and Hope Appeal- The Canterbury Diocese Charity.

Charity for August 2007:
The Brooke Hospital for Animals.

Charity for July 2007:
HIV Charitable Fund - Working in East Kent.

Charitable Organisations

We have a list of well known Charities (not exhaustive but growing) including contact numbers and Web Site links, please take a look at the Charitable Organisations Links Page

Pastoral Care

Ever wondered where to look if you have a problem and don't know where to turn, well, take a look at the Pastoral Care Links Page

Charity Sundays

Making it easier for you to give

Some of you have commented that the organisation of Charity Sundays has not always allowed you to give to those charities that you wished.

You have asked for more notice of which charities are to be supported and more flexibility in the way that the system operates.

With the agreement of the PCC, we have developed the concept more into a “Charity of the Month” from 2003.

In practice, this means that, as long as you clearly label your gift, we will accept contributions to the nominated charity in collections at any time during the month.

We hope that this development will help give you more flexibility in the organisation of your charitable giving.

The table below shows the Charities that have been selected and ratified by the PCC for each month. This year we also hope to encourage more guest speakers to provide us with their personal insights into the workings of the each organisation during the 10.00 a.m. service on the Charity Sunday.

2008
Month	Charity
January/February/March	Ataxia U.K.
April/May/June	A School in Kashmir
July/August/September	Mission to Seafarers
September 28th	Poverty and Hope Appeal
October/November/December	Heart of Kent Hospice
Remembrance Day	Royal British Legion and Cruse
December 24th	The Children's Society
Gift Aid Tax Refund	Church Housing Trust

Please remember all these worthy causes in your prayers.

We hope that this list reflects the wishes of the congregation and fulfills our mandate to support a balance of local, international, mission and secular organisations.

This list will also be displayed on the Charities notice board in the Church coffee area. On this notice board you can also find general charities information, along with communications from organisations that we have supported in the past.

If you would like more information about any of the charities listed above, the reasons for their selection or if you have any other ideas, please contact the committee and we will endeavour to answer your queries or put you in touch with someone who is better qualified to do so.