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Welcome to the Mission Group

About the Mission Group

The Mission Group is a small group of people within our church who organise events to raise money for charity, as part of our giving as a church.

The Brick Wigan

As a church we also collect food items which are donated to The Brick, in Wigan, who operate a food bank for the homeless and needy.

2019 RETIRING COLLECTIONS

January 2019: -

February 2019: - ‘RNIB’ The Royal National Institute of Blind People

March 2019: - New Hope Children’s Centre, Kenya

April 2019: - Samaritans

May 2019: - Christian Aid

June 2019: - Myeloma

July 2019:  - Street Pastors

August 2019: - Age UK

September 2019: - Traidcraft Exchange

October 2019: -

November 2019: - The Brick

December 2019: - Shelter

THANK YOU

RETIRING COLLECTION REQUESTS

The Elders usually select the charities that we donate to on the first Sunday of each month.  We have been thinking that some of our congregation might like to select some for 2019.  If you have a charity in mind, please let one of the Elders know.  You are welcome to speak about the charity yourself or one of the Elders will happily do this for you.

Thank you, Jenny

‘New Hope Children’s Centre’ in Kenya.

THE MARCH RETIRING COLLECTION – NEW HOPE CHILDREN’S CENTRE

New Hope Children’s Centre in Uplands, Kenya, was founded by retired Barclay’s employee, Anne Chege and her husband Tirus.  

In 1999, Anne became the first ever winner of Barclay’s International Community Awards.  At that time, she was looking after 20 orphans at her home in Nairobi.  Someone heard of Anne’s achievements and offered his house to do ‘God’s work’.  Anne retired from the bank and took in more children.  

By 2006, there were 79 children in her care, but struggling.  The girls were sleeping 2 or 3 to a bed and the boys were on the floor.  Then the New Hope Support Group was established when Val returned to England after a visit.  She now has a village named after her.  Since then things moved at a pace and over one million pounds was been raised so that a new orphanage was built in 2007.   This is now home to 120 children between the ages of 3 months and 19 years.  

There is now a sponsorship scheme which has enabled many of the young people to continue their education and take part in training schemes.  There is a wide variety of training programmes available, which enable the young people to become teachers, doctors, nurses, electricians, plumbers, mechanics or hairdressers.

Sponsors also help grannies and families who get an allowance every month.  Houses have been built and the ladies lifted out of abject poverty.  The first Grannies Village opened in 2008 and is home to 12 grannies.  

A recent project at New Hope has been the Mums and Babies Unit.  Thanks to a very generous donation, the building was officially opened in 2016.  It is now home to 18 babies and their mothers.  While the mums continue their education, local ladies are paid to look after the babies.  In reality, everyone helps and the babies thrive.  

The latest project has been the building of a house for a very needy family – the daughter, Veronica, being blind.  

A New Hope supporter raised £3,000 to do this.  Funds are now needed to connect electricity, buy furniture and complete the work costing about £200 in total.                                                                        Judith Watson

Thank you for

helping to raise

money for

SWAP