Charitable giving

The St John’s Church Giving Committee has worked with the PCC for the last 25 years recommending how up to 10% of church funds should be allocated to support various established Christian charities locally, nationally and overseas. Details of charities that have recently benefitted from our giving mission can now be seen on the Giving notice board in church.

In order to develop our church’s giving mission, we would like to invite members of the congregation to champion the charities we support. We hope that each chanty we give to will have its own champion to advocate that charity’s work to the church family. Each month we will highlight one of the charities in our church communications and once a quarter we will ask one of the champions to arrange for a presentation to be given in a church service showing how the money we give is being used. Such presentations might be made by the champions themselves or ideally by representatives from the relevant charities. We are keen to ensure there is wide engagement by the church family and will aim for each charity to have a champion, with each champion acting on behalf of just one of our selected charities. Initially we can offer our existing list of charities for support, but there is likely to be more dynamism as engagement increases, provided chosen charities meet our religious, ethical and legal requirements.

If you would like to learn more about the work of the Giving Committee or even support the church’s giving mission by becoming a charity champion yourself, please contact Valerie Palmer.

St John’s acts as an agent for other charities, including giving 50% of donations from special services like Baptisms to charities and collecting money and non-monetary donations for popular charities throughout the year; these include the Christian Aid, The Royal British Legion, Tear Fund, Samaritan’s Purse Shoe Box Appeal, and the Children’s Society through our Christingle service.