Donations by Christchurch

For the year 2008-2009 there was an amount of £10,000 to be disbursed.
In 2009-2010, this amount is £12,000.

Denominational Funds

Year	2008	2009
Methodist Church World Mission	£250
United Reformed Church World Mission	£250
Methodist Relief and Development Fund	£250	£250
Methodist Homes	£250	£250
Touchstone	£300	£300

Local Projects and UK Charities and Education Agencies

Year	2008	2009
BEACON (Bradford Ecumenical Asylum CONcern)	£1,500	£2,000
St George's Crypt - Leeds	£1,000	£1,000
Caring 4 Life - Leeds		£750
The Beamsley Project	£250	£250
Compassion UK	£250	£250
The Bible Society	£100	£100
World Development Movement	£50

Overseas Projects

Year	2008	2009
Commitment for life in Palestine	£1,500	£2,000
Churches Together Link - Matugga Uganda	£1,000	£1,000
Africa Mission Alliance - Rwanda	£1,000	£1,000
New Life Children’s Home - India	£1,000	£1,000
Phakamisa - South Africa		£750
Beauty4Ashes - China	£250	£250

Occasional Appeals

Year	2008	2009
Burma Cyclone Appeal – adding to a retiring collection	£170
Phakamisa Project in South Africa	£210
Water Aid	£210
Zimbabwe	£210
To Be Allocated by Young People at Christchurch		£500
To Be Allocated		£350

There are various ways in which church members demonstrate generosity, for instance:

The children were very enthusiastic about The Jars of Grace Appeal for UNICEF’s Children’s Emergency Fund, launched on Harvest Festival Day. £607.03 was raised in 2008.
Some children collect monies for World Mission through JMA (Junior Mission for All).
St George’s Crypt is grateful for the continuing gifts of food from members, and visitors to the Coffee Centre, as well as the provision of clothing and bed linen etc. for the collection made each autumn.
Some members have National Children's Homes (NCH) Boxes, continuing the traditional Methodist support for this Children’s Charity, which has recently changed its name to Action for Children.
Christchurch Guild, Wednesday Group and Housegroups support chosen charities.
Social occasions for fund raising purposes are well supported.
As in many congregations, there is a tradition of holding Gift Services during the period of preparation for Christmas. Last December we collected food for St Georges Crypt, supported the BEACON toiletries appeal and made up Shoeboxes for Rumania.