ÿþ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/default.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" --> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" --> <title>St Brandon's Church Brancepeth - Giving and charity support</title> <meta name="Description" content="St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth, Durham" /> <meta name="Keywords" content="St Brandon, church, church of england, cofe, brancepeth, durham diocese" /> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <link href="churchstylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="head" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="topbanner"> <img src="images/churchtopbanner.jpg" border="0" usemap="#churchtopbanner.jpg" alt=""/></div> <div id="nav"> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> <li><a href="worship.html">Worship</a></li> <li><a href="charity.html">Charity support</a></li> <li><a href="whatson.html">Forthcoming events</a></li> <li><a href="venue.html">Venue information</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.stbrandon.co.uk/calendar/Calendar.html" target="_blank">Calendar</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contacts</a></li> <li><a href="otherinfo.html">Other useful information</a></li> <li><a href="links.html">Web Links</a></li> <li><a href="sitemap.html">Site map</a></li> <li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div id ="contentarea"> <br> <!--TABLE START--> <table width="900" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="5" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <tr class="head1"> <td valign>Charity support</td></tr> <tr class="tabletext"><td> Giving is a vital part of the Church's mission and in addition to supporting the general work and running of the Church, we aim to provide long-term support for a range of charities.</td></tr> <tr class="head2"> <td>Christian Aid Week</td></tr> <tr class="tabletext"><td>The parish supports <strong><a href="http://www.christianaid.org.uk/" target="_blank">Christian Aid</a></strong> during the annual Christian Aid week by door-to-door collection in the village.</td></tr> <tr class="head2"> <td>Charities selected by PCC to receiving ongoing support</td></tr> <tr class="tabletext"><td>The PCC aims to provide long-term support a number charities, in Durham <strong><a href="http://www.dashorg.co.uk/" target="_blank">DASH</a></strong> (Durham Action Single Homeless), in Tanzania via <strong><a href="http://www.wateraid.org/uk/" target="_blank">Water Aid</a></strong>.</td></tr> <tr class="head2"> <td valign>Charity of the year</td></tr> <tr class="tabletext"><td>Annually, the PCC requests parishioners to nominate a charity, and after selection by the PCC, the sponsor leads a programme of events during the year to support it. Charities supported so far are: 2009 <strong><a href="http://www.sendacow.org.uk/" target="_blank">Send a Cow</a></strong>, and 2010 <strong><a href="http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/" target="_blank">Help for Heroes</a></strong>. The charity for 2011 is the <strong><a href="http://www.welbodipartnership.org/" target="_blank">Welbodi Partnership</a></strong> to support paediatric care in Sierra Leone. </td><td></td></tr> <tr class="head2"> <td valign>Exciting News: Comic Relief Funds Welbodi</td></tr> <tr class="tabletext"><td>Welbodi is thrilled to announce that they have been awarded a large three-year grant from Comic Relief, a UK charity, to help expand their work at the Ola During Children's Hospital. <strong><a href="http://welbodipartnership.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4e41e0ed674150627dfcbdced&id=d2e7196ad8&e=bd94f93304/" target="_blank">See article.</a></strong> They also give thanks to St Brandon's for their support.<br><br><i>"We want to take this chance to highlight one special group among our many wonderful supporters. Our thanks to all at RTC North Limited for their continued support and generosity, particularly Gordon Ollivere and Sheena Murray and everyone at Sheena's church, St Brandon's, who organised fundraising events throughout the year. Thank you all!<br> Thank you for your continued support,<br> The Welbodi Team</i>" </td><td></td></tr> </table> <!--TABLE END--> <MAP NAME="churchtopbanner.jpg"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="300,165,650,180" HREF="mailto:stbrandonchurch@btconnect.com" TARGET="_blank" Title="Email St Brandon" alt="Email St Brandon's Church"> </MAP> </body> </html>