Our Home and Overseas Mission Group oversees and co-ordinates fund raising events for the benefit of charities both at home and overseas. Additionally the PCC allocates an additional sum based on 5% of our congregational giving for the year.
Here is a summary of what we were able to donate in 2024.
| DATE | EVENT | CHARITY | Monies sent to charity (£) |
| 5/1/24 | First Friday Lunch | Beacon Food Bank | 155 |
| 23/1/24 | Christingle etc | Children’s Society | 373 |
| 2/2/24 | First Friday Lunch | Children’s Society | 145 |
| 1/3/24 | First Friday Lunch | Home Start | 385 |
| 5/4/24 | First Friday Lunch | Embrace the Middle East | 225 |
| 3/5/24 | First Friday Lunch | Christian Aid | 250 |
| 7/6/24 | First Friday lunch | RNLI | 425 |
| 9/6/24 | Plate collection | ||
| 11/6/24 | Coffee morning | Leprosy Mission | 835 |
| 5/7/24 | First Friday Lunch | ||
| 20/10/24 | Collection | ||
| 14 & 21/7/24 | Collections | Church Army | 214 |
| 7/9/24 | First Friday Lunch | Bible Society | 450 |
| 5/10/24 | First Friday Lunch | Church Army | 155 |
| 2/11/24 | First Friday Lunch | British Legion | 951 |
| Plate collections | |||
| 6/11/24 | First Friday Lunch, donations, Carols in the Square | Stonepillow | 785 |
| Subtotal | 5,348 | ||
| Allocated from PCC funds. (5% of the year’s giving) | Christian Aid | 350 | |
| Bible Society | 350 | ||
| Embrace the Middle East | 350 | ||
| Leprosy Mission | 350 | ||
| Stonepillow | 350 | ||
| Church Army | 350 | ||
| Children’s Society | 350 | ||
| Beacon Food Bank | 350 | ||
| Food vouchers for local area | 700 | ||
| TOTAL | 8,848 |
